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By Richard Black
Environment Correspondent, BBC News website "You don't find new mammals that often, and to do so must be extraordinary"
Callum Rankine  In the dense central forests of borneo, a conservation group has found what appears to be a new species of mammal.
WWF caught two images of the animal, which is bigger than a domestic cat, dark red, and has a long muscular tail. Local people, the WWF says, had not seen the species before, and researchers say it looks to be new. The WWF says there is an urgent need to conserve forests in south-east Asia which are under pressure from logging and the palm oil trade. The creature, believed to be carnivorous, was spotted in the Kayan Mentarang National Park, which lies in Indonesian territory on Borneo. The team which discovered it, led by biologist Stephan Wulffraat, is publishing full details in a new book on Borneo and its wildlife. "You don't find new mammals that often, and to do so must be extraordinary," said Callum Rankine, head of the species programme at WWF-UK. "We've got camera traps there, which are passive devices relying on infra-red beams across forest paths," he told the BBC News website. "Lots of animals come past - it's much easier than pushing through the forest itself - and when an animal cuts the beam, two cameras catch images from the front and back." |
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 1) samarinda
CITRA NIAGA shopping center and promotion, located at Jl. Niaga, Samarinda. 2) balikpapan - BALIKPAPAN CENTER (BALIKPAPAN PERMAI), located along Markoni Beach, 15 minute from the city, 5 km from Sepinggan Airport, 10 km from Semayang Harbour.
- Gajah Mada Departemen Store, at jalan Antasari.
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 A. Sub district of samarinda
1) Lamin Pampang at Pampang.
B. Sub district of Tenggarong 2) Lamin Pondok Labu at Pondok Labu
3) Lamin Waduk Panji Suka Rame at Tenggarong.
C. Sub district of Jempang
4) Lamin Mancong at Mancong.
5) Lamin Muara nayan at Muara Nayan
6) Lamin Pentat at Pentat
7) Lamin Lambunah at Lambunah
8) Lamin Taman Jambrut at Taman Isuy
9) Lamin Pemda at Tanjung Isuy
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 1) IMMIGRATION OFFICE
a. samarinda
Jl. Ir. Juanda
b. balikpapan
Jl Jend. Sudirman, Phone, 41175
c. tarakan
Jl. Sumatera 1, Phone, 41242
2) POLICE OFFICE
a. Samarinda
Jl. Bhayangkara, Phone, 41516
b. Balikpapan
Jl. Wiluyo Puspoyudo, Phone, 41340
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 Before the primary moment of the ceremony comes, that is when the couple is united at the wedding party, like usual, the youngsters are let to choose their own partners according to their own feeling and affection, this period is commonly called the engagement period.
As a custom to Dayak Tribe, if there is an important event such as death, birth, epidemic or farming season, a traditional ceremony will be held, accompanied with many of dances. From those parties, men and women have chances to meet and search for sweethearts.
One of the interesting traditional ceremony is when the youngsters search for sweethearts in the "Ngungu Tahun" ceremony, that is a feasting traditional ceremony held in every end of the year after the harvest. Ngungu Tahun traditional ceremony is a form of manifestation from the people to their God who has given them prosperity and good crops. As the peak of the ceremony, there will be a band of mass dances performed by the people such as "Gantar Dance", "Balian Bawo" and other dances and this event lasts very long until late at night and even until dawn. In this crowd, the Dayak youngsters take the opportunity of choosing their sweethearts.
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