Location : Dusun Rentap Selatan, Desa Ensaid Panjang, Kecamatan Kelam Permai, Kabupaten Sintang, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

Rumah Betang Ensaid Panjang is approximately 60km from Kota Sintang.

Our exploration of Bukit Kelam led us to a longhouse of the tribe called Dayak Desa. The flat dirt road was good to drive as it was the driest month of the year. It was situated near to another hill called Bukit Rentap and I wondered if the name had anything to with Sarawak’s legendary hero. Apparently, the Desa Dayaks are a subtribe of the Ibans.

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Ensaid longhouse
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A very simple arch welcoming visitors compared to other arches in Kalimantan

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Symbols of the old religion
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Bukit Rentap close by and a source of their water supply.

As we stepped into the ‘ruai’ of the longhouse there were many Desa ladies busy at their back strap looms weaving what they called ‘kain pantang’ or ‘pua kumbu’ to the Ibans of Sarawak. Ibans of Kapuas Hulu has an entirely different name-‘Kebat’. The names may be different but the methodology is the same. So were the motifs. longhouse, authentic, Traditional, culture, Sintang, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, native, tribe, Tourism, tourist attraction, Travel guide, Trans Border, 婆罗洲原住民传统长屋, 新钉旅游景点, 西加里曼丹达雅克部落 Rumah Betang Ensaid Panjang, longhouse, Indigenous, destination, culture, Sintang, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat, Suku Dayak Desa, kain tenun, Tourism, tourist attraction, Travel guide, cross border, 新党达雅克部落

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A busy day for Ensaid ladies
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A simple and clever contraption designed for weaving

The ladies here prefer producing their own colour pigments with raw materials collected from the jungle like leaves, barks, roots or fruits. Plant based colours are more pleasing and gentler to the eyes compared to industrial dyes. We have seen many of their products sold in many Gawai events all over Kalbar. Their beaded shoal is called ‘tatai’ or ‘marik ampang’ to the Ibans of Sarawak. Generally, their languages are quite similar to each other.

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4 ‘sals’ produced simulataneously

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The tying process before the dyeing.
Motifs are created by tying the cotton threads with nylon strings
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Finished products displayed for visitors to buy

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A room specially allocated for homestay and FOC

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