VALUES OF BETANG CULTURE AS ONE OF THE MODELS IN REALIZING BETTER LIFE IN INDONESIA

This paper is a brief note about Dayak culture and Betang houses in Central Kalimantan. Written references are difficult to obtain, because all information is only traced through stories from generation to generation. Important findings reveal that Betang cultural values consist of Honesty, Togetherness, Equality, Law Abiding. This needs to be individually and collectively combined with the values of the four national pillars (Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, Unity in Diversity, the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia), to become a means of unifying the nation.