Location : Sendawar, Kecamatan Barong Tongkok, Kabupaten Kutai Barat, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia.

This awesome cultural village was 90% completed when we visited it. At this point of sharing this album the village would be a hive of activities.

East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe
Entrance to Cultural Park Sendawar

East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe

East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe
Stage

The village consisted significantly of 7 major buildings of which the stage was at the far end center surrounded by , in a clockwise direction, Malay house, Kenyah house, Aoheng house, Bahau house, Benuaq house and lastly Tonyooi house. Each unit was characterised by their individual unique motifs.

Lamin Malay

Lamin Kenyah

Lamin Aoheng

Lamin Bahau

Lamin Benuaq

 

 

 

 

 

Lamin Tonyooi

The main reason why I came to Kalimantan Timur was to do a compilation of Borneo Dayak motifs and this village made my life so much easier, every possible motif in a nutshell. More motif extravaganza in our coming albums.

East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe
Admin office
East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe
Cafeteria
East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe
Lamin miniature in the admin office

East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribeSurrounding buildings

Taman Adat Sendawar, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe
Governor office Sendawar
Taman Adat Sendawar, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe
Clouded leopard at the center of the roundabout
Taman Adat Sendawar, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe
Even shophouses are decorated with Dayak motifs

Taman Adat Sendawar, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe Taman Adat Sendawar, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Dayak Benuaq, Borneo, outdoors, Tourism, authentic, ethnic, traditional, indigenous, native, Melak, Kutai Barat, West Kutai, Culture, Tonyooi, Tunjung, Aoheng, Melayu, Bahau, Kenyah, Lamin, Rumah Panjang, Barong Tongkok, tribe

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