Good night, dear friend, how are you doing this night, hopefully healthy and healthy ...? if all this time we often hear dragon boat races and have often been competed in national and world level events, dragon boats or dragon boats participating in a competition or competition may not be unique, because it has been designed in such a way as to race.
What is unique in the city of Banda Aceh yesterday afternoon was in a race of fishing boats by the city government of Banda Aceh. Surely this is very interesting enthusiasts, especially residents who want to see this rare moment.
The river Krueng Aceh is the main barrier. This unique race was held by no less than ten fishing boats representing each sub-district in the city of Banda Aceh and the agencies participating in the event were packed nicely.
What I want to express here is not from the festivity of a race witnessed by a thousand people or the cheers of the crowd who shouted yells at the boats they supported. But in the spirit of the fishermen who had never participated in the fishing boat race.
Boats that are designed to deal with waves and are usually used to anchor land trawling to catch fish instead are used in calm water against speed. An inappropriate designation, but that's unique to the audience.
This event is held once a year and is used as a cultural event to promote tourism in the city of Banda Aceh. The weather in August coincides with the commemoration of Indonesia's independence day.
The fishermen who have prepared themselves beforehand would want to appear excellent with the hope that their team will be the winner. As soon as the eruption of the weapons began, the fishermen began to release all their physical and physical capabilities to become the number one leader.
Despite all the effort done to accelerate the pace of the boat, still the speed of the boat was not as expected, even the handler who became the helmsman had to work hard so that the boat quickly reached the finish line.
Not infrequently there was a collision between one boat and another boat, instead there were fishermen who were thrown out of the boat because of collisions between one boat and another, this was due to the limited space for the participants because there were some shallow river sections that were avoided by participants.
It was precisely the cuteness that was generated at an unintentional moment that became interesting and awaited by the citizens and became an interesting spectacle for the citizens of Banda Aceh and other local tourists visiting the former provincial city. If you want to watch the traditional rowing boat race in the city of Banda Aceh, remember and note that the event is only on every August.
The race will end in the afternoon where the sun goes down to make the atmosphere even more interesting, especially for photographers this moment they are waiting for, while enjoying the return of white herons nesting across the river adding to the beautiful atmosphere to be immortalized.
Of course this race tradition will become extinct if it is not preserved, this is due to the development of marine technology that continues to increase, it is not impossible that this fishing boat will be replaced by sophisticated boats that no longer use human power to pedal it. If that happens one more tradition and culture has become extinct.
