Tari Gantar.
This dance comes from Dayak Benuaq and Tonyooi tribes. This dance is known as a social dance among the youth and also a welcome dance. This dance describes gladness and joy in plant paddies/rice.
Gantar is a cut of bamboo which is filled with paddies/rice seeds and a long stick named “asek” to make holes to plant paddies/rice. It also describes a graceful of Dayak tribes to welcome the guests who come to East Kalimantan as tourists or investors or the other respected guests then they will be inviting to partake to dance. The clothes which the dancers use named ‘Ulap Doyo’, real clothes of Dayak Benuaq tribe that taken from doyo fibres.
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Written on 25 May 2010 | Posted in
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Pulchritude Nusantara face again I met in South Kalimantan. precisely in the village of Banjar District Aranio. a tourist attraction that I visited this time was Riam Kanan Basin. How can I not stunned, if there a lot of interesting objects of affection to not enjoy. Especially not immortalized by the camera. This time I'm not alone. There are 11 of my friends go on an adventure right Riam. Our journey started from Banjarmasin Wita 7 o'clock in the morning is very sunny week.
The first town we passed was Banjarbaru. in the intersection of four rounds, we point the bike toward the village Aranio. distance from the roundabout that we should go about 25 miles.
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Written on 3 Apr 2010 | Posted in
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The ships passed on the blue sea. Not so long later, visible green hills and valleys split large rivers. Exotic panorama seen some time before that I rode the plane flying over the city of Balikpapan International. But nature is full of Borneo's charm.
Balikpapan is different now than in the 1980s, the last time I was there. Airport Sepinggan large, stately, and the nuances of local culture that was once the area near the beach. Which adopted the airport design buildings with all the Dayak Joglo really charming ornaments.
If observed, the geographical conditions of Balikpapan is not much different from the city of Semarang: beach town is hilly. The difference may be in some ... [
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Written on 29 Mar 2010 | Posted in
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EAST KALIMANTAN
Onboard the houseboat and ride a motorized canoe to reach dayak village
through the lake, fisherman villages and creek. Enjoy the nature
and find a different atmosphere...
The capital city is Samarinda, while the main gate is Balikpapan. Provided direct international flight from Singapore or by transit via Jakarta. On your arrival it is possible to starting the tour or takes one night stay in star hotel or in a comfortable non star hotel for your accommodation.
Northern part of the city, 15 km drive, lies Sungai Wain Protection Forest a tropical Borne-an rainforest. An oasis of biodiversity and a living laboratory, as most of Borneo’s unique mammals and many different tree species can still be found.
Samboja Lodge project, less then 1 hour from Balikpapan airport. A place ... [
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Written on 5 Mar 2010 | Posted in
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Same speech that flight attendants remind passengers that the plane a few moments will Juwata landed at Tarakan, I tighten the seatbelt, looking at the panorama below. Northern Borneo Island is very beautiful seen from above. There was a small group of islands full of mangroves and ponds around in the middle of the screen-grooved insulation.
Well, like a pizza pan cut asymmetrical shapes: the edge of mangrove forests is his, and his pond is topping. Looks as if the small islands was intentionally designed with a high artistic flavor to greet the traveler who missed the beauty of nature. Soon the plane landed on the runway was built right on the beach.
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Written on 5 Mar 2010 | Posted in
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Some electronic books in the Indonesian tourist guide you can