Eid food
Ketupat casings.
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A small riverside quarter on the Martapura whose people have for generations woven ketupat casings, little pouches of plaited coconut fronds in which rice is cooked, the festive food of Eid for Indonesian Muslims. The city has turned it into a colourful tourist village with a riverside walkway and a ketupat-shaped gateway. You can watch women plaiting fronds at astonishing speed, try plaiting yourself, and buy casings or cooked ketupat. The quarter is busiest just before Eid al-Fitr, when demand peaks and the walkway becomes a market. It is free, and purchases cost very little. It is close to the Siring promenade. A pleasant short visit, loveliest in the last days of Ramadan. You can walk there or take a boat from Siring.
Ketupat casings.
Try it yourself.
On the river.
Sungai Baru, on the Martapura River, Banjarmasin
Rice cooked inside a plaited coconut-frond casing so it sets in a cube, eaten with rich dishes, and the symbol of Eid al-Fitr in Indonesia and Malaysia.
