Kapocong River

In the past, in Minangkabau (a district which is inhabited by Minangkabaunese), river was important thing beside coffee shop. That was because there were many people who went there to clean their body and take a rest after had worked all day in the field or in the fishpond. In the river, they liked to share information likes when they will harvest? What happen in their village? Who will get married? Where does his nephew or niece school? What ethnic group will do “Batagak Pangulu” (a party to celebrate someone in their ethnic group is elected becoming their ethnic leader)? and many others. In addition, swim in the river can make your life is longer, it is because mineral contents in the river and sunshine which are need to build our bones can be absorbed by our bodies. River also took a function as water source us for cooking and drinking for them. Not only that, river is also used to wash clothes. They liked to do that in a group and chatting about people in their village. In the special moments, they also fished fishes there to cook. However, in my village, Sigaung, many people like to go to the Kapocong River (named of the river in my village) because of its beauty.

Kapocong River is one of beautiful sceneries that is given by God for people in Sungai Asam (an area in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatera, Indonesia). It dissociates Sigaung Dalam and Sigaung Luar (two villages in Sungai Asam) which are there in higher area. Nearby Kapocong River, there are a building, Surau Tampek, which is only used for mauluik ,point out of Muhammad birthday, and Tarawiah ,a kind of pray that Muslims do every night in fasting month. From Surau Tampek, we have to go down the stairs that is made by people from the roots of the biggest tree in rivers side.

Standing in Kapocong River side, we can see rice in the field with green leaves. That can make us relax and our heart becomes peaceful. When farmers harvest their rice, you also can nature music which is posed by tools that farmers use to fall down rice seed. When we see the pure water in Kapocong river will tempt us whom are tired after worked for a day to soak there in sunshine which is stymied by leaves on the trees in rivers sides. Thick leaves will make you relax because you can breathe with much oxygen that they produce, so the air is so fresh. Sometimes you will find some things float upward on the river, however, if you are lucky, you will find some kinds of fruits such as jackfruit, durian, coconut, mango, and also pomegranate.

So, many people like go to river now because they can see nature scenery which make them relax. Even though we have nice restroom in the house, it will be fun to try swim in the river with our friend. It can make us more sociable and have fun, too. We can make plan to go there every month because of it beauty, and we do not have to waste much money to refresh our mind and body.