Did you know Betang.

Betang is a typical traditional house located in different parts of Borneo Kalimantan and inhabited by the Dayak community, especially in upstream areas which used to be the center of Dayak settlement.

Characteristic features.

Betang characteristics that stage and elongated shape. Can reach 30-150 meters in length and width can reach about 10-30 meters, has a mast height of about 3-5 meters. Betang usually inhabited by 100-150 people, betang can be said to be the home tribe, because in addition to it there is a large family who became its inhabitants and also led by a Pambakas Lewu. The inside of betang divided into several rooms which can be occupied by each family.
At certain Dayak tribe, manufacture betang home or long house must meet the following requirements must include in the upstream direction of the sunrise and the next downstream into the sunset. It is considered a symbol of hard work to survive from sunrise to sunset. All Dayak, Dayak exception nomadic Punan, in the beginning abides in living together communally in betang / longhouses, which is commonly called Lou, Lamin, Shopping, and Lewu Hante.

Betang has its own uniqueness, the uniqueness of the house betang are:
Betang elongated shape and there is a staircase and entrance into betang. Stairs as a means of connecting to the betang called hejot. Betang high built from the ground surface is intended to avoid the things that are troubling the residents betang, such as avoiding enemies that can come on suddenly, wild animals, or floods that sometimes come over. Almost all betang can be found on the outskirts of major rivers in Borneo. Building betang typically large, growing to a length betang built using high quality wood materials, namely ironwood, in addition to having the power to stand up to hundreds of years, it is also anti-termite wood.
On the front page there is usually betang hall as a place to receive guests as well as the customary meeting place. On the front page betang besides there also can be found sapundu hall. Sapundu is a statue or a totem that is generally shaped humans have distinctive carvings. Sapundu has a function as a place for tying animals that would be sacrificed for the ceremonial procession. Sometimes there are also patahu betang page that serves as the home for worship.
On the back of betang can be found a small-sized hall called tukau used as a warehouse for storing agricultural tools, such as lisung or halu. At betang there is also a place used as a weapons storage, where it is commonly called bawong. On the front or rear betang usually there are also stumbling. Sandung is a storage place bones of a deceased family and has gone through the process tiwah ceremony.

Betang meaning and value.

Longhouse / betang for the Dayak is not just simply an expression of the legendary life of ancestors, but also a full and concrete statement on village governance, social organization and social system, so no doubt become the central point of life of its citizens. Cultural value system resulting from a long process of home life, comes to the meaning of human life; meaning of work; works and deeds; perceptions of the time; the human relationship with the natural surroundings; about relationships with others. It can be said that betang gives its own meaning for the Dayak. Betang is the center of their culture because that's where all the action and all walks of life processes from time to time.
Betang is not a luxury residence with a variety of sophisticated furnishings as desirable by today's modern society. Betang suffices described as a simple dwelling with a makeshift furniture. However, behind the simplicity of it, betang save so much meaning and full of life values ​​are superior. It is undeniable that the house has become a strong symbol of the communal life of the Dayak community. By inhabiting betang and go through all the processes of life in that place, Dayak community shows that they also have the instinct to always live together and co-exist with other citizens. They love peace in a harmonious community so that they strive to maintain this tradition betang house. This expectation is supported by the consciousness of every individual to align each of their interests with the common interest. Consciousness is based on the nature of mind religio-magical, which assumes that every citizen has a value and position as well as the right to live in the same communities.
Betang other than as a residence is also the center of all the traditional activities of the community. When observed more closely, the activities in the long house resembles a traditional education process that is non-formal. Betang into place and at the same time be an effective means for the Dayak to foster familiarity with each other. This is where they start talking to exchanging ideas about a variety of experiences, knowledge and skills with each other. Things like that is not something that is difficult to do, even though at night or during bad weather even though, because they are under one roof. Such is the experience, knowledge and skills passed down orally to the next generation. In the atmosphere of home life long, every citizen is always voluntary and open to other citizens in giving directions and guidance in doing something. Such an opportunity is also open to groups from outside the longhouse.

Communal life in betang.

