The Radakng House

The popular house from West Kalimantan called house of betang ,  but its known by various terms, such as Lamin in East Kalimantan, and radakng in Pontianak District, Landak, Bengkayang, and Singkawang. Therefore, term of radakng will be used consistently.

 According to a map of the current government, the radakng house located in District Sahabm Radakng Sengah Temila Landak District, for the geographically located approximately between 1 ° 08 'N-0 ° 59' latitude and 108 ° 35 'E-110 ° 10' E (West Kalimantan, 1997). It is part of cultural heritage that is still inhabited by the Dayak Kanayatn until recently, Radakng Sahabm be the only place to stay with the original construction and architecture that still survive. The spirit of maintaining tested at the landak local government proposes to renovation.

Popularity of Radakng in the late 20th century and is based on awareness of people to return to nature. Consciousness is ultimately destroy local cultures, so many people suffer the loss itself.

What happens in modern countries has also occurred in West Kalimantan. In the sixties, with the support of the intellectual leaders of Dayak have developed anti against the house has been breaking down cultural betang.One by one in each village demolished or allowed to collapse for the reasons not healthy, ancient, outdated, and not modern.

The development of these attitudes have been changing the culture of the home culture radakng into stacks. Because of the swift currents of change, then until the seventies almost all radakng in Pontianak regency collapse. Now only two surviving radakng namely: Radakng Sahabm and Radakng Bingge.Map the current government, both located in District Landak.

Turning the world community orientation to the nature of modern culture has invited the attention of the Regional Government of West Kalimantan to promote cultural tourism radakng as West Kalimantan.

Since then the government gives special attention to the construction of street with the improvement of road-Radakng Pahauman Sahabm, outside the community (both domestic and international domestis) frequent visits to see people's lives up close.