Abstract

Dayak Kanayatn as one of the Dayak ethnic in Kalimantan Barat has a tendency to use its natural resource such as plants to support various tradition costum needs, such as tradition clothing which are absolute within the traditional costum ritual. The purpose of this research is to find out the species of plants and its parts that used as material in the Dayak Kanayatn traditional costum clothing. The research was conducted between April until July 2019. The result of the research found that there are 24 species of plants from 12 family. The most used family are the Arecaceae (8 species), Poaceae (5 species), and Moraceae (2 species). Parts of the plants which used the most are branch (44%), then skin of the branch (26%), and the wood (13%). All the plants which are used had its own specific meaning for Dayak Kanayatn people.

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