PACU JALUR
Kuantan Singingi is one of regencies in Riau
Province.Throughout Regency Kuantan Kuantan River Singingi unfolds. In ancient
times, Kuansing citizens were using a boat as a means of water transportation.
Path is a kind of long boat piloted by being rowed.
as water transportation,the path can carry many
passengers about 40-60 people (depending on the size of the track). However,
over the development period, the lines appear carved beautifully.
Carvings are carved around selembayung boat, so that
path is not only for a water transportation but also as an artistic creation. Those
boats are then pitted speed through a race that is Runway boat.
At first Runway Strip is held in the villages around
Kuantan River to celebrate the Muslim holy day, like the Birth of the Prophet
Muhammad, Eid and the Islamic New Year.
However, after the entry of the Dutch in Indonesia,
pacu jalur changed that function to celebrate the anniversary of the Queen
Wihelmina.
Runway Strip was not held at the time of the Japanese
occupation.
After the Indonesian Independence era, Runaway boat is
held again for celebrating the Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic
of Indonesia.
Therefore, Runway Strip is always held around August
every year.
Pacu jalur has become the official agenda of the Local
Government (LG) and has been included in the national tourism calendar.
Originally spur line is only celebrated in a religious ceremony, which is the
birthday of the prophet of Islam religious event.
However, with the concomitant development, spur lines
no longer performed in a religious ceremony.