Ikat Weaving village Songket and Sukarare - Central Lombok

Ikat Weaving village Songket and Sukarare - Central Lombok:

Sukarara villages in Lombok known as songket weaving village. Behind the smooth and beautiful tenunnya was stored condition which requires the weaver virgins. Wiih!

Not married, that's one of the terms given to the weavers village Sukarara songketnya. The village is famous as the center of this craft of weaving songket, it gives certain conditions for pengrajinan songket, so that the resulting fabric has the best quality.

Located in District Jonggot, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Sukarara Village has become one of the tourist village tourist destination. In this village, tourists can watch the skilled hands of artisans in songket weaving, the traditional way of course.

Seemed to know the many tourists who are interested in this village, the village women Talbot always welcome any travelers who arrived at the village entrance. Almost all wore traditional Sasak tribe, complete.

After the welcome, then your journey begins in the village Sukarara. Travelers will be invited to tour the village, and see how women Sukarara songket weaving.

Typically, the process of weaving songket can be seen directly in our homes. Not a few who deliberately showed his skills in the home workshop menyongket.

With lively, the women in the village Sukarara spinning into cloth, using a traditional loom. More fun again, tourists who come to try to use this loom.

True, women in the village weave Sukarara is compulsory. Much more unique, one of the conditions of the weavers in the village, the girls must be virgins alias alias unmarried women in the village. So practically, before marrying the girl should be smart weave.

Well, if there are women who can not weave, but desperate to get married, it will be liable to a fine. Fine could be money, rice or rice yields. This rule was created so that women in the village of Sukarara more independent and not dependent on men.

In addition to seeing weaving activities, in the village of Sukarara You can also see there are many shops selling woven songket cloth. Colorful woven cloth display in every shop window.

Generally, in every stall sold two types of cloth, ie woven ikat and songket cloth. Songket cloth is only made by women in the manual. Her work is quite long, reaching 1 to 2.5 months.

Motive given for each fabric is usually different. There is a patterned fabric belt custom house and barn, not a few also have a gecko motif. Custom house and barn as a symbol of life Sasak tribe. Gecko is good luck for the people of Lombok animals.

Should not be asked about the price. You could say the price given for each fabric in accordance with the length and complexity of the manufacturing process. Price a piece of songket cloth varied, ranging from Rp 200000-5000000. Depending on the motif and size. If the price was considered too expensive, you can choose a small scarf for Rp 20,000.

Unlike the songket, ikat has a shorter production time. To 3 meters of fabric can be completed in a day. Wow!

Ikat cloth is usually used for bedding material or fabric. Ikat prices vary depending on type of dye. Fabrics with chemical dyes are priced at about Rp 100,000, while the fabric with natural dyes are priced Rp 150,000.

One reason why the simple woven fabric were found in almost every souvenir shop on the island of Lombok is because it is a producer of quality single weave. One of the centers is a manufacturer of woven Sukarara Village (pronounced "Sukarare").

In Sukarara, woven fabric is the product of home industry, not a large plant commodities. Almost every house in the village with a population of 150 head of the family had a loom. Even so, the only true professional weavers engaged the Eve. They usually weave on the front porch, the activity which acted on during the day while waiting for their husbands returning from the fields.

Local tradition confirms the role of women: the wedding party, women are required to provide home-made woven fabric to the couple. A local joke says that women can not automatically going to weave "menjomblo" lifetime.

Why are professional weavers engaged only women can also be explained in the context of the economy: a wife who is expected to weave the family economy when the harvest failed.

Because of just relying on simple machines, weaving process generally lasts pretty long. It takes at least a month to produce a piece of cloth with a width of 1.2 meters long and two meters. The complexity of motives and types of yarn in the market determines the price of cloth-average ranges between 100 thousand to 5 million per sheet.

Want to visit the village? It's easy. You can use a rental car or taxi from Mataram. Travel time is usually spent about 30 minutes with a distance of 20 km.

