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Song That Will Remind Us of Our Childhood, Ampar-Ampar Pisang.

One of the Nusantara songs, Ampar-Ampar Pisang from South Kalimantan is more like Indonesian childhood's song. The meaning of the Ampar-Ampar Pisang  song reflects joy, illustrated by the lyrics that are interlinked. The lyrics of the  Ampar-Ampar Pisang song  also illustrate how Indonesia's natural wealth, especially in the South Kalimantan region. But there is a history that mentions the origin of Ampar-Ampar Pisang song  were originally sung accidentally when the people of South Kalimantan were making a food made from banana fruit called rimpi. The contents of the  Ampar-Ampar Pisang  song lyrics are not much different from the rimpi making process, which tells the story of bananas being sliced and surrounded by small flying animals because of the sweet aroma. Small flying animals are known to the people of Borneo by the name bari-bari . The word of  bidawang means bitten. It is said that the word dikitip bidawang is used to scare childrens who lik

Blend with the Natural Beauty, Dayak's Traditional Clothes.

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Hundreds of years ago the Dayak ethnic made clothes made from bark called nyamu bark. The bark of the tree is forged with a hammer like a wooden hammer to become limp like cloth. After being considered smooth, nyamu bark was cut to make clothes and pants. The fashion model is very simple and solely just to cover the body. This clothes are an unisex vest without any decoration. This simple vest in Ngaju is called sangkarut . The pants are loincloths, which when worn on the front, are covered with sheets of rectangular cloth, called ewah . The color is light brown (the original color of wood), not decorated, nor is it colored so that it feels very natural. But the grooming instinct, which is said to have risen to the hearts of every human being since thousands of years ago, disturbs the desire of the Dayak Ngaju people's to "beautify" their appearance. Then the simple wooden leather dress was then equipped with headband accessories ( salutup hatue for men