The three hour and a half journey was long with a path that was almost impossible for an ordinary car without an experienced driver, once it rained, the dirt road would become as smooth as soap. Only double garden cars are recommended to go through this road, apart from travel and residents who pass here every day, of course. Finally we arrive at a village called Tumbang Malahoi, here is where a large heritage house of the Dayak people is still standing, Rumah Betang (longhouse), as it is called. In the middle of the house, you can see a saber along with things like water, rice, mandau, stones and others. A welcoming ceremony has been prepared for us, the Tapung Tawar ceremony. This ceremony is intended to clean up all evil things that we carry from outside, to be strengthened while there, and to be considered like one's own family while at Betang House. This Betang house in Tumbang Malahoi Village was founded by Toyoi Panji, so it is called Betang Toyoi. There is no definite record of when this house was founded because no one could write about the past. However, according to research, the ironwood that supports the 39 meter long building is about 150 years old. The Betang Toyoi house has undergone several renovations, but its authenticity is still preserved, except that the walls which were previously only made of bark have now been added with ironwood on the inside. Although on the outside it still uses bark. What is most amazing is how the ancients cut and shaped exactly the same number of poles into round squares with simple tools. Likewise, to glue one part to another, you don't use nails, only pins that are also made of ironwood, or some call it iron wood. In
The three hour and a half journey was long with a path that was almost impossible for an ordinary car without an experienced driver, once it rained, the dirt road would become as smooth as soap. Only double garden cars are recommended to go through this road, apart from travel and residents who pass here