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Pearl Business in Lombok Island

Lombok is one of the beautiful islands located in West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Famous for its high-quality pearls, many locals have created jewelry businesses to sell their handmade accessories to tourists.

One pearl jewelry artistan is 26-year-old Mohamad Rozi. Together with four of his family members, he set up this jewelry business to meet the market demand in his area.

[Mohamad Rozi, Pearl-Jewelry Artisan]:
“Production depends on the market. During peak seasons, we prepare more human resources, 5 to 6 persons. We can produce about 10, 15 to 30 items a day.”

Rozi has been able to pay his university tuition by himself from the income of his pearl jewelry business.

The raw materials he uses mainly come from Lombok, but he also buys from the Ambon and Bima region.

His pearl jewelry art includes rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Every piece is made from either fresh water pearls or salt water pearls, with prices ranging between 5 to 1000 US Dollars. Fresh water pearls are usually cheaper than salt-water pearls, says Rozi.

The Lombok Sumbawa Pearl Festival began just last year by the local government to boost the economy of Lombok. Organizers hope to bring in tourists from abroad to make Lombok an even more popular tourist destination.

NTB News, Lombok, Indonesia.

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Sade Village - Traditional Sasak Village

Sade hamlet located in District Pujut, Central Lombok, Lombok Island,West Nusa Tenggara Province, located approximately 30 kilometers from the city of Mataram. To discover this hamlet was not difficult because it is right at the edge of the highway Praya - Kuta on the outside of the hamlet there is a big signboard that read Sade villages.Sade hamlet is one of the tribal villages that are indigenous Sasak people of Lombok, the building in the hamlet is still very traditional Sade every building made ​​of wood and bamboo on the walls and palm thatch roof.
Houses a very unique shape and consists of 2 rooms, first room contained the front of the room after we entered the main door of the house after that there is space in the higher floors where the two stairs from the front room floor, to enter the space within us must pass through the door small-sized timber with a height of about 150 cm long and oval shaped.In this room there are 2 in the furnace for cooking which is made of soil and blend with the floor. Sade Society cook using wood as fuel, not far from the stove there is a room with walls of bamboo which is a bedroom. The distance between the floor with a roof so high that the air inside it was cool. The houses were lined up neatly with a high that is almost the same between one house to another house so it looks very neat.

On the outside of the house exactly in front of the house there is a granary buildings whose shape is very distinctive, at the bottom there is a bale-bale barn where residents interact while keeping the barn. Connecting road between the houses are still made ​​from the ground but there are some sections that have been made ​​with cement and tiles.

Livelihoods is farming while the women weave their own fabrics to create typical lizard motif, marketed in the weaving art shop and also around the house with the price varying depending on the size and complexity of the process of manufacture of woven fabric.While in this village are felt comfort and peace of the environment, convenience is very difficult to obtain in large cities, although Sade village was in the crowd felt the edge of the highway was once an adventure when you are in it.Sade hamlet is one of the traditional villages that still persist among the hundreds of traditional villages in Indonesia and is the cultural wealth of our country. Hopefully survive amid the swift currents of modern.

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Pantai Mawi Lombok (Mawi Beach Lombok) - Central Lombok

Pantai Mawi Lombok (Mawi Beach Lombok) is located approximately 40 minutes away to the west of Kuta Beach to the beach Selong Belanak. Views of the beautiful beach with white sand stretches suitable for recreational atmosphere.

Mawi beach is located about 5 km from the coast Selong mullet. The road to the beach mawi not so good. Still a dirt road. But after arriving at the beach mawi, all of which we have felt during the trip will go away after seeing the beautiful beach.


Mawi is one of the places on the island of Lombok is well liked by the surfer surfer surfer from local and overseas. Since the height of the waves on the beach mawi atmosphere is perfect for surfing.

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Dondon Kuta beach, Central Lombok

Dondon Kuta beach,exotic beaches are so fascinating to the tourist attraction for domestic and foreign tourists.

