A Bag for Everything

A woman from the village Sukamaju, Mentebah sub-district in Kapuas Hulu, was carrying tengkalang contained bananas.
Tengkalang or tengkin is a basket used to carry fruit and vegetables from farming. It's made from rattan. The natives of Kapuas Hulu use it as a bag to bring anything to go farming.
It's very useful to carry heavy things, such as fruits, firewood and sweeden rice, and sometimes it's used to hold their little children. Ngamben, is the way of local people to carry their kids on their back by bounding them with cloths or putting them
in a tengkalang.

The Mortar Dance of Kapuas Hulu

The mortar dance (The Lesung Dance) comes from the Dayak tribe of Kapuas Hulu.
The dance is held as an expression of gratitude for the success of the rice harvest. Rice harvest is commonly conducted in June every year.
After the rice harvest, farmers will have a party of rice. In this party, youth would present dances, one of them is the mortar dance.
In this dance, one of the male dancer would dance with mortar on his mouth. He holds it by biting it with his teeth. Mortar is a tool to release rice from the chaff.
The phenomenon of climate change takes effect on agriculture which thr period of harvest begins to change which is not always takes time in June.

The Dancer from Mendalam Dayak of Kapuas Hulu

This dance comes from Dayak tribe of Mendalam, in Kapuas Hulu. Dancer dressed in traditional clothes of Dayak Mendalam. The equipment of Dayak traditional dress in general use as a decorative feather on his head, and tattoos on his arms and neck.