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Kalimantan Cultural Groups

Kalimantan is a multicultural state with over 20 different ethnic groups. The largest ethnic group are the Dayaks, followed by the Malays and the Chinese, Madurese and other Indonesian ethnic groups.





West Kalimantan


Longhouses

Iban, Embaluh and Kantu Longhouses.

Kampung Kopar Longhouse 

242 km from Pontianak to Bodok, from where it takes another 30 minutes. The longhouse is located in Kopar Village, Parindu District, in Sanggau Regency. 


Kampung Saham Longhouse
135 km from Pontianak to Pahauman.
Longhouse or Betang House is a specific traditional house of the Dayak tribe which is located in Saham Village, Subdistrict of Sengah Temila, Pontianak. 

Melapi Traditional House

Replica of Longhouse in Pontianak (on Jalan Sutoyo).

Places of cultural interest:

Sakok Village: traditional ceramics.

Museums:
The State Museum, Pontianak
Amantubillah Palace, Pontianak
Dara Juanti Museum (Sintang Palace)

Mosques and Palaces: 
Kadriyah Palace and Sultan Abdurrahman Jami Mosque
Muhammad Saunan Palace
Sambas Palace

Other places of cultural interest:

  • The Equator Monument in Pontianak
  • Tanjungpura Tombs
  • The Battle Monument of Mandor Graveyard in Pontianak

South Kalimantan

Floating Market in Banjarmasin.

 

East Kalimantan

Pampang Cultural Park in Samarinda. 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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Information on Borneo conservation, rainforest projects, sustainable developments, orang utans, turtles, and other endangered species.  

Borneo Conservation Projects
Information on conservation projects with regards to threatened species such as the clouded leopard, the sun bear and the gibbon and preservation of one of the last virgin rainforests. 

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