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Attractions: Central Lombok regency

Attractions: Central Lombok regency

A'an BEACH, Seger, and GERUPUK:
The beaches are located near Kuta beach. A'an (Cape A'an) is a beautiful white sandy beaches and is ideal for sunbathing activities. Meanwhile if you want scenery and beautiful place to surf the beach Seger with a location surrounded by hills has beautiful scenery with challenging waves for surfing. Gerupuk beach itself is a nice place to swim and from this place surfers can use the boat (traditional boat) to reach the waves for surfing.

KUTA BEACH:
Located in the undulating plains of the southern coast of the beautiful and impressive with a wide stretch of white sand is the perfect place to explore and at low tide, we will see the folds of shells, coral reefs and various other types of marine life. Accommodations are available are also quite diverse ranging from home stay, lodging up to the most luxurious Novotel offers a view towards the beach. Lombok society also beach is a beach called Princess Nyale. Each year the 10th month of the Sasak calendar (about February or March) Bau Nyale ceremony was held. Community will gather together at night to catch the sea worms by using a flashlight while singing rhymes (sort of traditional poetry). The area is well known and a major tourist attraction, while the rest of the south coast that is not used for surfing, strived to continue to be developed in stages so that those places will be able to bring a tremendous advantage.

MAWUN BEACH,SELONG BELANAK, SEPI and BELONGAS:
In the western area of Kuta can be found Mawun beach, this beach is located between two hills that offer spectacular scenery and authenticity of its white sand and good waves for surfing. Likewise MAWI who have views of the beach and good waves. Further to the west coast again, we do find Belong Belanak which is a bay that lies between the plains that stretched hills offer views of a very good and it's possible to dive sites, surfing, swimming and fishing while the location opposite the Belongas Lonely Beach is a beautiful beach 2 complete with accommodation and dive centers and dive sites are classy.

Penujak:
To the south of the village Sukarara Penujak village with a population of working age have levels of ability in the creation of pottery, making various kinds of attractive designs. The women who are experienced in making pottery will lose its ability to the next generation in a ceremony of tradition from generation to generation

Sade and Rambitan:
Rambitan Sade village and within 19 km to the south of Praya. Although these two villages often serve tourists visit, a traditional Sasak village retains its view of their lives that have been fused. In this place we can find / discover the building distinctive "Alang" (traditional granary) with traditional architectural design with a typical form of a high roof. In Rambitan there is also an ancient mosque.

Sukarara:
This traditional village located 28 kilometers east of Mataram, this village has a breakthrough in traditional weaving industry. They get the ability to weave these hereditary from generation to generation. Community in this village have been trained traditionally in the manufacture of woven fabric which is very beautiful and orderly. By using yarn from cotton, silk, gold and silver they make in such a way so as to produce fabrics with a distinctive design of the original chilli and has been famous.

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Central Lombok Regency

Central Lombok Regency Kabupaten Lombok Tengah
—  Regency  —
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Nickname(s): Lombok Tengah
Motto: Tatas Tuhu Trasna
Location of Central Lombok Regency in West Nusa Tenggara
Central Lombok Regency Location in Indonesia
Coordinates: 8°42′S 116°16′E / 8.7°S 116.267°E / -8.7; 116.267   Coordinates: 8°42′S 116°16′E / 8.7°S 116.267°E / -8.7; 116.267
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Nusa Tenggara
Capital	Praya
Government
- Type	Kabupaten-Regency
- Bupati	M. Junaidi Najmuddin
Area
- Total	1,208.39 km2 (466.6 sq mi)
Population
- Total	745,433
Demographics
- Ethnic groups	Sasak, Balinese, Javanese, Sumbawa people, Flores people
- Religion	Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist
- Languages	Indonesian (official), Sasak
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Website	Kabupaten Lombok Tengah
Lombok International Airport

Central Lombok Regency is a division (Indonesian: Kabupaten) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok and the capital is Praya. The other adjoining Kabupaten of Lombok are the of West Lombok Regency, West Lombok Regency and the North Lombok Regency. The region was first incorporated accordance with Law Number 69 in the Year 1958. Tatas Tuhu Trasna, is the motto of the Central Lombok Regency.

