Banjarmasin city is one of the city as well as the capital of South Kalimantan province, Indonesia

Banjarmasin city is one of the city as well as the capital of South Kalimantan province, Indonesia. This densely populated city is one of the major cities in Indonesia, although the smallest extent in Kalimantan, which is much smaller than West Jakarta. The city dubbed the city of a thousand rivers is a delta city or island city because it consists of at least 25 pieces of small islands (deltas) which are parts of the city separated by rivers. In Javanese language, Banjarmasin means park asinsedangkan West Java history recorded the name Banjarmasin comes from the palace family of Mahasin Kingdom in Singapore who fled to Banjar area because of Sriwijaya attack then stand Banjar Mahasin Kingdom, but Banjarmasin Banjarmasin original name is in 1664 people The Netherlands still writes it Banjarmasch or Banzjarmasch. The city that has historically been the capital of Kalimantan province until 1957 has a comfort perception index of 52.61 (year 2009) rising to 53.16 (yr 2011) although still below average. In 1942 Japan occupied this city, formerly Dutch colonial, making Banjarmasin the capital of Dutch-Borneo and under British rule (Alexander Hare) known as British-Borneo.

Banjarmasin is also known as the peat land. Most of its territory consists of this type of soil and soil type so it is rather difficult to carry out the development due to soft soil depth up to 36 meters. Therefore, the habit of residents there to do the construction of the foundation by using wood Galam not with a pole as is done in general in big cities in Java. Because wood production in Kalimantan forest is quite large, so many buildings there are utilizing wood as part of development.

One of the most fascinating sights in this city is the sight of hundreds of people queuing up for fuel. This scene also I saw some time after I landed in this city. Several trucks, 4 wheelers and 2 wheels are in line at every gas station & diesel fuel just to refuel. It turned out that the impact of the planned fuel price hike some time ago is quite a negative impact for residents in Banjarmasin. with the issue of fuel price hikes, the fuel traders compete in the race to hoard fuel and the result of diundurnya increase in fuel, hoarders are felt disadvantaged so that although the fuel does not go up, they still set the price of 7000 rupiah. In addition to these impacts, the fuel queue also occurs in every corner of the city. Well that's the way it is.

Ojek vehicle speeding at the speed that is circling the city of Banjarmasin. This city is not much different with the city of Malang and other big cities number 2. Passing by night's vehicles and street buskers, most of the little kids adorn the face of this city. What is somewhat different from the condition of other cities is, many bridges that are above the river that many around this city. In accordance with the nickname, the city of a thousand rivers, this city is indeed a lot of rivers and of course the bridge as a liaison for the small rivers tersebut.Untuk that banjarmasin also known as the floating market. As the name implies, this market floats above the Barito river and uses tuktuk (traditional ship of this region) to peddle its wares. Well, this location will be my tomorrow's destination. For that night, I visited the typical souvenir center of southern kalimantan located somewhere .. hehe .. .. surely at that time I was taken to a cool place. In this souvenir place I found many unique souvenirs typical of Borneo in general and Banjarmasin in particular. in this store I found a lot of typical stones Martapura dangled into a necklace, bracelet or bross colorfull and super unique and beautiful. If in the cities in Java, may have been in the price tag up to hundreds of thousands but here I can get it at a price that is skewed. oh yes, a unique too, here I see various kinds of traditional medicine made by Dayak tribe, among others: ant nest, eel head herb, yellow wood powder yellow and other traditional medicines. In addition, I also found some knitted bags (whatever the name) typical kalimantan, Mandau and woven mats that he said typical of the city. In addition, here I also found Sasirangan Cloth, batik cloth typical of South Kalimantan.

Sasirangan is a custom fabric of Banjar tribe in South Kalimantan, which is made by stitching technique then tied rope and then dyed rope. The effort to protect Banjar culture has been acknowledged by the government through the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights of the Department of Justice and Human Rights of RI, some of the sasirangan motifs as beriku: Iris Pudak, Kambang Raja, Bayam Raja, Kurikit Leather, Sinapur Karang Waves, Bahambur Star, Sari Gading, Balimbur Dragon, Jajumputan, Dayang Down, Kambang Tampuk Manggis, Jaruju Leaf, Kangkung Kaombakan, Tanggiling Scale, Kambang Tanjung. According to mas Acim, my new comrade is a very friendly Banjar man who accompanied me chatting in the shop, saying that it is said that this cloth is a special cloth where the king usually uses this cloth to apply for his dream woman. This cloth should only be made by the virgin women of the village. But now, this cloth is used as a kind of batik Borneo. Where on certain days, employees in this city use sasirangan as office uniforms as well as batik in Java.

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