Aruh customary Baharin in Balangan
Aruh adat Baharin.
Five healers (traditional leaders) who led the ritual seems to jog while playing bracelet Hiang (copper, brass band) at one of the chapel in the vestibule of the house Ayi, Kapul residents of the village of Halong District, Balangan South Kalimantan.
Almost all of the local Dayak, the inhabitants of several other persons were present, according to ancient rites are still preserved and maintained in the district about 250 km north of Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan. They observed that the shaman was late when bamamang (vocals) appeal to the gods and ancestors.
This traditional procession aruh adat Baharin, shower in a large family of 25 families known as the rice production in Pahumaan (fields) that are working well. Party, which lasted seven days, as eight people to quacks held a procession every night is a ritual to invoke the spirits of the ancestors, appear in the game, and get the offer.
The procession takes place in four places of worship in the hall, which was approximately 10 meters x 10 meters built. Not the completion of this ritual procession on the eve of the third to sixth healer batandik (dance) around the sanctuary instead. Healers, such as trance when batandik continue until late into the night accompanied by gamelan gong sounds.
Before the procession, mothers and young women often tapih Bahalai (Batik) were busy cleaning the rice, so the diamond, cooking vegetables and cook lemang the scene at the beginning of this process has been preparing for the ritual.
While the men wore machetes and see Sentara sand size. You have to go to war should not, but in preparing for special occasions of worship carry firewood and cooking rice are used. The shaft is cooked take place every day for the ritual.
Mappanretasi Part of the sea
Ocean Beach Party 
Pagatan (Mappanretasi) – Ritual Pagatan Bugis
Mappanretasi (Part of the sea) is a traditional ceremony on the
beach Pagatan Bugis District Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan. Marino party was held for three weeks in April. And the peak of Mappanretasi held in the last week in April. Encouraged by fishing vessels full of decorations to ketengah laut.Selain that for almost three weeks, the city Pagatan every afternoon and night there are night markets.
This annual tour program in order to feed the sea as a thanksgiving to Almighty God for the abundant fish and shellfish.
Bugis fishermen who live on the coast of Playa Pagatan, Tanah Bumbu mappanretasi held a ceremony to feed the sea or washed away by the offer as a form of gratitude for seafood. Offerings in the form sesisir barengseng bananas, rice, glutinous white, black, yellow and pink, also comes with grilled chicken and bananas.
Offers meet black cock who grew up fishing boats that had been prepared. Leader of the sea for safety or in a sacred event called Sandro. Sandro is a title derived from a generation that is obtained through the embodiment of their ancestors can not be assumed by others. Sandro mappanretasi accompanied by 12 bridesmaids or consisting of 6 women and 6 men have been waiting in the fishing boat. Sandro, who wore a skull cap bone Bugis Bugis and dressed in
traditional clothing that is too yellow to give the signal for the ship departed from the coast to the point where the ocean is determined by Sandro. The night before the procession carries the sea in safety, Sandro fell into the sea this kind of preliminary studies to determine the exact position of the coordinates for the salvation of the sea. Finding the sacred in the middle of the
sea is not easy, is like sending a letter if the address is not clear, then the letter does not arrive. Find titiknyapun need to use the internal contact in the supernatural that can only be done by Sandro. After the ship arrived at the predetermined point, hundreds of fishing boats sailed Sandro swarms seen to continue reading the prayer of salvation from the sea.
After the reading of prayers for instance, is a black chicken that has been prepared and published cutting directly into the sea. Similarly, the offerings that had been prepared too loose.
Mappanretasi comes from the Bugis language consisting of two words what it means to know and Taci Ma’ppanre average power of the sea. Mappanretasi well, which means to feed at sea. This traditional ceremony is held for generations by local communities.
Dragon boat races and Tanglong
Racing boats decorate
d boats (boat) of the dragon ornament, Banjarmasin culture. It is a way to preserve the culture of Banjar efforts to a celebration of the feast Jukung is ornamental, usually coinciding with the anniversary of South Kalimantan and the Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia. The festival takes place in Martapura River. In this festival, the participants had to decorate their boats as beautiful as possible, with ornaments more interesting way, as the head of the dragon, a replica of the house of Banjar, and others – some are combined with decorative lighting (Tanglong) colors .
Assessment of the participants performed two times a day and at night. During the day boats – from the beauty of form and decoration were judged, often, participants also showed a typical art Banjar better support the appearance of their boats.
At night, the participants were also Tanglong beauty (light) mounted on ships of the participants assessed. Lively atmosphere of the bright djoekoengs also reflected in the river’s surface, floating quietly Martapura. At that time, residents seemed Banjarmasin cornucopia and populated the banks of the river to the beautiful scenery and charming Martapura visit.