Administration

The area of Central Lombok Regency is 1208.39 km²

Administrative structure

Kabupaten Lombok Tengah (Central Lombok Regency) is one of Lombok's four Regencies or administrative regions.

• TGH M Zainul Majdi, MA., Governor of NTB (West Nusa Tenggara), (Mataram is the Provincial Capital of West Nusa Tenggara)
• M. Junaidi Najmuddin, Regent (Bupati) of Kabupaten Lombok Tengah (Central Lombok Regency).

Administrative boundaries

Boundary	District	Regency
North		North Lombok Regency
South	Lombok Basin	Indian Ocean
West	Gerung, Mataram	West Lombok Regency
East		East Lombok Regency

District organisation

The Regency of Central Lombok (Kabupaten Lombok Tengah) has 12 Kecamatan or districts and 124 Desa/Kelurahan:^[1]

• Kecamatan Praya;
• Kecamatan Praya Tengah;
• Kecamatan Praya Barat;
• Kecamatan Praya Barat Daya;
• Kecamatan Praya Timur;
• Kecamatan Pujut;
• Kecamatan Janapria;
• Kecamatan Kopang;
• Kecamatan Batukliang;
• Kecamatan Batukliang Utara;
• Kecamatan Pringgarata;
• Kecamatan Jonggat.

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Types of Use	Area (Ha)	%
Yards/ buildings	6,993	5.79%
Rice field	52,556	43.49%
Fields/Garden	12,420	10.28%
Farm/Clearing	12	0.01%
Pasture	85	0.07%
Enclosed water/dams	281	0.23%
Ponds/Pond	1,773	1.47%
Public Forests	2,583	2.14%
State Forest	21,158	17.50%
Plantation	5,461	4.51%
Other	17,517	14.49%
Total area of all	120,839	100.00%

The Regency of Central Lombok (Kabupaten Lombok Tengah) has 14 townships or Kelurahan:

• Kelurahan Praya;
• Kelurahan Gerantung;
• Kelurahan Semayan;
• Kelurahan Jontlak;
• Kelurahan Gerunung;
• Kelurahan Gonjak;
• Kelurahan Leneng;
• Kelurahan Sasake;
• Kelurahan Renteng;
• Kelurahan Tiwugalih;
• Kelurahan Prapen;
• Kelurahan Panjisari.

Climate and topography

Central Lombok has a tropical climate with long dry seasons. The rain season normally commences in October and continues until April with an average rainfall of above 100mm during these months. In December falls have reached 382 mm. From May until September average rainfall is below 100 mm with the lowest rainfall normally occurring in May. December normally has the highest frequency of rain days and the lowest occur in May. Topography of Central Lombok is mountainous in the north, including Mount Rinjani area with an altitude of about 1000 meters above sea level, suitable for plantation such as coffee, timber and other crops. The centre of the region is a low-lying and utilised for rice paddies and tobacco. The southern areas are dry and denuded with some undulating hilly areas of between 100 to 355 meters above sea level.
The dominant soil types in Central Lombok district is 41 635 ha complex of Mediterranean Chocolate (34%), Grey Gromusol 34 306 (28%) and Grey regosol 20 387 (17%).^[2]

Services and development

The region is essentially agrarian in activity with rice, copra, casava, tobacco, timber and other crops. Rainfall is lower in the south of the Regency and higher in the north as the land rises toward Mount Rinjani and the land becomes more fertile and productive. Rinjani supplies a rainfall catchment area to the region and several into central Lombok rivers flow from its slopes. The sea supports a small local fishing industry, a fish market, a pearling industry, seaweed harvesting, traditional weaving, pottery and handicraft production. The growing tourism industry in Lombok has had little effect on the eastern coast. The proximity of the new Lombok International Airport will possible lead to an increase in tourism related business and development in east Lombok in coming years.

