A floating market has become a hallmark of the city of Banjarmasin. The traditional floating market is the process of buying and selling is done on a boat that floats. Currently, the floating market has become one of the tourist attractions.
One of the popular floating market is that there is at the mouth of the Barito River, precisely in the Village North Kuin, Banjarmasin. This market is estimated to have existed since 400 years ago. Goods sold ranging from the crop, food to clothing. To be able to watch the activity in this market, you have to come in the morning because this market only last from 05:00 until 07:00.
In the past, what happens here is barter or exchange goods without using money. Although now it is using money as a means of exchange, but there are some who still do barter goods. What is interesting in this floating market is the presence of the stick with the tip of the wire to take the items purchased because of the difficulty juxtapose boat ride.
Banjarmasin floating market, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
