OTHER NAME FOR BORNEO
BORNEO is also called KALIMANTAN.
To some people the word kali means river and mantan means tiger or macan.
Others relate Kalimantan to the flourescent light or the light that we use to light up our house, while others relate it to the name of the Hindu Goddess, Kali and Mantan means the Tiger. One of the Hindu Goddess show her sitting on a Tiger. or Tigress.
Whatever the meaning and the reason, KALIMANTAN or BORNEO is full of mystics that is worth exploring.
There was also a missionary in Java from one of the 9 Missionaries called Sunan Kalijaga. He could be the Missionary that looked after KALIMANTAN.
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