Sade Village, Home of Traditional Ikat Weaving from Lombok

Old woman selling sade's ikat s

Sade's Village, a name that is simple, as simple as it's friendly people. Located in District Pujut, Central Lombok, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, with a distance of about 30 kilometers from the city of Mataram. To find this village is not difficult because it is right on the edge of road Praya - Kuta.

Lombok Typical Rice Granary.

The souvenirs.

Sade's Village is one of the tribe villages that are indigenous Sasak people of Lombok, the building is still very traditional in this village every building is made of wood and bamboo for it walls and thatched roofs. Rice Granary are also a typical building here that we can find in some houses.

Sade's men livelihood is farming generally, but because it has been developed into tourism village, several men became Tour Guide for This village. Sade's village also famous for ikat weaving and handicrafts from the hands results of the women in this village. Almost every house selling souvenir , just as necklaces, bracelets, key chains and more. As well as an interesting activity sade women who were weaving. Since teenage Sade's women are taught to weave by their parents,it's for cultural regeneration so in the future Sade's ikat weaving not extinct eroded by time.

Traditional weaving process, colorfull. :)

Another women weaving in Sade.

Old woman spinning  yarn.

Material to make yarn.

Transaction, You can bargain when you buy something here.

The length of the weaving process, depending on how complicated  the fabric to be made.

***Text & Photos by Haryadi Wijaya***

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Faces of Tenggerese

Besides having natural beauty, Bromo also have a friendly society they called Tenggerese People (Tribe of Tengger). Tenggerese live in several villages around the area of ​​Mount Bromo. According to myth or legend, they are the descent of Roro Anteng who is the daughter of King Brawijaya with Joko Seger son of a Brahmana. 'Tengger' name derived from the names of both husband and wife, namely, "Teng" from Roro Anteng and "Ger" from Joko Seger. Legend of Roro and Joko Seger Anteng that God promised to give their youngest son, 'Raden Kusuma' is the beginning of the ceremony Kasodo in Tengger. According to some historians, Tenggerese is native Javanese who at that time lived in the heyday of the Majapahit. When the arrival of Islam in Indonesia (Java) when it happened interface between Islamic kingdoms in Java, one of which is a feeling of urgency Majapahit with the advent of Islamic influence, then fled to Bali and rural areas around Mount Bromo and Semeru . Those who dwell in the surrounding hinterland of Mount Bromo is then set up a village named after their leader's name is endings Anteng Roro and Joko Seger.

The majority of Tengger people were Hindus, but different with  Hindu religion in Bali (Hindu-Dharma). Tenggerese people mostly believe in Hindu-Mahayana. At present Tengger people commonly live as farmers in the fields. The principle they are not willing to sell the land (fields) to others. Range of their agricultural products are potatoes, cabbage, carrots, tobacco, and corn. Besides farming, there are some of Tengger people who work as tourist guides in Bromo.

*** Photos and Text by Haryadi Wijaya ***

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