Long House : Not Just For Living

Long House of Saham. Photo Courtesy Pontianak Post

If you hear about a name of long house , you will no longer wondering if you are really reside around in Landak, and other places of West Kalimantan in general. But for other regions, the length of the house share is very unique. There are lots of tourist objects now reside in District of Sanggau and the long house is one of their unique tourist ones.

The long house of Saham established in 1875. The long House consists of 35 doors and 180 meters long which is inhabited by ethnic Dayak Kanayatn Hill. The Social life of communities to uphold customs, traditions, culture and life together or in Indonesia can be called as "gotong royong". At home there is a long artist's woodcut engraver purchase (Ulin), and other hard wood. Located in the Hamlet Stocks, Shares Village, District of Sengah Temila.

Saham village in West Kalimantan usually consisted of a long house and the houses that follow a single pattern of the present. Previous entire population living in one house long as one group of people. For the Dayak people, not just the length of House functions as a dwelling house, but also as a center of culture and tradition. Dayak cultural heritage as Kanayatn, long in the house as an object worthy of Shares tourism. The factors that support activities that are cultural, arts, customs, religious life, agriculture, livelihood, life form. As a cultural center also houses the length of the birth center is a kind of art that are associated directly with the customs in the form of ceremonies.

The Dayak people always mark each event in the life of the ceremony, this is the condition of birth in dance, music, sculpture, tattoo art, art weave, weaving, culinary, and so forth. For example the ritual and end the process of farming. Before the planting season started, made the ceremony to bless all the equipment used in agriculture, with the traditional ceremony for a blessing from the spirits and ancestors Jubata (the Most High).

The entire series of agricultural processes have closed the ceremony with utter gratitude (Naik Dango). In this tradition is usually the Dayak people in the house long Stocks appear with best traditional clothes, jewelry, dance, music, food, food and drink typical Dayak tradition. The entire series of the ceremony can still be found in our homes Length Shares. If we want to visit to this place is not too difficult and easy means of transportation it is located around 52 km from Ngabang be using the car with the 1.5 hours.

Tourist Objects in Sanggau

Nature Tourism Pesona Pancur Aji
This waterfall located in the Office of the District - the West Kalimantan Province has a total area 12,857 km or 12:47% of the whole broad West Kalimantan Province. So that the District has many of the potential of tourism, especially nature tourism with a variety of plants, wildlife and millions of confidential lainnya.Salah a tour which is the natural pride of the District is the area of tourism Panjur Aji.

Located not far from the city center area of the tour Panjur Aji offers nature tour with the protected forest area there is lots of rare flora such as Wood Tengkawang, orchid garden, zoo, such as Orang Utan, crocodiles, various birds including hornbills Kalimantan. This Panjur Aji waterfall special offers tour enchantment such as mountain spring water river Merobu, Engkuli, wind, Kenian, Setapang, Mongan and Mawang River. River flow is swift enough that one of the interesting as a chalengge to explore all of them. This Pancur Aji waterfall also has some major tourist among the beauty of nature, the origin of a forest that offers the freshness of nature.




Water source heat Sipaatn Lotup
Sekayam the river towards the District Jangkang there is a source of hot water by the people around disebur Sipatan Lorup. Distance from the City District Jangkang approximately 8 km, which can be use with land vehicles. Place hot water Sipatan Lotup have known people of the District and can be widely used as treatment as media to get healthy life and body. This tourist object has a source of hot water of Sipatan Lotup is located through the Sanggau - Kembayan - Jangkang with a distance of approximately 168 Km from the Center City District Sanggau. Meanwhile, through the Sanggau - Mukok - Jangkang can go the distance with more than 70 Km. The transportation route of vehicle can be passed with four wheels and two Wheel. With travel through more than 3 hours then charm tour of the area can enjoy hot water with the freshness of nature.


Raya Goa Tang in District Beduai
Located approximately 100 km from the city of the regency, there is a cave in the Tang Raya District Beduai with the extraordinary panorama. This cave with ancient relif describing rocks that are still natural. The length Tang Raya Goa along approximately 100 m into the belly of the cave with rocks that attract relief. City's District Beduai only approximately 5 km which can be both a vehicle with two wheels or four. according to the old belief of the local community, old Goa highway Tang is a sacred place where ceremonies are often performed adapt to honor their ancestors. Goa highway Tang is also a symbol wealth Dayak culture, in which the Goa highway, which in the Tang era before the ceremony is often performed as a symbol adapt gratitude to GOS


Cascade tiger Maria Goa
One of the attractions of the spiritual in the District are located in Goa cascade tiger maria. Tour with a waterfall reaches a height of 20 meters, the cave there is statue of Mother Mary who made the tour spiritual symbol often visited residents to enjoy the beauty of nature and the fresh water pegunungan.Sungai with stone - the stone of the trim of the eyes under the trees - big trees. Before reaching the water source of tourists can enjoy the hike down the stair which is quite tiring. But certainly very good for health, because the cascade tiger grotto where Mary is the spiritual tourism that can be soothing and refreshing faith.