Education

Currently in Central Lombok regency there are 226 junior and elementary schools, 82 junior high schools and 46 high schools in addition an increasing number of private schools^[3]. The regions Higher education needs are served by the University of Mataram in the nearby city of Mataram.

Transportation

Public buses and Bemo run both to the west coast and the city of Mataram and further on through Pusuk pass to connect to north Lombok and Tanjung. Limited services are available on the east coast to connect to Praya and south toward Kuta.
Vehicle and passenger ferries service central Lombok from both the east and west coast the island.

• Alat Strait: Labuhan Lombok - Pototano, Sumbawa with 8 ferries providing 18 crossings per day.
• Lombok Strait: Lembar, Lombok - Padang Bai, Bali, with 12 ferries providing crossings once every hour^[4].

Tanjung Lembar seaport in the southwest of the island provides facilities for small freighters and fishing boats.
These drive on, drive off ferries provide the principal facilities for road transport movements in and out of Lombok. Disruptions on these routes can significantly effect trade and the provision of supplies to the island as the shipping operators on these routes will often suspend services due to breakdown or heavy seas.
Central Lombok is served by the Selaparang Airport AMI

 

. The current airport is in Ampenan. Lombok International Airport in Central Lombok is expected to begin operations in 2011 and at that time Selaparang may close.

Location of New Lombok International Airport

The new Lombok Airport will be developed in accordance with ICAO guidelines and specification. The airport size will consist of 553 hectares (1,370 acres) and will incorporate a modern convenient terminal supporting passenger requirements. The airport site is at Tanak Awu, in Kabupaten Lombok Tengah (Regency of Central Lombok), Lombok, Indonesia, south west of Mataram the provincial capital of Nusa Tenggara Barat and a few kilometers south west of the small regional city of Praya^[5].. The surface connections are still under construction in late 2010 and some of the rights of way for the connecting highway to Mataram are still in disputation with the current landowners. The project has been much delayed and the proposed opening date has been moved back several times^[6][7][8][9].

Tourism

Beach at Selong Belanak, central south coast of Lombok

The natural assets of Central Lombok include rice paddies, tobacco growing areas and some established nature reserves. The south of Lombok features white sandy beaches, some of it quite isolated, remote and with limited access.
Notable beaches are Pantai Gerupuk, Pantai Awang, Tanjung A'nn, Pantai Seger, Kuta Beach, Selong Belanak, Mawi Beach, Pantai Tomang, Are Guling Beach, Pantai Pengatap, Rowok, Torok Aik Belek, and Pantai Mawun. Other attractions lie in the hills of central lombok rising toward Mount Rinjani. Surfing is very popular with local and international visitors and the south coast has some popular destinations for international surfers and travellers. Fishing villages, grouper fish cultivation, pearl cultivation, the traditional fish market and coral reefs also attract visitors to this part of Lombok. The area also supports traditional weaving and handicraft production. Individual tourists or tour guides often arrange small personalised tours or private visits to see traditional weaving and religious ceremonies. Mount Rinjani is at the northern flank of Central Lombok. It is popular tourist attraction and activities include trekking, study of rare tropical flora and local fauna.

The customary hamlet of Sade

Objects of cultural heritage in this part of the island include Sade kampung adat (customary hamlet), Hamlet NDE, a location of a traditional housing, traditional villages, local arts and traditional ceremonies. Mosque Mount Pujut is a historic local mosque. Other historic attractions are the tomb of King Pejanggik, the tomb of Nyatok, and Clack Tomb and Mausoleum, the tomb of Serewe Islamic religious figures.
In 2010 the region supported 25 hotels of mixed classes across the general area of Central Lombok Regency with 16 of these properties situated in the Kuta area^[10].

