 | Along the Canals of Banjarmasin - Kalimantan Banjamasin in South Kalimantan (kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia) is known as the Venice of South East Asia. A journey along the canals, in the company of many smiling high fiving kids, is a great way to spend an afternoon. |
 | Banjarmasin, Indonesia primate and human monkeys playing on the canals of Banjarmasin |
 | Tionghoa Indonesia Miskin di Singkawang Tionghoa Indonesia Miskin di Singkawang Laporan Junito Drias. Etnis Cina di Indonesia dicap kaya raya dan menguasai ekonomi. Tapi label ini tidak berlaku di Singkawang, Kalimantan Barat. Sebagai kelompok terbesar di kota ini, mereka mayoritas hidup miskin. Walau buyut, kakek, nenek, orang tua hingga anaknya lahir di Indonesia, mereka kebanyakan tak punya akta kelahiran. Pemerintah seperti tidak mau mengurusi. "Kami tetap jadi warganegara kelas dua dibanding etnis lainnya," ujar seorang warga Tionghoa. Warga Tionghoa Singkawang punya sejarah pahit. Mereka dulu hidup damai, berkecukupan dan berbaur dengan warga Dayak di pegunungan. Sejak Oktober 1965, rejim Soeharto melakukan pembersihan komunis di Indonesia. Warga Cina ikut terkena dampak karena dituding sebagai komunis. Pada tahun 1967, warga Cina dipaksa turun gunung, dan sebagian besar dibunuh secara sadis. Tentara memanfaatkan etnis lain untuk membasmi etnis Tionghoa. Caranya dengan menjanjikan penguasaan tanah kalau warga yang berbahasa Kek tersebut diusir keluar. Mereka yang selamat, kemudian tinggal di kota Singkawang, hidup dalam kemiskinan. Mereka kehilangan segalanya, tak punya tanah. "Transmigran Jawa mendapat tanah dari pemerintah, mengapa kami tidak," kata seorang opa sambil menghela napas. |
 | Dayak Meratus, Kalimantan Meratus Mountain Area, Kalimantan, Indonesia The Dayak Meratus communities have created co-operatives that protect local resources and develop business institutions. The communities use non-timber forest products such as rubber to generate sustainable livelihoods. However, the encroachment of private businesses on the local forestland for large scale oil palm plantations, mining and forest concessions threaten their way of life and have forced them to respond. See more on www.gekkovoices.com |
 | TENGGELAMNYA KM.PALANGKARAYA BAWEAN |
 | Singkawang, Kalimantan Barat, Hakkanese Singkawang, Kalimantan Barat, West Borneo |
 | South Kalimantan The Meratus mountains divide South Kalimantan into two distinct regions. The eastern part of the province is filled with mountains covered with dense tropical rain forests, home to the "Orang Gunung" or Mountain Peoples. Collectively called the Dayak, they form the minority of the region's population. The southern section of the province is much flatter with large rivers meandering through lowlands to vast mangrove swamps along the coast, helping to make South Kalimantan an exceptionally fertile land. Many villages and settlements have been built along these rivers, by the indigenous majority, the Banjar. South Kalimantan is full of colorful and distinctive traditional arts and cultures which can be seen in its people's way of life, art, dance, music, ancestral dress, games and ceremonies. Exquisite traditional and commercial handicrafts are all made from local raw materials which include a variety of precious and semi precious stones, gold, silver, brass, iron and a wide variety of woods including bamboo and rattan. South Kalimantan, is one of the largest wood producers in Indonesia. Extensive forests with a wide variety of trees such as ironwood, meranti, pinus and rubber have helped to make the province a unique and rich natural resource. The provincial capital, Banjarmasin, lies a short distance from the mouth of the Barito River at its confluence with the Martapura River. The rivers are literally the life blood of the city everything revolves around them. They are lined with tightly packed stilt houses. A lot of business is done on the waterways : floating markets flourish selling an enormous variety of goods including a tropical selection of fresh fruit such as Kesturi, a rare aromatic species of mango, durian, rambutan, butter fruit, pineapple, watermelon and banana. South Kalimantan is well connected with cities all over the Indonesian Archipelago through Syamsuddin Noor airport, which is about 25 km from Banjarmasin. This busy airport handles DC-9's, allowing Merpati Nusantara, Bouraq and Sempati dan Dirgantara Air to service the province. South Kalimantan can also be reached by sea at Trisakti and Banjarmasin. For interior travel there are roads, but the waterways are the preferred form of travel. |
 | OPAL ( Orang Palangkaraya) HAI |
 | Listrik Padam, SPBU di Palangkaraya Tak Beroperasi Sebagian besar stasiun pengisian bahan bakar umum (SPBU) di Kota Palangkaraya, Kalimantan Tengah, tak bisa beroperasi karena pemadaman listrik bergilir. Akibatnya, SPBU lain yang masih beroperasi diserbu ribuan kendaraan bermotor. Bahkan sampai Sabtu (21/6) siang, antrean kendaran yang ingin membeli bahan bakar minyak sudah mencapai dua hingga tiga kilometer. |
 | Sape (Kalimantan Classic Guitar From Indonesia) The sape is a traditional lute of many of the Dayak people, who live in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Sapes are carved from a single bole of wood, with many modern instruments reaching over a metre in length. |
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