Before 2010, Dayak Salako community in Loncek was still isolated. The children from that village would only attend school until junior high at most, and even then only if their parents had relatives in the city. Back then, the only way to reach the city was through the river, a-day-and-a-night’s trip from Pontianak, the provincial capital, using a motorized canoe called kelotok.
“If it’s during low tide, the trip could take three days and three nights,” said Yohanes Aboy, a Catholic leader in Loncek.
Administratively, Kampung Loncek is part of Teluk Bakung Village, West Kalimantan. They say this village was founded by Nek Motek and Timanggong around 1910. The two of them built a Dayak long house and cleared a field for their families around the foot of the Loncek hill. An elder of Kampung Loncek, Ga’eb, is sure that their ancestors came from the Ambawang 40 community, around Desa Lingga, Kubu Raya Subdistrict. Others came from Banyuke, Landak Subdistrict.