Cultural,Ethnic And Traveling

Lombok Island History

Selaparang kingdom is one of the oldest royal ever to grow and flourish on the island of Lombok, even touted as an embryo which gave birth to the kings of Lombok. This position is further put the Kingdom Seiaparang as an important historical icon of the island. Proven naming the island is also often referred to as Earth Selaparang or in local terms as Gumi Selaparang.



According Then Djelenga (2004), records the history of the kingdoms in Lombok which means starting over from Majapahit entry through exspedisi under MPU Nala in the year 1343, as implementation of the Palapa Oath Supreme Gajah Mada, which passed the inspection itself Gajah Mada in 1352 .

This expedition, further Djelenga, leaving a trail of Gelgel kingdom in Bali. While in Lombok, in its development leaving a trail of four major royal brothers and sisters, that the Kingdom of parrots in the west, the Kingdom Selaparang in the East, the Kingdom Langko in the middle, and the Kingdom Pejanggik in the south. In addition to the four kingdoms, there were small kingdoms, like Parwa and prop as well as several small villages, such as Pujut, Tempit, Kedaro, Stone Jerky, Kuripan, and Kentawang. The entire kingdom and the village then became an independent territory, after the collapse of Majapahit empire.

Between the kingdom and the village was the most prominent and the most famous is the kingdom, based in Labuan Lombok Lombok. Mentioned city Lombok Lombok is located in a very beautiful bay and has a lot of fresh water sources. This situation makes it much frequented by merchants from Palembang, Banten, crunch, and Sulawesi.



Later, when the kingdom led by King Rangkesari, Prapen Prince, son of Sunan Giri came to circumcise the royal queen Lombok. In the Babad Lombok mentioned, this is an attempt Islamization of Raden Paku or Sunan Giri Queen of Coarse sand, Surabaya who commanded the kings of East Java and Palembang to spread Islam to various parts of the archipelago.

The process of Islamization by Sunan Prapen reaping encouraging results, until a few years later the whole island of Lombok embraced Islam, except for a few places that still retain the old customs.


Cultural acculturation is also seen in religion Wetu telu. Group of religious syncretism of Islam, Hindu and animist. Wetu Telu adherents of the majority lived in the village of Bayan, a place where the religion was born. Large group Wetu Telu also be found in Mataram, Pujung, Sengkol, Rambitan, Sade, Tetebatu, Bumbung, Sembalun, Senaru, Loyok and Pasugulan.



climate
As usual the rest of Indonesisa, Lombok also has particularly two seasons: the rainy season and dry season. The rainy season is generally from October to March and the dry season lasts from April to September. The average temperature throughout the year on the island of Lombok ranges from 21 º to 33 º Celsius.

religion
Lombok Island is the biggest religious believers are Islam, after the Hindu religion professed by the Balinese descent, then the other religions such as Christianity and Buddhism. In addition to the four religions there is also a growing religion among Sasak tribe, namely Boda. Boda is the oldest religion sasak inherited by their ancestors.

culture

Lombok has many kinds of typical and unique culture

craft
-Weaving ikat and songket

Weaving activities Sasak women
Ikat and songket weaving is a traditional craft that is still found in many areas in Lombok and other areas in the province. Way of making this fabric still using traditional tools and Simpler. Currently ikat and songket has been used as a tourist attraction like the one in the Village and the Village Pringgasela Sukarare.