Long ago, according to local legend, the inhabitants of Tumbang Malahoi came from the Pekang Sambon area (now part of West Kalimantan Province), precisely the Malahoi / Malawi basin. The first to seek a new home in Central Kalimantan, on Mount Riwut between the Samba and Manuhing rivers, was Ongko Langi. Ongko Langi and some of his family members lived in Riwut Hill for a while. In his family, there was a beautiful woman named Nyai Mulung who received special attention and became a secluded woman (bawi kuwu). She later married a young man from Kayangan (Sangiang Beach) named Umban Bulau. On the front door of the women's room there is a carving that is now kept in a place called Betang Toyoi in Tumbang Malahoi which proves that Nyai Mulung was once a bawi kuwu.
Because of the marriage of Nyai Mulung and Urban Bulau, offspring were born named Aluh Lakar (female), Patan (male), Pantan (male), and Tanggalung or Timah (female). From these children were born the descendants of Bungai and Burow. They settled in Sange. The name of this village still exists today, it is located in the southern part of Tumbang Malahoi village.
After moving several times, the Bira Dandan family, one of the descendants of Bungai and Burow, felt the need to seek guidance to find a suitable place to live that would make them comfortable forever. They performed the Manajah antang ceremony to ask the Almighty for guidance. According to this ceremony, the position was determined on the banks of the Baringei River. Today, the name "Malahoi" is taken from a village in West Kalimantan. In addition to keeping the original name, a piece of land and water was also taken, so that one day they could live as if they were in their hometown.
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Betang Toyoi
Having found a place that was considered to guarantee peace, tranquility and prosperity, a descendant of Malahoy, West Kalimantan, named Toyoi, coordinated with his son and daughter-in-law to gather building materials. Begin construction of the Betang house. It took about three years to gather the building materials. Several families in Rungan, Manuhing and other areas worked together to build the betang. The Betang house was built around 1869 and named Betang Toyoi in memory of Toyoi who built it. Toyoi himself was animated in 1948. It is a procession of spirit mediums to the afterlife, and purifies the body from the grave to a place called sandung.
A base of struggle since the Banjar War Era
There is a heroic story, commonly called "The Story of Bungai's Struggle". Bungai was an influential figure in the village of Tumbang Malahoi, when he was appointed by the Banjar King Sultan Mochammad Seman as the leader of the rebellion against the Dutch colonial government. Bungai was also awarded the title Tamanggung Singa Pati. It was marked by the presentation of a yellow flag, which was the flag to fight the Dutch.
To commemorate this event, the Beringei River was named "Batang Danum Riak Jamban Raja". This means that the nobles have crossed the river. After Bungai was entrusted with the war against the Dutch led by the King of Banjar, the two figures together fought in the Pelaihari (Tabangian), Sungai Saluang (Banjar) and Kayu Tangi (Martapura) regions. Bungai's struggle was then continued by the next generation of Tumbang Malahoi. After independence, the Tumbang Malahoi community actively fought to defend the independence of the Indonesian state.
In early March 1946, a group came from Tuban - Java, they informed that Captain Mulyno who led Unit 003 / K3 MN-1001 of the Special Military Investigators (PMC), came to Kalimantan to fight NICA. At that time, all community leaders from villages in the Sungai Rungan / Manuhing area agreed to support the struggle to defend Indonesian independence and expel Dutch colonizers from the islands of Indonesia including Kalimantan.
Diter Merang presented the idea of finding a way out of Dutch colonization.Diter proposed to hold negotiations at Betang Toyoi.This idea was accepted by Panyat Bin Toyoi, who was in charge at the time.Based on the results of the negotiations, it was decided to hold a manajah antang ceremony (asking for guidance from the Almighty). The results showed that Indonesia could escape the shackles of Dutch colonialism.However, the condition must be to hang a sahur as a sign to seek the help of the creator and ancestors.
GRRI's destination was the Dutch Defense Headquarters at Lake Mare, Tumbang Samba.Apart from carrying out the manajah antang ceremony, Rungan / Manuhing community leaders also participated in the formation of GRRI troops.The composition of the GRRI fighters was named the Ujan Panas Force, which consisted of 46 key personnel, including Samudin Aman as its commander at that time. To commemorate the story of this struggle, the Sovereignty Monument was erected on December 28, 1949.The monument was originally built from iron and wood with the inscription "the base of the guerrilla struggle to seize/defend Indonesian independence in Tumbang Malahoi from 1945 to 1949".
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