NTB to the stage of the pearls festival

For those with opportunity to visit West Nusa Tenggara this weekend, a festival should be the pearl of your itinerary.

The West Nusa Tenggara administration to the fourth Lombok, Sumbawa Pearl Festival of Mataram Lombok Island June 30 - July 1 key.

West Nusa Tenggara tourism agency Lalu Faozal Moh secretary said Wednesday that tourism and creative industries minister Mari Elka Pangestu at the inaugural event was arbitration.

"[The event] is expected to Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara and the world revolves around Pearl Pearl icon in the world," he said in Mataram, adding that the event is also expected that tourism and trade in the Pearl increased surface.

He said the province had a unique feature that no other potential gems province had in the country.

He said provincial bronze pearls, emerald green and metal were rare in other parts of the world worketh found.

There are at least 20 Sea Pearl company in the islands of Lombok and Sumbawa work to grow in a growing area of 600 hectares, according Faozal. Four of the companies are foreign owned and the rest of the state, where about 3,000 people.

The province produces 600 800 kg bis annual accounts, with 90 percent of them in other countries, including Japan to go, and the generation of 80 billion rupees (U.S. $ 8.48 million) per year .

"That number comes only from pearl culture and does not include sales of [] generated by the artisanal sector," said Faozal.

"This [the industry] Pearl and the potential for a lot of jobs in West Nusa Tenggara has nothing to do."

Event Committee chairman Bagus Surya said that as in previous editions, the festival will be auctioned the following account, considering that 22 potential buyers from China, Hong Kong, France, England, Tahiti and Indonesia, and includes three of the largest companies Indonesia as a seller of pearls.

"This time, 200 kilograms of quality South Sea Pearls will be auctioned off for $ 250,000," he said, adding he expects the number does not include Gem Craft.

The auction last year posted total transactions of $ 96,000 and has increased the prices of pearls to $ 16.3 per ounce of $ 5 increase per gram in 2010, he said.

He said that Lombok was the number one worldwide in terms of quality pearl oyster Pinctada Maxima pearl with her to be beautiful in the world.

West Nusa Tenggara Tourism Promotion Agency head Wolini Ni Ketut said that 32 exploration stands Lombok pearl arts and crafts for visitors.

"Tourists can also learn about the ecosystem of water if kept West Nusa Tenggara, which has a potential for marine tourism," said Wolini.

The agency has registered 860 000 tourists in the province in 2011 and hope to see 1 million tourists this year, said Wolini.

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Songket cloth Lombok

Songket fabric is a woven fabric made ​​by using weft. For the jewelry itself is made by inserting a thread-like silver, gold. Woven or better known as songket are characteristic of the Lombok island.

Songket has a variety of motives. There's a chicken motif, patterned flowers of eight, four flower motifs, and much more.
Each motif described above woven fabric has a meaning. For example songket patterned lizard. This motive for the community as a trusted lombok good luck.

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Pottery Making Process Typical Lombok Crafts

Pottery Making Process Typical Lombok Crafts

Many smart people work and the results of the work they can continue their lives, though not infrequently from their success of the work, as EXAMPLE crafts. Handicrafts has unique characteristics, so do not be surprised if sometimes more expensive craft even very expensive. On the island of Lombok is popular with the craft of pottery, weaving, wood carvings and stone, gold and pearls. Many villages produce handicrafts to hereditary as Banyumulek village famous for its pottery village, the village is famous for its traditional Sukarare tenunnya, and Labuapi village famous for its carved-carvings.

History of Pottery
Crockery, better known by the name of "pottery" to be one form of fruit and works well as ancestral tradition of hereditary ever and is still preserved as a local resident who has expertise is recognized worldwide. First pottery used for storing rice, salt and spices as well as used for cooking purposes.

Making pottery is the work of mothers and daughters, in turn sell and bring to market is the duty of the father and son. But as time advances so quickly where the majority of fathers and sons take part in the manufacture of pottery work together to obtain maximum results and good quality.

Create a simple pot just is not as easy as people think because it takes a long and winding process, as information, we put forward ways of making pottery is as follows:

1. Search Process clay
Need a thorough inspection to get the best clay in accordance with quality standards. Clay is nice not having to come from the pottery-producing village but comes from a nearby village. Clay is not necessarily used immediately but it took a profound accuracy and ensure that the clay is mixed with small stones and dirt.

2. Drying Process
After inspection, the clay is cut into pieces such as cubes and dried in the sun, it takes about 3 or 4 days. When pieces of the cubes are dried, then ground so as flour dough that is soft and stored before being used as a dough. The most interesting to watch no modern tools that support the manufacture of pottery, but lapisa-layer clay being added from the original amount of dough while the pottery craftsmen rotate objects / tools are used to form the desired object, although its shape as the finished but actually not finished, then there is also a craftsman dedicated to decorate after the object / pots intended allowed to dry in a place not too much sun.

3. The process of varnish with coconut oil
Objects / pots that have been varnished, is a combination of coconut oil and allowed to dry before the Kerik / rubbed with black stone tools or other tradisisonal because it looked shiny surface and again dried diterik sun and it takes one day even rubbed smooth in the mid-afternoon day to add highlights.

4. Combustion Process
Objects / pots ready to be burned and collected into an open oven covered with rice straw is burned for more than 4 hours and the temperature of production of about 400 to 800 degrees Celsius

5. Staining Process
Last job is to choose the right color, if desired scarlet seeds coated with juice and sour red wiggler if desired, simply snapped with chaff.

Since dilaksakan intensive training, by itself the pottery pengarjin more creative in making the patterns, shapes and motifs that you want, so they are ready to compete to the best work with great quality in the world business market.

There are three famous pottery producing village in Lombok, call it Banyumulek in West Lombok, Central Lombok and Penujak Penakak in East Lombok, each having its own characteristics and uniqueness.

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