LOCAL CULTURE TRIP 🌈

Hello everyone. Greetings Tourism!

My name is Dascha Walanda Wasty Siwy, but all of you can call me Dascha. This time I want to share my experience during my time in the LOCAL CULTURE TRIP. Starting from 24-25 October 2019. By the way, thank you for visiting my blog. Happy reading :)

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DAY 1 :                             24 October 2019

On first day, we gathered in front of the orange building which is usually at this place is a gathering place to do tour activities. We gather at 07.00 in the morning, and absences start at 07.30. we also didn't forget to take a photo with Advisor, Vendor and Tour leaders.

And then after that we get ready to go to Rammang-rammang in Berua Village, Maros Regency. at 08.05 in the morning we headed to Rammang-rammang. We took the trip that took an hour and a half by presenting seven cultural elements in Makassar City and Maros Regency.

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at 09:35 we arrived at Rammang-rammang and headed straight to Pier 1 to queue up to board a small boat or what is commonly called the local community namely Katinting. Katinting is a traditional transportation used to get to Berua Village, it takes 20 minutes to get there.

for the cost of riding a katinting boat starting from IDR 150,000 for 4 people and for 7 people IDR 300,000
Entrance fee only IDR 5.000 for Local Tourist and for foreign tourists only IDR 15.000

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 when we got there at 10:00 we went straight to Ammarung Stone Hills which was guided by our Tour Leader. There we met the local community and we asked for information about the village and also about the Rammang-rammang.

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for an hour and a half we were at Ammarung Stone Hills then at 11:40 we returned to the gathering place near dock 2 more precisely in the gazebo that can be used for lunch and rest. we were given 1 hour for lunch and prayer.

after lunch, at 12:50 we went again to the Diamond Cave a trip that took ten minutes, when we got there we met with local people who could guide us into the diamond cave. The entrance fee to the diamond cave is IDR 5,000. The road to the diamond cave is very challenging and full of caution, we must climb the stone in the dark to see the diamond, and it is true that there are grains of diamond in the cave still attached to the stone. Initially before entering the diamond cave we saw a stone that was quite large in size forming an elephant's head, and also the head of a dinosaurus. we were given 40 minutes to observe the diamond cave. There, too, we got information about the history of the diamond cave, first he said the cave was found by Mr. Muslimin only through his dream then he went to look for the cave and as a result he found that there are caves that have diamonds.

Diamond Cave :

Elephant head Stone :

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After observing for 40 minutes, at 13.45 we returned to walk to Kingkong stone, a journey that took 10 minutes. when we got there we met again with guards or local people who were in the kingkong stone. To enter the kingkong stone only be paid sincerely,

At that time I paid  Rp. 2.000, At Kingkong Stone we see a large stone shaped like the head of Kingkong, it is a miracle from nature and certainly from God.

observation and photo together that we did for 30 minutes, after that we returned to our Gathering Place in Gazebo close to pier 2.

at 15:23 we arrived at the gazebo but before arriving at the gazebo we got information in advance about the Mangrove plants and also the Nipa tree around the pier 2. This mangrove plant has a function that is to resist beach abrasion, and also the nipa tree functions as the roof of the house used a long time ago by the local community.

Mangrove Plants :

Nipa Tree :

at 15:25 we were given time to rest and also pray. At Rest we were served Coffee, Tea and also do not forget the Fried Banana made by the local community it tastes very good. After resting, we didn't forget to take a photo with a very beautiful view. around the 1 hour break, get ready to go back to pier 1 and return to the bus.

at 16.45 we arrived at dock 1 and headed straight for the bus and back to campus. during the trip we listened to the input and direction from our Advisor. And finally we arrived safely on campus, at 18:20.

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DAY 2 :                                    25 October 2019.

On the second day we gathered again at our gathering place yesterday, at 06:00. Absensence starting at 07.00 - 07.25 in the morning.and don't forget we take a photo together again with Vendors, Advisors, and Tour Leaders.

Our Itinerary on the second day is to PANDAI BESI, PANGKEP TRADITIONAL MARKET and the last to BATARI (Milkfish without Bones), all are in Pangkep Regency.

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at 07.40 we headed to Pandai Besi  located in the village of Tumampua, Pangkep Regency.

at 09.43 we arrived at Pandai Besi. This place has existed since 1967 ago. starting from Ms. Masriah and Mr. Syamsuddin who already have 5 generations, their children have been taught to make Parang and the like from their junior high school and until now. Here, usually in a day can produce 15 machetes. the machetes are divided into 2 types, machetes and badik. The first manufacturing stages are burned, then in Gurinda, and the last is filed, the smaller the size of the badik the longer it is also made. The price of these machetes when selling is very affordable starting from IDR 150,000 if purchased in units and IDR 75,000 if purchased a lot.

after from Pandai Besi we headed to the Pangkep Traditional Market, namely is Sentral  the distance was quite close and only took 10 minutes.

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We arrived at the Traditional Market at 10.50 and started to make temporary observations at the Market. There we got street vendors selling various types of food, there were traditional medicines, tools for wedding applications, vegetable and fruit vendors, clothing, there were also traditional foods or cakes. We also found traditional transportation such as, Delman and Bentor. We also entered the Fish Market where there are many types of fish and other seafood.

we returned to the bus at 11:30.

after from the market we went to the Dining Place we arrived at the dining place at 11:40 and the boys they are given time for Friday Prayers. the time we spent at the place to eat is one and a half hours. At 13:26 we headed to BATARI.

arrived in BATARI at 13.47. ABATARI we got information about the Batari business itself and also about its milkfish. The name owner of the Batari Business is Ratnasari, she has been in the business of milkfish fish since 2014.
It turns out that in this BATARI business, there are many interested people who have reached abroad.
The tools used to pull bones from their milkfish are regular fins, anatomical fins and scissors. to remove the bones takes 5 minutes for each of his tails. The price of boneless milkfish is very affordable starting from Rp. 10,000 for 200gr, Rp. 12,000 for 250gr, and Rp.15,000 for 300gr.
we spent time in BATARI which is one and a half hours.

at 15:25 we moved from Batari to the mosque in Maros for prayer and after the mosque, at 16.33 we went back to campus.

Arrived on campus at 18.05. we immediately shared the evening meal and we ate together in front of the orange building.


well, thank you for visiting and reading my blog. hopefully interesting and you can come to visit the Rammang-rammang, Pandai Besi , Tradisional Market of Pangkep And BATARI :) See you the next Trip!