BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Banjar tribal coomunity incorporated in Pertubuhan Banjar Malaysia want direct flights from Kuala Lumpur airport to Syamsudin Noor Airport Banjarmasin and vice versa, Antaranews reported.
This was revealed in a meeting between the Malaysian Pertubuhan Banjar and Banjar Banua Kulaan Forum Gathering (FSKB) South Kalimantan, in Sungai Manik, Perak State of Malaysia, last week, said a member of FSBK Amanul Yakin here on Wednesday.
In conversations with dozens of Banjar ethnic figures, almost all of them curious to see their ancestor’s land (South Kalimantan). But most of them do not know exactly how to do this visit, because they expect direct flights between the cities in the neighboring countries.
So far flights between the two cities always have to transit through Jakarta, Surabaya, or Balikpapan, making it less efficient.
FSKB visit to Malaysia for nine days, 17-26 October 2014 began to Kuala Lumpur continues to Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor Bahru, Penang, and Perak State.
Banjar settlements visited in the trip is to Bangi, Kampung Bukit Melintang (80 percent of the population is Banjarese), Batu Pahat, Ayer Hitam, Sekudai, Bagan Serai, Sungai Manik, Teluk Intan, Bagan Datuk, and a few more.
Visit or batiti to Malaysia to strengthen family relationships that have been somewhat disconnected, as well as a vehicle for anyone both sides to find juriat (family) in the two different countries.
Many Banjar tribe which had long settled in Malaysia would like to find a family in banua (motherland) in southern Borneo, but after a long relationship is lost now losing the trail to search.