Betang remaining on the Dayak community is an example of the traditional culture of life that is able to survive and adapt to the environment. It should be further disclosed the factors that led to the Dayak people can maintain their betang. Dayak people have the instinct to always live together side by side with nature and other community members. They love to live in peace in a harmonious community that seeks persist with the pattern of home life betang. This expectation is supported by the consciousness of every individual to align their interests with common interests. Consciousness is based on the nature of mind religio-magical, which assumes that every citizen has a value and position as well as the right to live in the same communities. By maintaining betang, Dayak people do not resist change, either from within or from outside, especially the favorable change and in accordance with their physical and spiritual needs.
Betang settlement patterns are closely related to food sources provided by the surrounding nature, such as land for farming, river fish, and forests inhabited by game animals. But today, dependence on nature has gradually been waning. Dayak community has begun to recognize plantations and farms. Betang describe the intimacy of relationships in the family and in society.

Traditional art.

Betang besides the residence is also the center of all the traditional activities of the community. When observed more closely, the activities at home betang resembles the traditional educational process which is non-formal. In the Dayak people are sharing a task or differences in the traditional art work. The man skilled in ngamboh (blacksmith), weaving, and carving, while women are more skilled in weaving and weaving fine. In a relatively small group is easier for every citizen to try to increase knowledge and skills, so that they can be useful in society, because if they do not have adequate knowledge and skills they are considered slackers.

Some Important Aspects betang.

Although relatively very simple and far from luxurious, betang remains a high-value residential for the Dayak. Therefore, it is very very important for us to look further views on betang Dayak community are reflected in the following aspects:
Residential aspect. Betang a permanent multi-family structures and mainly serves as a primary residence in the cottage next to the house in the fields.
Legal aspects and property rights. Longhouses have clear ownership aspect. Especially the right of ownership of all families together controlled all the land in the region long house. Rights longhouse area is secondary right, while the primary rights are held by each family or small family groups who have ties of kinship. Betang is also a very important judicial unit. Often disputes between members betang can be solved by traditional elders internally. One thing that stands out is the authorized person or one particular family is relatively small, which is far more important is the overall authority of the long house. This is due to the strong egalitarisme in the Dayak community.
Economic aspects. Long house plays an important role in the current distribution of labor between family and work. The use of additional manpower from other families, is the key to the cultivation system on which they run.

Parts betang.

Based on the belief Dayak no specific provisions in the laying space on betang namely  :

Center or axis of the building where people gather conduct a wide range of activities both as religious activities, social and others then los space, should be at the center of the building.
Sleeping room, must be arranged in a row along the building betang. Laying the bedrooms of children and parents there are certain conditions where the bedroom parents must be at the end of the stream and the youngest child's bedroom should be at least the downstream end of the flow of the river, so the bedroom of parents and youngest child should not be enclosed and if it violated would have disastrous for the whole house.
Parts of the kitchen should be facing the flow of the river, according to the myth that gets sustenance.
Stairs. Indoor staircase custom homes should betang odd number, but generally amounts to 3 which is located on the far left and right, one in front as a marker or an expression of solidarity by the myth depending on the size of the house, the bigger the size of the house, the more stairs.
Pante is a floor drying rice, clothes, to hold other ceremonies. Position in front exterior roof juts out GCC. Pante floors made of bamboo, parts of the stem nut, wood roundness of the wrist or on the trunk board.

The porch is the entrance to the house after passing Pante whose numbers correspond to the number of households. The front porch is if there are ceremonial village mounted a special mark such as a piece of bamboo whose skin resembles mashed tassels vertebra by vertebra.
Sami living room serves as a place to hold events that require citizens.
Jungkar. Unlike roar that in general there should be. While Jungkar as an additional exclamation rear chamber each family whose roof connect long roofs or roof tube sometimes stands alone but is still part of the long house. Jungkar placed in the stairwell entrance or exit for the family, so as not to disturb guests who are come. Jungkar that connect the roof to the roof of the long house made of ventilation on the roof that opens with sustained / timber refuted when rain or night can be closed again.
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