Long House - Umag Daru

The Dayak tribe's traditional long house, called Umag Daru, defines the harmonious existence of extended families in one dwelling. Each head of the family is provided a big, spacious room called " lamin".

A long house spans up to 400 meters and can contain as many as 40 lamins. The room in the middle of the Umang Daru, the Lamin Jau, is the quarters of the tribal chief. Long house are made of ulin wood, and are built to stilts, accessible only trough one common wooden stairs. The walls are decorated with carvings known as " kalung".

Devider separate one Lamin from another. At the front of a long house is a statue, the Hudog, to keep the Umag Daru away from diseases and evil spirits.