Banjarmasin to re-popularize traditional sport in every RT

Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan 20/4 (AntaranewsKalsel) - Banjarmasin City Government asked every neighborhood unit (RT) to conduct traditional sports coaching to re-popularize and preserve it.

Head of Youth and Sports Agency Noor Djaya in Banjarmasin said on Thursday that the program will require RT to provide guidance of traditional sport.

"If more than one traditional sport is better, the point is to revive traditional sports in the community need serious coaching," he said.

According to him, the old sport coaching is not so difficult and expensive, so it is believed can be implemented by community coordinated by the head of each RT.

"For example balogo sport, the object can be made of coconut shell, then only the location provided," he said.

Noor Djaya mentioned traditional sports such as balogo, engrang, yasinan, long horns, congklak or dakon, jumping rope, bakuntau, soccer hall and tug of war need to be revived in the community because modern games are expensive.

Moreover children, he said, should be given knowledge about the traditional sports of this area, so they can be the successor to its preservation.