Jakarta,
Aug 31, 2016 (Antara)- Dodoi (63) was fishing using a very simple string and a
small hook. He usually got several small snake-head fish or sepat fish
(Trichogaster leeri), and sometimes few shrimps, too.
Not
much that he could collect but it was not bad as he fished from his
home, to be exact in a hole that he made in his kitchen.
Like
many inhabitants of Banjarmasin, he built his nice and quite big house
above a swampy area with the support of a number of strong pillars.
Banjarmasin, in the old day called Bandar Masih, is an old city founded in September 1526, or 490 years ago.
Now
having a population of nearly 700 thousand, Banjarmasin is basically a
swampy area measuring 98 km2 with at least 102 rivers.
The
major rivers are Barito and Martapura, which split the city and in fact
the heartbeats of the city, as various daily activities particularly
commercial ones, are carried out in the rivers.
When
he was a little, Dodoi, his brothers and sisters, his parents and most
of his neighbors had to go to Martapura River located across his home
for bathing.
At that time, the water was relatively clean and clear as he could see fish and shrimp swimming around.
As
there were 11 siblings in his family, which was not categorized as
rich, Dodoi and his elder brothers had often gone for fishing in the
river and later they had given the fish to their mother for additional
meal of the family.
