Paris Barantai

Paris Barantai, a song from Kalimantan Selatan
Pencipta Lagu dan Lirik : H. Anang Ardiansyah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho1IYFY1iFY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=797rK4gedl0


Wayah pang sudah hari baganti musim
Wayah pang sudah
Kotabaru gunungnya Bamega
Bamega umbak manampur di sala karang
Umbak manampur di sala karang
Batamu lawanlah adinda
Adinda iman di dada rasa malayang
Iman di dada rasa malayang
Pisang silat tanamlah babaris
Babaris tabang pang bamban kuhalangakan
Tabang pang bamban kuhalangakan
Bahalat gununglah babaris
Babaris hatiku dandam kusalangakan
Hatiku dandam kusalangakan
Burung binti batiti di batang
Di batang si batang buluh kuning manggading
Si batang buluh kuning manggading
Kacilangan lampulah di kapal
Di kapal anak Walanda main komidi
Anak Walanda main komidi
Malam tadi bamimpilah datang
Rasa datang rasa bapaluk lawan si ading
Rasa bapaluk lawan si ading
Kasiangan guringlah sabantal
Sabantal tangan ka dada hidung ka pipi
Tangan ka dada hidung ka pipi

Sasirangan Cloth (Kain Sasirangan)

Kalimantan Selatan has a unique and authentic cloth named Kain Sasirangan (Sasirangan Cloth). This cloth is made by 'tusuk jelujur' technique or tying a base cloth by using string then it's dipped and dyed into desired color. Sasirangan cloth is actually used to heal a person who got sick (pamintaan) but this is long forgotten and now it's widely used by people everyday and everywhere in formal or casual occasions. Sasirangan is usually hand made in home industry, it's seldom printed. The product of sasirangan cloth are kebaya (women's dress), shirt, t-shirt, shawl, veil, curtain, handkerchief, table cloth and bed cover. You can buy the cloth in souvenir shops or directly visit the home industry.

Sasirangan village (kampung sasirangan), an area where the home industry of sasirangan is centralized.

                                                                photo by banjarmasinkota.go.id

                              Sasirangan cloth is in drying process (photo by budaya-indonesia.org)

 

Sasirangan's colorful design (photo by putramartapura.blogspot.com)

Samber Gelap Island, Kotabaru Regency, one beautiful hidden island. It has an awesome view, clean water and white sand

Panting

Panting is traditional music instruments owned by Banjar ethnic. It's originally from Tapin Regency, Kalimantan Selatan. it used to played solo, but now it plays with other music instruments like babun, gong, biola, bamboo flute, ketipak and tamborin.

photo is taken from indonesiandrummers.wordpress.com

FLOATING MARKET (Pasar Terapung)

Floating Market located in Muara Kuin is a traditional market that become a tourism attraction in Banjarmasin. People who trade in Floating Market use Jukung (small boat) to buy and sell things.  This market's operating time starts at 05.00 in the morning. People usually sell things from their farm or things that they catch, for example banana, rambutan, asam (sour mango), cassava leaves, etc. In the location you can also see the sunrise which is so dramatical, it combines the scenery of sky, river, island, waterfront village together. If you are finish with enjoying the sunrise you can start having breakfast with traditional cake or soto bajar -the iconic culinary of the province.

This tourism object often considered as unique and natural. You can still see people do their activity at the bank of river, and houses that built alongside Barito's river which add the attractiveness of the destination. You are welcome to this place all the year long and enjoy our exotic market

photo is taken from portalbanjarmasin.com

SOUTH KALIMANTAN POTENCIES (in brief)

picture is taken from www.indonesiatraveling.com 

Kalimantan Selatan (South kalimantan) is province located in Kalimantan Island, Indonesia. There are 13 cities and regencies covering this area. They are Banjarmasin (capital city), Banjarbaru, Banjar, Balangan, Barito Kuala, Hulu Sungai Selatan, Hulu Sungai Tengah, Hulu Sungai Utara, Kotabaru, Tabalong, Tanah Bumbu, Tanah laut and Tapin.  As a developing province, KalSel (short for Kalimantan Selatan) has got many potencies needed to be explored and benefitted. Here are some of Kalsel’s potencies:

1.       Mining, Coal is one of major sources that is seriously explored and ran important role in economy. Almost all regions in KalSel have coal mining site except for two cities (Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru). This province has got plentiful deposit of coal and its coal industry is second largest in Indonesia. Coal from KalSel uses to supply the energy for State Electricity Company (PLN), Industries and also shipped out to countries overseas like China, Malaysia, India, Japan, USA. The amount of coal export year 2013 is 138,78 million ton and is likely to rise (Kalselprov.go.id). Besides coal there are petroleum, gold, diamond, kaolin and stones.

2.       Agriculture, the main crop grows in KalSel is rice, since it is citizen’s staple food. Lots of fields grows it and it usually harvested twice or three times a year. The rice that grows in KalSel is different from other islands, the rice is smaller and is not sticking each other when cooked. Other main agriculture potency is oil palm, the oil palm plantation give a big amount of income to province. There are lots oil palm plantation company spring up all over the area because the land provide proper condition to oil palm to grow palmy. Other agriculture products are corn, sweet potato, cassava. For fruit there are lime, papaya, banana, durian, rambutan, kasturi (endemic fruit of KalSel) and langsat.

3.       Tourism, though the province is not famous for tourism, the government is growing, promoting and providing a good accomodation for tourist. Some famous destinations for tourism that the province highlighted are Loksado (waterfalls located in Hulu Sungai Selatan), Sarang Tiung (beach in Kotabaru), Pasar Terapung (floating market in Kuin, Banjarmasin and Banjar), Teluk Tamiyang (spot for diving in Kotabaru), Pulau kembang (an island inhabited by Bekantan -endemic primate of KalSel- in Barito river, Banjarmasin), Cahaya Bumi Selamat Market (a market specially sells diamonds and jewels).