Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (Antara) - Urang Banjar or Banjarese South Kalimantan origin who live outside the province meet kulawarga (relatives) in the village of their ancestors.


AntaranewsKalsel monitorring here on Monday, after the Banjar Cultural Congress (KBB) IV from 12 to 14 August, 2016 many Banjarese migrant meet or search their kulawarga in ancestral hometown.

For example Muhammad Ramli, who was born in Deli Serdang, North Sumatera, is now staying in the village Aluan Mati (a division of Aluan Sumur Village), Batu Benawa Sub-district, Central Hulu Sungai (HST).

M Ramli, the son of the late H Astar, claiming to be lucky with the KBB which is held once in three years, became an opportunity to meet kulawarga in the ancestral homeland. His datuk was master teacher H Muhammad Basyiri.

"I am lucky, because in the ancestral village are still a lot of` acil` (aunty) or late father's cousins who are still alive, so it's easy to `bacuur` (speak about lineage)," said the father of three children who was accompanied by his wife.

He who is now a teacher in the Serdang Badagai, North Sumatra, planned to return from his ancestral village (about 172 kilometers north Banjarmasin) at August 17, 2016.

Among observers of KBB IV 2016 visit his son who became a member of Infantry Battalion (Infantry) 621 and stayed at the Sudirman hostel, Rifle Company C Kandangan (135 km north Banjarmasin), South Hulu Sungai (HSS).

Other KBB IV 2016 participant from Pekanbaru, Riau Province, said he mate relatives in the ancestral homeland in the village of Aluan Besar/Aluan Bakti, Batu Benawa subdistrict, HST.

Aside from participants from 20 provinces in Indonesia, where there urang Banjar (Banjarese migrant), KBB IV in 2016 which took place at the Hotel Area Barito Banjarmasin for three days, also attended by urang Banjar came from the neighboring country Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam.

Pewarta: Sukarli

Editor : Mahdani


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