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Caption: KAHAYAN RIVER A life on
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Caption: My Tripadvisor review of
Kahayan River & Palangkaraya:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/members/Wulan_Dewi
#stellerplaces
Caption: BORNEO
KALIMANTAN Indonesia.
Kahayan River means
Great Dayak.
Dayak is native people of Kalimantan.
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Sungai Kahayan artinya
Dayak Besar (suku asli Kalimantan)
Caption: It's a place where people live daily using the river as everything.
Let's follow us to know about life behind one of the longest rivers in Kalimantan.
(All photo & video were taken by us: Juniwulan & Bima Anggara)
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Ini adalah tempat di mana sungai menjadi sentral kehidupan. Yuk kita lihat seperti apa kehidupan di salah satu sungai terpanjang di Kalimantan ini.
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Caption: This traditional boat will bring us. Ear plug please :)
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Kita naik perahu kelotok ya. Pasang sumpel kuping buar ga budeg :)
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Caption: First, we will go far from Palangkaraya city.
Find how villagers live by the Kahayang River Pertama, kita akan menuju ke desa, melihat bagaimana penduduk desa hidup di tepian sungai Kahayang.
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Caption: Look there's the village!
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Tuh desanya udah keliatan!
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Caption: Now we arrived at the village.
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Sampe deh kita di desa.
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Caption: Home sweet home :)
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Caption: Almost all are wooden houses raised on stilts. Hampir semua berupa rumah panggung dari kayu.
Caption: What is the function of the river?
Is there any yard?
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Fungsi sungai untuk mereka apa ya?
Mereka punya halaman rumah
ga sih?
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Caption: The river is a main "road"
to go to the city.
••• Sungai di sini berfungsi sebagai transportasi utama menuju kota.
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Caption: Hot & rain they always use the river. It's their life. Ga peduli cuacanya, sungai adalah kehidupan mereka.
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Caption: They have traffic signs along the river!
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Ada rambu lalulintas lho di sepanjang sungai!
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Caption: Yard? Their yard is the river, above & by the river.
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Halaman rumah mereka adalah sungai. Kegiatan dilakukan di pinggir & di atas sungai.
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Caption: Even there is a shop by the river:)
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Warung pun ada di pinggir sungai:)
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Caption: But sometimes it make them tired. Tapi terkadang semua itu tampak melelahkan mereka
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Caption: Sometimes sad because no football field to play Sedih karena ga ada lapangan bola buat main
Caption: But we believe that they enjoy this hereditary life style
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Tapi kami percaya meteka menikmati cara hidup yang duwariskan turun menurun ini.
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Caption: They're religious people. See their temple along the river in the jungle •••
Mereka orang yang religius, tercermin dari pura tempat ibadah mereka di dalam hutan.
Caption: Near the village where Kayahan river split into 2 branches we can see 2 different colors (dark brown vs light brown).
May be it's not beautiful as we see in Brazil & Switzerland, but it's still unique.
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Di dekat desa di perpecahan sungai Kahayan warna sungai tampak kontras berbeda warna (coklat tua vs coklat muda).
Mungkin ini ga secantik kontras warna sungai yang ada di Brazil & Swiss, tapi tetep unik :)
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Caption: Now it's time to leave the village. Let's go to the city of Palangkaraya Sekarang kita tinggalkan desa menuju kota Palangkaraya. Mariiii.
Caption: Palangkaraya is the capital of Central Kalimantan province.
The pioneer of this city is Pahandut Village who lived by the Kahayan river (1894).
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Palangkaraya adalah ibukota provinsi Kalimantan Tengah.
Cikal bakalnya adalah
Kampung Pahandut yang tinggal di bantaran sungai Kahayan (1894)
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Caption: Start to see city things like big ship. Mulai tampak suasana kota seperti kapal besar
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Caption: Plane are needed according there are so many remote areas.
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Pesawat dibutuhkan karena banyak daerah terpencil.
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Caption: A gas station also located by the river.
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Pom bensin juga di bantaran sungai lho
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Caption: There is also wood industry. Hopefully it's not illegal logging :( •••
Industri khususnya kayu juga ada di sini. Semoga bukan illegal logging aja :(
Caption: How about people life in the city?
Is it different with the villagers?
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Cara hidup orang kota di sini beda ga ya dengan penduduk desa?
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Caption: Quite the same that
river is their live. Kurang lebih sama: sungai adalah nadi hidup mereka
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Caption: Using river as their kitchen.
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Sungai adalah dapur mereka.
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Caption: Using river as bathroom
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Sungai adalah juga kamar mandi.
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Caption: A river as a place
to make business Sungai adalah sumber rejeki
Caption: Whatever happens in Kahayan River, it's a life of people who live there.
Some people say it's a poverty. Some people say it's a tradition. We rather say it's a LIFE,
just a life.
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Apapun yang terjadi di sungai Kahayan, itu adalah fakta kehidupan apapun label yang orang tempelkan: kemiskinan, tradisi atau lainnya, itulah
FAKTA HIDUP.
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Caption: Tired
Cape
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Caption: As sun goes down
In Kahayan Bridge
we must finish
the journey Matahari pun mulai tenggelam. Pulang yuk.
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Caption: Bye Kahayan River
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Selamat tinggal Sungai Kahayan
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