Pampang Cultural Park, Kalimantan Barat

Kalimantan occupied two-third of Borneo Island, the world’s third biggest island after Greenland and New Guinea, sharing the borders with Brunei Darussalam and the Malaysian state of Serawak and Sabah. It is the land of the Dayak people who long ago were famous as courageous warriors. Over 200 tribes live in the island, but most well known groups are the Kenyah and Kayan in the east, the Ngaju in central region, and the Iban in west Kalimantan.

Nestled in Pampang Village, Sungai Siring, Samarinda Utara sub-district, Pampang Cultural Park is a must see cultural park when you visit East Kalimantan. Pampang is a Dayak Village with its roots of the Apokayan, as a Apokayan transmigration project.

They left their village to stay near urban areas to obtain education and to get a better life. Currently, not less than 800 members of Dayak Kenyah community live in Pampang Village. The tribe has a unique performing arts which is held every Sunday, that you can try to witness it. 

Activity 
This is the place where you can learn the culture and life of Dayak Kenyah tribe. They have dance performances by the tribe children, teenagers and adults that usually performed in a Lamin or a customary home of Dayak tribe. Every show they performed  8 dances, such as nyelamai sakai dance (welcome dance for guests), ajay (war dance), enggang terbang and berburu (hunting dance). 

Getting There

You can reach this place by car or public transportation from Balikpapan to Samarinda, it takes around 2 hours. From here you continue your drive for another 30-45 minutes to Pampang village.