When the Dayak Iban Manua stake in democracy

Tirta Gelong Maligai Cultural House which is replica of the Long House of Iban Manua’s Iban tribe in the past it looks crowded with citizen activity. The Long House is usually a place for cultural art events and community meetings of Dayak indigenous people. But this time is crowded because it becomes a Sound Covering (TPS) 2024.

There is a TPS at the custom house that is TPS 001 for a group of citizens who reside at Rumah Betang Dayak Iban Manua to use the right of selecting it in 2024. From Rumah Betang where they settle into the TPS location Cultural House is only 50 meters away.

The exact at the Utik River Dusun, the Lintang Stone Village, Embaloh Hulu District, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, there are 48 Heads of the Family of the Iban Manua Dayak tribe lived since 1978 each other side with the other at Rumah Betang, namely the typical Dayak indigenous house that is widely encountered in various Borneo fighters.

The Utik River KPPS officer explains how to block to the elderly when socialization of Elections at the Utik River Iban House.

The Dayak Color follow the climbing socialization at the Utik River Iban House.

At the 2024 Elderly the residents of the Man’s Iban Power House recorded 195 people entering in the Fixed Selector List (DPT) of the Utik River including seven officers of the Voice Disclosure Organizer Group (KPPS). There is one TPS only for them namely TPS 001 Utik River.

In the implementation of the election stage, a day ahead of the voting, KPPS Dusun Sungai Utik conducts socialization of the grammar to correctly use the Iban Dayak to the residents of Rumah Betang to be easier in understanding.

From 195 different names on DPT only 175 people who use the right to select it on the day of voters on Wednesday (14/2). While the rest is because there is moving the selection location and there is a barrier. From the results of the calculation of sound at TPS 001 The Utik River, especially for the elections of the president and the vice president, all the incoming sounds are legitimate sounds. Couple candidate (paslon) sequence number 1 Anies Baswedan - Muhaimin Iskandar won four votes. Paslon sequence number 2 Prabowo Subianto - Gibran Rakabuming Raka won 125 votes. While the 3 Ganjar Pranowo sequence number - Mahfud MD won 46 votes.

The poultry brought the 2024 hammering sound box at TPS 001 in Tirta Gelong Culture House.

The Power of Iban Manua reads the list of capres-cawapres and prospective legislative before the blocking at TPS 001 at Tirta Gelong Meligai Cultural House.

According to locals, this time, they are very enthusiastic to TPS especially to block the capres and cawapres options. All day names of the capres and cawapres became a warm topic in the chat of citizens who are all in a joyful atmosphere. It is also recognized by the Head of the Utik River Village, Raymundus Remang that his citizen is very enthusiastic to use the right to choose it as the citizens of the Republic of Indonesia.

Head of Ttang Dayak Iban Manua Sungai Utik, Bandi or more commonly known as Apai Janggut (90 years) also uses its select rights in TPS 001. Whati Janggut tells him always participated the election since President Soekarno’s government, since the election of 1955 until now.

According to him, the selected capres and cawapres are expected to continue the development in the region as already carried out by the current government and have concern in the environment because by maintaining the environment then the same as preparing a good life for the generation of successors.

Notification of the 2024 election vote in TPS 001 at Tirta Gelong Culture House.

Head of the House Betang Dayak Iban Manua Sungai Utik Whati Janggut or Bandi (left) accompanied by officers when inserting a voice letter to the sound box in TPS 001.

“President is selected will have to care in the environment because we can’t live without clean water and healthy air,” said Whati Janggut.

A citizen who is also the craft of Iban’s signature loom fabric called Lydia Sumbun (49 years) said he was very impressed with the program of the articlelon capres-cawapres mentioning wants to fight young generations.

With the completion of the blocking, he hoped that the people of Indonesia remains the rukun and are not broken because of the difference in political options in the 2024.

Lintang Stone Village Head, Raymundus Remang (right place) with citizens read the list of potential legislatives when the blocking at TPS 001.

The number of citizens of the Dayak Iban Manua Sungai Utik House waits the turn to use the right of selecting 2024 in TPS 001.

Usai conducts a blockage in TPS, dozens of Catholics following the Mass Wednesday Abu held at Rumah Betang and led by Karolus Malikh Manehat as the Prodiakon Church of Santo Joseph Utik River. The Catholic amba was prepared to enter the Prepaskah period with repent and began to collapse. In the e.g. the Catholic Umat is encouraged to avoid the things that do not match the Catholic faith, such as avoiding the quarrel or conflict between humans.

Photos & text : Jessica Wuysang

Author : Nyoman Budhiana

The color of the Utic River House shows ink on his fingers using the right selecting 2024 in TPS 001.

The KPPS gas shows the voice letter when the Calculation of the Presidential election sound and Vice President at TPS 001.

The witness of the political party writes the results of the presidential election sound calculation and vice president at TPS 001.

The Catholic Church followed the Mass of Wednesday Abu at Rumah Betang Dayak Iban Manua as a voter for 2024.

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