hat in Datah Bilang
Resettlement village on the Middle Mahakam River
Datah Bilang, a relatively recent Dayak settlement (from the 1970s) contains no long house, but several large meeting halls, with carved poles. On our way upstream, by speedboat, we only stopped here for some 15 minutes, not enough for detailed exploration of the village, but just OK for a few pictures.
A similar village – pictures only – is Long Hubung, further upriver (or jump to the end of the Virtual Tour, at Long Bagum)
the ‘bridge’ between jetty and village, the only way to get onshore
the welcome arch at the entrance of Datah Bilang
tomb of village eldest
decorated door of the tomb
house on poles, carved into patongs
each patong pole has another face
upstream meeting hall of Datah Bilang
