Longhouse

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A special feature of Dayak culture is the longhouse (lamin) which is built along the banks of rivers. These ridge-roofed structures are often up to 180 m long and 9-18 m wide. Several or more longhouses, each containing sometimes 50 families and as many as 200 doors, make up a Dayak village. There is considerable variation throughout Kalimantan in the size, method of construction, and interior arrangement of longhouses. They are almost always raised at least 3 m off the ground on wooden piles which are easier to replace than rotting floorboards. The current of air underneath reduces vermin and prevents dry rot, and pigs and chickens are kept underneath so that they won't be stolen. These stilts also provide protection against snakes, floods, and enemies; longhouses evolved from a time when the Dayaks lived in a state of almost constant intertribal warfare. Two logs with steps cut into them, or a rough ladder which bends and bucks and is pulled up at night, leads up to a so its spirit wouldn't hold a grudge against them but feel welcome in its new home. As well as pleasing their sweethearts, the new head increased the prestige of the owner of each head. The skull's power faded as it got old so fresh skulls were always needed. Tribes without u/u (heads) were spiritually weak, falling easy prey to enemy poison darts and mandaus, or pestilence. In remote villages of Kalimantan travelers still come across old skulls.