Adding places is one of the most interesting thing as a local guide. By adding places, you put a contribution to the community who live or visit that place. Adding places allow me to help others find what they are looking for, and also, make business listed on google maps and accessible by other through the platform. Places that listed on google maps also help people share their experience on visiting the place, share what the quality of food is, how the food is look like, and what is the price affordable by adding menu/price list photo (if it is a restaurant).
Now I’m gonna take you to the city I have been living for the last 6 years.
First Stop: Lewu Hante, A House of Dayak Tribe in East Barito, Central Borneo, Indonesia
Lewu Hante literally means big house. Lewu in Dayak means big, the house is big and used to be lived by some families. While Hante means house, a place where Dayak used to live in.
This is a house of Dayak Tribe in Central Borneo. Long ago before the modernity came in, several families of Dayak had been living in this house. The house is entirely made from wood. The house stands on stilts, a typical Dayak house, because they avoid wild animals from coming in, and avoid water from entering the house. There is usually a “Landung” in front of the house. Landung is look like a container box on a wooden pole. Inside Landung there is a human body of family member before they are cremated. You can see the picture of Landung below:
Second Stop: Lanting, a Floating House in North Barito, Borneo Indonesia
Beside Lewu Hante, Dayak also live in floating house or they usually call it “Lanting” along Barito River. Dayak Tribe live with nature, especially water. The picture above is a real floating house in North Barito, Central Borneo, Indonesia, and still functional until today. Near the houses complex, there are also floating hotel for you to stay during your visit, all are made from wood. Every single house has their own jetty. Dayak usually travel among district by speedboat. Come in and have a staycation on 300m-wide river.