These hamlets are home to the Iban Dayak, one of the Dayak sub-ethnic groups in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Kedungkang is two to three hours by motorcycle from Lanjak town, depending on the weather. Pelaik is more remotely located in the middle of the Danau Sentarum wetlands, two hours by a 15-horsepower speedboat in the wet season or four to six hours in the driest months by motorcycle and a smaller boat. People’s main livelihoods are based on crop cultivation, agroforestry (fruit, rubber), and traditional fisheries. Their products are sold mainly to middle-persons with much lower prices. For additional sources of income, women also weave traditional fabrics, and some men work in Malaysia as construction labourers.
