Location : Kota Palangkaraya, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia.

The sleepy 600+ km long Kahayan River came alive as the regatta started below the Kahayan bridge.

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Kahayan Bridge
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The beautiful tribal mural of the Kahayan bridge

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Festival Budaya, Isen Mulang, authentic, indigenous, backpackers, Borneo, 中加里曼丹, Indonesia, culture, Sungai Kahayan, native, suku dayak, Obyek wisata, travel guide, tribal, tribe The morning event started with the men /women longboat racing finishing right below the bridge where thousands of spectators cheered for their teams. The highlight for the morning was the ‘row of war’ where 2 teams of 2 paddlers each battle it out in 2 rigidly connected boats.

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2 boats attached and brought to the arena

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Spectators watching from under the Kahayan bridge
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Tribal motifs such as this decorate every corner of Kalimantan

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Some watch from above
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Drone the in thing now at every occassion
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Preparations for the the afternoon’s river parade

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Fishing

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