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Central Lombok Map

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Lombok Island

Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat or NTB) province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is roughly circular, with a "tail" (Sekotong Peninsula) to the southwest, about 70 km across and a total area of about 4,725 km² (1,825 sq mi). The provincial capital and largest city on the island is Mataram. It is somewhat similar in size and density with neighboring Bali and shares some cultural heritage, but is administratively part of NTB along with sparsely populated Sumbawa. It is surrounded by a number of smaller islands locally called Gili.

The island is home to some 3.16 million Indonesians  as recorded in the decennial 2010 census, and in 4 regencies along with the provincial capital Mataram.

Little is known about the Lombok before the seventeenth century. Before this time it was made up of numerous competing and feuding petty states each of which were presided over by a Sasak 'prince'. This disunity was taken advantage of by the neighbouring Balinese who took control of western Lombok in the early seventeenth century. The Makassarese meanwhile invaded eastern Lombok from their colonies in neighbouring Sumbawa. The Dutch had first visited Lombok in 1674 and the Dutch East India Company concluded its first treaty with the Sasak Princess of Lombok. The Balinese had managed to take over the whole island by 1750, but Balinese infighting resulted in the island being split into four feuding Balinese kingdoms. In 1838, the Mataram kingdom brought its rivals under control.

Relations between the Sasak and Balinese in western Lombok were largely harmonious and intermarriage was common. In the island's east, however, relations were less cordial and the Balinese maintained control from garrisoned forts. While Sasak village government remained in place, the village head became little more than a tax collector for the Balinese. Villagers became a kind of serfand Sasak aristocracy lost much of its power and land holdings.

Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem against the Balinese in 1894.

During one of the many Sasak peasant rebellions against the Balinese, Sasak chiefs sent envoys to the Dutch in Bali and invited them to rule Lombok. In June 1894, the governor general of the Dutch East Indies, Van der Wijck, signed a treaty with Sasak rebels in eastern Lombok. He sent a large army to Lombok and the Balinese raja capitulated to Dutch demands.(see Dutch intervention in Lombok) The younger princes however overruled the raja and attacked and routed the Dutch. The Dutch counterattacked overrunning Mataram and the raja surrendered. The entire island was annexed to the Netherlands East Indies in 1895. The Dutch ruled over Lombok's 500,000 people with a force of no more than 250 by cultivating the support of the Balinese and Sasak aristocracy. While the period was one of deprivation for the Sasak, they Dutch are remembered as liberators from Balinese hegemony.

During World War II a Japanese invasion force comprising elements of the 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet invaded and occupied the Lesser Sunda Islands, including the island of Lombok. They sailed from Soerabaja harbour at 09:00 hrs on 8 March 1942 and proceeded towards Lombok Island. On 9 May 1942 at 17:00 hrs the fleet sailed into port of Ampenan on Lombok Island. The Dutch defenders were soon defeated and the island occupied.^[4]

Following the cessation of hostilities the Japanese forces occupying Indonesia were withdrawn and Lombok returned temporarily to Dutch control. Following the subsequent Indonesian independence from the Dutch, the Balinese and Sasak aristocracy continued to dominate Lombok. In 1958, the island was incorporated into the province of West Nusa Tenggara with Mataram becoming the provincial capital. Mass killings of communists occurred across the island following the abortive coup attempt in Jakarta and Central Java. During President Suharto's New Order administration, Lombok experienced a degree of stability and development but not to the extent of the boom and wealth in Java and Bali. Crop failures led to famine in 1966 and food shortages in 1973. The national government's transmigrasi program moved a lot of people out of Lombok. The 1980s saw external developers and speculators instigate a nascent tourism boom although local's share of earnings was limited. Indonesia's political and economic crises of the late 1990s hit Lombok hard. In January 2000, riots broke out across Mataram with Christians and ethnic Chinese the main victims, with alleged agents provocateur from outside Lombok. Tourism slumped, but in recent years has seen a renewed growth.

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