Pampang is an area in Sei Siring which is included in the Samarinda region, East Kalimantan. Pampang is a Dayak traditional tourist area which has been designated as one of the tourist destinations in East Kalimantan Province, especially the city of Samarinda.

How to Get to the Dayak Cultural Village in Pampang

The Dayak traditional village or Dayak cultural village in Pampang is on the Samarinda-Bontang axis road km 5. If you are coming from Balikpapan (Sepinggan Airport), you can use the Soekarno Hatta road to Samarinda. You can follow the road along the Mahakam river from Loa Janan, past the Sei Keledang PLTD, to crossing the Mahakam river via the Mahakam bridge. From inside the city, you can take Jalan P. Antasari until the intersection of four, you take Jalan Djuanda. From Jalan Djuanda, you will find an intersection with four red lights, and take the right lane towards Lembuswana Mall. Not far after passing Lembuswana Mall, you will find the intersection again and please take the left lane towards Jalan Cendrawasih. Continue following this road until you find the intersection of three Aalayah housing complexes, please take the right lane and continue to reach the Samarinda-Bontang axis road. The Pampang Dayak traditional village is on the left of the Samarinda-Bontang axis road. The travel time required if you are from Balikpapan is 4 hours.

If you want to stay in Samarinda, don't be afraid because there are lots of hotels and accommodation ranging from jasmine class to four star hotels. Call it Aston, Bumi Senyiur, Grand Viktoria, Swiss Bell, Mesra, Radja, and various other hotels.

Get to know the Dayak tribe at a glance

Literally, the word "Dayak" means people who come from the interior or mountains. Therefore, Dayak means mountain people or inland people. According to Dayak beliefs, especially those in the interior of Kalimantan which are passed on by word of mouth, from grandmother to father, from father to son, until now what has not been written has resulted in being more or less true, that the origins of the Dayak tribe's ancestors The island of Kalimantan was sent down from the seventh heaven to this world with "Palangka Bulau" (Palangka means holy, clean, is ancak, as a sacred palanquin, a sacred axle of gold sent down from the sky, often also called "Ancak or Kalangkang") . However, based on historical records, all tribes in Indonesia originate from the Austronesian race which originated from the Chinese plains around 3500-1500 BC.