Thursday 28 March 2013

BETANG HOUSE

The house is a traditional house typical Betang Kalimantan located in various parts of Borneo, especially in the upstream areas are usually at the center of the Dayak tribe settlements, where the river is a major transportation routes for the Dayak tribe to perform a variety of mobility of everyday life such as going to work to the fields where Dayak tribes fields usually far from human habitation, or trading activity (the ancient Dayak tribe usually trade using a barter system that is by mutual exchange the fields, orchards and livestock).
More than a building to shelter the Dayak, Betang actual home is the heart of the social fabric of life of the Dayaks. Betang culture is a reflection of the unity in the daily life of the Dayaks. Inside the house Betang every individual's life in the household and society systematically arranged by mutual agreement embodied in customary law. Common security, either from criminal interference or sharing food, love, grief and the mobilization of manpower to work the fields. The main value that stands in his home life Betang is the value of togetherness.


Posted By : Riska Anggraini
Link : http://www.kalimantan-news.com/wisata.php?idw=4

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