Travelling

Sasak Songket

At Sade Village

These songket fabric can be used as a skirt, tablecloth, wall ornament and other types of clothes. Songket is derived from the world sungkit meaning hooking or gouging. The process of making a songket includes a hooking technique where the weaver takes a bunch of tenun fabric and slips a golden thread between them. Songket is one of the most complicated hand weaving that usually done by women from generation to generation. To make one songket can take over a month.

Lombok Pottery

In Penujak Village, women makes the shape of the shape of the pots and men decorate them when they half dry.

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5 Traditional Food

Plecing Kangkung

Very popular on Lombok as a daily dishes to eat together with plain rice. Plecing kangkung consists of a boiled kangkung (water spinach) seasoning with sambal terasi (special Lombok chili sauce) made from grounded fresh red chili, tomato, sprouts, salt, grilled coconut, roasted shrimp paste, and lime. Its's taste spicy and hot.

Chicken Taliwang

West Nusa Tenggara will not be complete without tasting the local food (Chicken Taliwang). The uniqueness of chicken taliwang comes from the chicken, the chicken still fresh and young. Chicken taliwang always serve together with plecing kangkung, spicy chili sauce and rice.

Bebalung

Bebalung in sasak languages mean ribs. Called bebalung because made from goats or cows ribs. This menu always available in every celebration of local residents. Served with plain rice, slice of lemon and chili make it tasty and fresh.

Satay Tanjung (fish)

Originally from Tanjung. Made from tuna mixed with coconut milk, lemongrass, garlic, chili pepper, spices, wrapped onto satay stick and grilled.

Satay Bulayak

Cuts of beef or chicken that punctured using a small bamboo and grilled over the coals. In Lombok, bulayak mean lontong.

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Gili Meno

Gili Trawangan

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History of Lombok

Why Lombok is less popular in terms of shopping, cuisine, and nightlife than Bali?

Because Sasak culture in Lombok are the dominant culture, the people are very restrained and they are love quiet of nature.

However, Lombok is becoming popular with tourists and honeymooners who want to relax in an inexpensive, tropical, un-crowded atmosphere, with many natural treasures. Lombok is a relaxing place, the warm tropical sun can normally slowly melt a sense of urgency and a hurried pace off most visitors. Nothing happens quickly in Lombok and visitors who are stressed from their daily lives find Lombok a delightful place to unwind.

There is little known about life on Lombok in the prehistory. As well as most other languages that are spoken in the archipelago, the Sasak language belongs to the Austronesian language family. The Austronesians, which originated from mainland Asia, started to move toward the Philippines, Indonesia and the islands in the Pacific around 5,000 BC.

A chronicle from the 14th century from the big East Javanese principality Majapahit names Lombok as a part of it. The only copy of the chronicle, the Negarakertagama, was found in the village Pagutan, just outside Mataram at the end of the 19th century. In that time there were a lot of local rulers, which each ruled over an area the size of several villages. Every once in a while one of them, which often called themselves Raja.

Islam was introduced from Java in the first part of the 16th century by Sunan Giri or Sangopati Prince. Sangopari Prince was known as Pedanda Bau Rau on Bali, and as Tuan Haji Semeru on Sumbawa. These first Moeslims preached a synthetic versian of Islam, colored by local ancestral believes and Hinduism. Early messages tell us that the mosque which can still be seen in Bayan, is the oldest an most important of Lombok.

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About Lombok

Lombok is an island in the West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It is the 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.

I will tell you about Map of Lombok

⤇West Lombok
The administrative centre, well known beaches and the vast majority of the developed tourism infrastructure on the island and gateway to the famous Gili islands.

⤇North Lombok
Mighty Mount Rinjani, waterfalls, glorious scenery and home to the Waktu Telu traditions.

⤇Central and East Lombok
Quiet rural villages and beaches and ferry departures eastward to Sumbawa and onward to Flores.

⤇South Lombok
Beaches and surfing heaven.

⤇Gili Islands
Tiny islands of the west coast, popular with divers and a vital cog in the Asian backpacker circuit.

About Lombok's Cities

Mataram

The capital city of West Nusa Tenggara province and the island's largest city.

Kuta

A surfing mecca like its Bali namesake.

Praya Lombok

Lombok's second city and nearby to the site of the islands international airport, Bandara Internasional Lombok.

Selong Belanak

The capital city of the East Lombok Regency.

Senggigi

The islands principal tourist strip with a wide range of hotel, resort and villa destinations.

Tanjung Aan

A beautiful area near Kuta Beach.

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