LOCAL CULTURE TOUR: Jehova Maria Ocxantavena The First Tour in Makassar Tourism Polytechnic

LOCAL CULTURE TOUR
In Maros - Pangkep Tour
Makassar, 17-18th October 2019

Advisor :

1. Muh. Rusdi, S.Sos, M.Hum

2. Ros Mila
Tour Leader :
1. Sandi Siswanto
2. Greisna Meiling Sihombing
Participant :
All of student UPW 1C
Vendor :
PT. Mitra Selaras Tour and Travel
Driver :
Mr. Rangga

Annyeong.

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to my first blog :)

My name is Jehova Maria Ocxantavena, to be closer you can call me Jeje ^_^ I'm a student of Makassar Tourism Polytechnic, Majoring in Tour and Travel Business Study Program.

In this time, I wanna share you about my story a few days ago when I went to Local Culture Tour, on Oct 17-18th 2019 in Maros Regency and Pangkep Regency. HAPPY READING :*

The First Day in Maros Regency. We have to gathered at campus (Makassaar Tourism Polytechnic) at 07.00 in the morning, and doing the absention. After that, we prayed before doing the trip, and then entering the bus at 08.00. We are passed some destination like Akkarena Beach, Trans Studio Mall, Losari Waterfront, and many other. Some of my friends are guiding at the bus while waiting arrived at the first destination, and also we got refreshment or snack box. And then, at 09.10 we arrived at Rammang-rammang especially in Berua Village.

When we arrived at the Destination. To get to the Berua Village, we used a motorboat. And then,we were given the task of observation. What things are in the Berua Village, Berua village is a village which consists of 18 family heads, in which family members are still related by blood or are still family.

In Berua village, there is a kingkong stone cave, inside the cave there are several stones that resemble the face of kingkong. As you know guys, this cave is very unique and cannot be found in anywhere else. In the kingkong stone cave, there are sea shells, which supposedly said shells were remnants of primordial man food at that time.

And the second is a Diamond Cave. Why is it called Diamond Cave? because in the cave there is a stone in which there is a diamond element, and shiny like a diamond. Beside that, there are also octopus fossils, sea shell fossils, because the cave is the seabed. And in front of the cave there are also fossils like elephant

The Last one is Ammarung Water Springs, in there has very beautiful scenery, and interesting photo spots. But unfortunately, we didn't find the spring! maybe because it's a long dry season, huhu how pitty we are :(

And as you know guys, when we observed, the weather in the rammang-rammang was very hot, making my skin increasingly brown hmm^^

of course, we didn't forget to took a pictures as a memory, and we met some foreign tourists, and a little chat.

After observed, at 12.00 in the afternoon we have a lunch, and my muslim friends have to prayed in Musholla, after that we back to observed again. After observed we having a coffee break and back to observed again! After all that is finished, we gathered and prepared to back to campus. After that, to fill our free time on the bus, we sang together, played games, and we told about what we got in Rammang-rammang, we are so happy, even if we felt tried but we enjoyed it:) We arrived in campus at 17.30pm, and then we back to home, for prepared that tomorrow we have to a trip again in the morning. The first day is finished let's go to the next story in the second day ^^

The Second Day in Pangkep Regency. Its same like the first day. That at 07.00 in the morning we have to gathered in campus (Makassar Tourism Polytechnic) and doing the absention.

We are passed some destination like Akkarena Beach, Trans Studio Mall, Losari Waterfront, and many other. Some of my friends are guiding at the bus while waiting arrived at the first destination, and also we got refreshment or snack box. After that,we arrived in Pangkep Regency at 09.14 am.
For the first destination, we visited in Traditional Market. In that market there are fisherman who sell fishes on the riverside, beside that people in the market also sell clothes, cosmetics, vegetables, herbs, and many more. In Pangkep Regency is famous with milkfish, in Indonesia we called it "Ikan Bandeng" but in Makassar we called it "Ikan Bolu" people in Pangkep are friendly :)

The next destination is "Pandai Besi". "Pandai Besi" is a traditional place to make equipment such as knives, machetes(parang), badik (senjata tradisional makassar), and usually keris. The place has been since 1967. In one day, per person can make 15 machetes. The duration to make a machetes is 30 minutes. There some steps to make like, burned, gurinda (made evenly machete eyes), on a miser (di kikir), di sappo (to make hard steel). The price of machetes Rp. 75.000. The types of iron used like, Per, Plat, Canada Iron.

After we visited "Pandai Besi" we have a lunch at 11.35am in Rumah Makan Sinar 88 Pangkep and for a muslim man have to sholat jumat. And then, after that we went to the "Batari" (Bandeng Tanpa Duri) / (Milkfish without thorns)

"Batari" has been around since 2014. The reason Batari was established to make a survey because milkfish has many thorns. One fish has 164 thorns, on the back there are 42 thorns, in the stomach there are 16 thorns, and in the tail there are 12 thorns. Anatomical scissors and tweezers are tools used to take thorns in fish. there are some processed foods made from milkfish like abon, nuggets, and otak-otak. And they said that milkfish has higher protein than salmon fish.

After we observed "Batari" we back to campus at 15.36pm and arrived at 17.45pm, and then we have a dinner box. After all we tour is finished, we are back to home. And we are so grateful because we can get through it all very well.

Well Guys, i think thats all for me about my story, my experience in LOCAL CULTURE TOUR in Maros and Pangkep Regency. I'm so excited n i'm so blessed to be a tourism student. Thx to my campus Makassar Tourism Polytehcnic, my advisor, tour leader, and vendor. I need your comment, and correction if there are mistakes on my blog, to make me better than before :)

TERIMAKASIH, THANK YOU, GOMAWO, MERCI, ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU~~

See you in the next blog and in the next tour. Jangan bosan bosan yach :* Loveyou Guys hehe

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