Sunlights trap the clouds over the scale were accompanied by the sound of the diesel engine of the water pump breaks the descent when a number of workers began to fight looking for the South Kalimantan gem intan setitik intan Cempaka, Jalan Pumpung, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan.
Repeaters with tools called a grill, conical shaped like a reverse caping is made of wood, can spend a day time digging the digging material from a depth of 15 meters, with water to find ore containing intan.
Defections that combine local cultural elements and wisdom from the local community were the ancestors since the last few years and were separated under the condition of the COVID-19 pandemi, although it was actually still many found Galuh (called locals for intans because the repetitors were forbidden to call intan or diamonds believed to bring sial) at that location.
People use tower-shaped filtration (silver) to flow material containing intan collected in a pool when repeating intan in Cempaka District, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan.
The people rest when repeating intan in the Tradisonal Intan Cempaka, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru.
The history recorded on August 26, 1965 as many as 24 traditional miners found an intan sized egg games shoots with a weight of 166.75 worthless rust Rp10 trillion, to the First President of RI Ir Soekarno named “Intan Trisaktiâ€.
Intan Cempaka’s activities have been around since the nineteenth century of Masehi or about 800s and are now covered in the territory set to be one of the Meratus Geopark sites and filed to UNESCO Global Geopark (UGG) as a Kalsel provincial efforts to preserve the cultural value and local wisdom that still jasmine the rituals of the incision scars get results.
The existence of intan in the region is very associated with the process of forming Meratus Mountains since 200 million years ago. Intan is formed at a depth of about 100 miles (160 km) under the earth surface and then the intan rock undergoes lifting along the Meratus Mountain to the surface of about 22.5 million years ago.
The color of the rock material when repeating the intan in the Tradisonal Intan Cempaka, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan.
The color separates the material containing intan using traditional Linggang tools when repeating intan in Cempaka District, Banjarbaru.
The mining location is about 20 km from Syamsudin Noor Airport in the west direction of Banjarbaru City has become the main tourist attractions of South Kalimantan and visited local tourists and foreigners to watch directly the traditional logging process as well as shopping intan and other gemstones.
Photos and text : Bayu Pratama S
Author : Fanny Octavianus
Warga separates the material containing intan using traditional Linggang tools when repeating intan in Cempaka District, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan.
Warga shows material containing intan in Traditional Intan Cempaka, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru.
Relief when it was found Trisakti intan Trisakti in the monument area of Trisakti in the Traditional Deal of Intan Cempaka, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru.
Warga shows an intan stone that was successfully obtained in the Traditional Intan Cempaka Heritage, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan.
The visitor saw the intan stone using the magnifying glass in the Traditional Intan Cempaka Defection, Cempaka District, Banjarbaru.
Discovering intan in the Toko Permata Kalimantan in the complex of the Welcome Earth Light shops, Martapura.
The pair of shoes used traditional intan repeaters in Cempaka District, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan.
