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Lok Baintan Floating Market
Lok Baintan Floating Market or Sungai Martapura Floating Market is a traditional floating market located in Sungai Pinang village (Lok Baintan), Sungai Tabuk sub-district, Banjar.
In general, Lok Baintan Floating Market is no different from the Floating Market at the mouth of the Kuin River / Barito River. This floating market has existed since the era of the Banjar Sultanate.
- Trading activities both at the Muara Kuin and Lok Baintan floating markets have begun to be crowded in the early morning, if at Muara Kuin it starts at dawn as well as at Lok Baintan which reaches its peak at around 6-7 am.
- The types of merchandise traded at Lok Baintan are the same as in Muara Kuin, generally the products of the local community’s agriculture and plantations.
