Location : Ramin Bantang Bengkayang, Kabupaten Bengkayang, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the parade started, we too left for the hotel to fetch our car to drive to the venue. Traffic was slow and we managed to find a parking lot about 5 min walking distance away.

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Sungkung copper ring ladies
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Borneo Bong

Unfortunately, we missed the opening ceremony part while rushing off to catch lunch. Pak Gunawan and his Sebujit boys kickstarted the event with their inverted bamboo pole climbing.

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Bamboo pole climbing by Sebujit group

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Perhaps, the most memorable event was the standing of the tangkitn against logic and science. The gravity defying stunt was performed by one of the panglimas with his followers seated with bowed heads focusing all their combined metaphysical might and willing the tangkitn to stand upright and it did. What a performance!

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Defying gravity the tangkitn stood steady

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Although we had seen video clips of such stunts performed in the privacy of the home, this was the first time it was publicly demonstrated before a few thousand spectators. Meta physical, spiritual or just pure science we let you decide.

Protocol speeches followed and a long overdue lunch was served to invited guests. It was starting to get dark and we decided to call it a day.authentic, indigenous, culture, event, native, Ramin Bantang, rumah adat, backpackers, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Borneo, 探索罗洲游踪, 印尼西加里曼丹, 孟加映土著文化, authentic, traditional, culture, event, native, tribe, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Ramin Bantang, rumah adat, travel guide, Trans Borneo, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 印尼孟加映达雅, 原住民传统文化 authentic, traditional, culture, event, native, Indonesia, Ramin Bantang, Rumah Betang, backpackers, Tourism, tourist attraction, Trans Borneo, 穿越婆罗洲印尼, 西加里曼丹原住民, 孟加映达雅文化

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Bengkayang choir

Meanwhile, the main road was all choked up with traffic. We managed to reach the hotel before it got dark. The next day we decided to rush to Gawai Dayak Sanggau after breakfast to catch more Gawai actions there.Festival Budaya Dayak, culture, event, native, tribe, Ramin Bantang, longhouse, backpackers, destination, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Borneo Festival Budaya Dayak, authentic, indigenous, culture, Ethnic, tribal, Ramin Bantang, rumah adat, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans Borneo, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 孟加映比达友族, 原住民传统文化 authentic, indigenous, event, ethnic, native, cross border, tribal, dayak, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, obyek wisata, travel guide, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 印尼孟加映, 原住民传统文化 authentic, traditional, culture, Ethnic, tribal, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Ramin Bantang, rumah adat, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, 跨境婆罗洲印尼, 西加里曼丹达雅, 孟加映原住民文化, Festival Budaya Dayak, authentic, indigenous, culture, ethnic, native, tribal, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Ramin Bantang, Rumah adat, Tourism, travel guide, Cross Border, Borneo authentic, traditional, culture, event, native, Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat, Ramin Bantang, destination, Tourism, tourist attraction, Borneo, 探索婆罗洲印尼, 西加里曼丹孟加映, 原住民达雅文化

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Some exotic food offered by some of the stalls here

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