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Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan

Banjarmasin is the ninth-largest metropolitan city in Indonesia and the capital city of South Kalimantan. It is located on the East side of Kalimantan Island (widely known as Borneo Island) and it is sometimes called “The Thousand River City”.

Banjarmasin is called The Thousand River City because it has an abundance of wide rivers like Martapura, Barito, Sipandai, Sigaling, Keramat, Jagabaya, Pangeran River, and many other rives. It has remained an important harbor town in Kalimantan from ancient times up until this day because of its wide and mighty rivers.

Those rivers play an important role in the Banjarese’ way of life. Every morning to this very day there are floating market farmers and merchants trade their goods on boats. One of the main tourist attractions in this city is the floating markets where commerce takes place on the water. نادي اتلتيكو

The most well know is the Muara Kuin Floating Market located on the Barito River. The floating market is the place to see the traffic of all kinds of boats laden with bananas, shrimps, fish, vegetables, coconut, spices and chilies, oranges, rambutans, and much other fruit are in season. The traders are very professional maneuvering their boats with dexterity and precision since the boats are constantly wobbled by the river’s waves. You can witness a unique market transaction and have a shot at doing buying transactions and making a bid with the traditional merchant.

Banjarmasin is not just another city on the river. It offers so much more than the iconic floating market. You can see culture and religion co-exist side by side. كاس كوبا امريكا 2024 Mesjid Raya Sabilal Muhtadin is one of the Islamic buildings that exists not only as a place to worship God but also as a favorite place for people to take a leisurely walk enjoying the fresh air and the shade of the trees in the urban forest that is in the neighborhood of the mosque or photography enthusiasts.

And you can’t leave the wonderful culinary such as Soto Banjar, Ketupat Kandangan, Mie Bancir, Manday, Pakasam, and many other delish vittles. Also the so many exotic fruits in Banjarmasin, such as many kinds of durian, kapul, and kasturi. Kasturi is one of the endemic fruit in Kalimantan but is now considered extinct in the wild.

And don’t forget the souvenirs that you might want to bring home, Banjar Batik fabric, called Sasirangan as the excellent preference. You could visit The Village of Sasirangan to get this uniquely ethnic sense of art on the sheet of fabric.

Another souvenir that you might want to bring is the most well-known gemstone from Martapura city called Intan. ألعاب بلاك بينك The land of South Kalimantan is blessed with some of the most sparkling treasures provided by mother earth, especially the one that emits the most beautiful light, namely: Diamonds. This shimmering gem is quarried from various diamond fields in the province. The gemstone market operates on Tuesday and Saturday.