Dayak Tamambaloh is a tribe lives as a group, stays along Tamambaloh river and Labian river, across the north Kapuas Hulu. The tribe still alive relies heavily on nature and people always keep the closeness with vicinity.
Unlike Dayak Iban tribe or Dayak Taman tribe which still reside in long houses, the people of Dayak Tamambaloh tribe live in single house gathering nearby a river or a road.
Nowadays Dayak Tamambaloh is rarely found dwell in the long house. A culture of living in a long house has decreased as government suggested local people to build single house because of healthy reasons.
Indeed, there are some villages that still retain the tradition of this unique and old culture, such as Bukung and Bakul village. Besides, many traditional rituals have been unpreserved. It happens because of no regeneration.
Along with old age, the old culture is also getting older and eventually lost, while trust in the spirits of the ancestors and the supernatural, have been replaced by "modern" belief named religion (Catholic) which has come more than a hundred years ago.
There are so many cultures that have not been conducted by Dayak Tamambaloh tribe or rarely carried out nowadays.
For instance, the traditions of taking a bath in a river at downstream of a human's cranium, at the time of traditional ritual called “Buang Pantang” (Buang Pantang is the last death traditional ritual to release the sorrow of families who have died). A human's cranium that was used in the ritual is an enemy's skull.(Long time ago, ingenuous people hunted heads of their enemies. The head-hunting is called Mangayo).
Now, the head of the human's cranium is replaced with the head of buffalo or pig. Moreover, prominent figures decide not to conduct the ritual by using a human's cranium anymore as it is not appropriate with modern era, and it's totally against human rights.
Another example is Baranangis.
Baranangis is a kind of an old oral literature. It's a hum of Dayak Tamambaloh ancient literature language that is mostly not understood by its young generation. Previously, Baranangis was often used not only to traditional ceremony for talking but also to chat or to tell story to children, like this present, as little ingenuous people can do Baranangis. It happens because of transitional era and language.
Nevertheless, this tribe still maintains the inheritable tradition of their forefathers. For instance: farming, weaving mats, making farm and catch fish equipment, making trinkets and clothing accessories of traditional beads.
In the past, Dayak Tamambaloh used bark to their house walls. Now they don't use it anymore as it's taken from tree in forest. They are aware of the importance of forests for life.
Nowadays almost of all Dayak Tamambaloh can read and write.
One interesting culture about the tribe is Gotong Royong (working together. Such as: work together in farming and cleaning the environment).
