Sekadau

Sekadau lies beside the Kapuas River in western Borneo, upstream from Sanggau. Local tradition connects its early inhabitants with relatives of Dara Nante, remembered as a ruler of Sanggau, who traveled farther upriver. The kingdom that developed at Sekadau belonged to a network of Kapuas courts whose ruling families built relationships through kinship and marriage. The river carried people and goods between these inland centers and the coast.