Culture
Culture is manner of life that amend
and having together by a group that endow from generation to generation,culture
is formed from a lot of knotty factor,belonging to religion system and
politics,tradition,language,tool,venture,building,and the last is opus and art. There are many culture in Lombok
island such as,presean,marriage rituals,rowah if idul fitri day.
Culture
of Marriage Rituals
Traditional Culture
Traditional law (adat) is still
fundamental to the way of life on Lombok today, particularly customs relating
to courting and marriage rituals and circumcision ceremonies. In western Lombok
you can see Balinese ceremonies and temples with colorful procession and
decorative offerings. Sasak ceremonies are often less visible, thought you may
see colorful procession as well. Ask around and you can probably find when and
where festivals and celebrations are being held.
The third method is far more complicated and
dramatic. Theoretically a young girl is forbidden to marry a man of a lower
caste, but this rule can be broken through kidnapping and eloping. As a result,
eloping is still a widespread practice on Lombok, despite the fact that in most
instances the parents of the couple know what's afoot.
Originally it was used as a means of
eluding other competitors for the girl's hand or in order to avoid family
friction, but it also minimized the heavy expenses of a wedding ceremony. The
rules of this ritual are laid down and must be followed step by step. After the
girl is spirited away by the boy, he required to report to the Kepala Desa
(Chief of the Village). The Kepala Desa then notifies the girl's family through
the head of their village. A delegation from the boy's family visits the girl's
parent, and between them they settle on a price for the bride, a fine (uang
adat) which is distributed among members of the bride's family in recompense
for losing her.
Traditional dowries are worked out
according to the caste differences; the lower his caste and the higher hers,
the more he has to pay. Once this has been settled the wedding begins.
Generally the bride and the groom dressed in ceremonial clothes, carried through
the village's street, accompanied with sounds of traditional music (gamelan)
mingle with the shouts and laughter of the guests as the couple are swooped up
and down and around on their way to the wedding place. Throughout the whole
ceremony, the bride must look downcast and unhappy at the prospect of leaving
her family.
Travelers without a grasp of Bahasa
can get by, but some knowledge of it enhances an understanding of the island
and could also be valuable an an emergency. Check out the Learning Bahasa
Indonesia page to understand most common used phrases.
Reference
Team
Departement of education and art, tradition and wedding in area of Nusa Tenggara Barat
(Jakarta: Depdikbud, 1995), h. 33
www.wisatalombok.com
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