After Summit Rinjani, my four friends, Zaza, Hikam, Dul, and Khakim returned to Mataram from Senaru village. Our tour guide, who we called Uncle, suggested that the five of us take a shower and rest for a while before heading to our next destination. Yeah, so, we haven't showered for five days and four nights. This is our fifth night to Mataram basecamp. After a long and tiring journey, we were able to sleep well.
Mataram Coffee
After taking a shower in the morning, Uncle invited us to sit down and made us robustan coffee typical of Mataram. Actually I prefer robusta because my stomach acid is unstable. However, Uncle assured me that Mataram robusta coffee never disappoints. Because Uncle was very convincing, I finally tasted the Mataram robusta.
Beyond my expectations!
I thought I'd be nauseous because my stomach wasn't feeling well, but, the Mataram robusta is absolutely amazing. I feel the coffee is not too strong, not too sweet because I only add very little sugar. There is a savory sensation, said Uncle, because when the coffee is made it becomes ready to serve, mixed with rice! I don't know the details of the process. But what is clear, this rice coffee (as I call it. LOL), must be tasted when you visit Mataram.
Sade Traditional Village
After finishing breakfast, the five of us accompanied by Uncle went to the Sade Traditional Village. Uncle explained, that the traditional village of Sade is the original village of the Sasak tribe (Sasak is an indigenous tribe in Lombok), which is 600 years old. Then, the government set the village of Indigenous Sade as a tourist destination.
Paresean and merarik
From the front, you will see a gate that is not too wide, but has a unique model because the roof is made of dry thatch leaves. It says welcome to the village of Sasak, Sade. It is located in the village of Rambitan, Juput, Central Lombok.
Entering here, visitors are not charged. After passing through the gate, visitors immediately find an unusual panorama of the village. A traditional building with a roof made of thatch leaves. The floor looks like it's made of earth, but, said the tour guide who escorted us specifically for Sade Village, the floor of the house in Sasak hamlet is made of a mixture of buffalo dung and clay. It is said that this Sasak hamlet still uses buffalo dung to mop once a month, the reason being that there are no mosquitoes and the house is warm.
Paresean
If lucky, new visitors can also watch the war dance typical of the Sasak tribe called the Peresean dance. By the tour guide, we were told that this dance is a ritual dance by an agrarian society to summon rain. This dance uses sticks of rattan and hand forts of hard buffalo skin (called ende).
Merarik
It is a Sasak marriage custom, where women are carried away by the man they love for the night. The next day he was brought back to the woman's parents' house to ask for their blessing. If the woman's parents cannot give their blessing, this problem can be resolved by the adat leader, so that the two can still get married.
souvenir
Lots of handicrafts are sold in the Sasak hamlet. Such as headbands, typical Sasak wood crafts, or fabrics made purely from natural materials and still woven using manual tools.
THE MANDALIKA
The plane I was traveling on for Surabaya took off at 09.00 pm. Since there was still time left, we decided to go to the beach which is not too far from the airport. Uncle suggested we take a look at The Mandalika.
Still located in Pujut, precisely in the village of Kuta, The Mandalika or better known as Kuta Lombok beach turns out to have an extraordinary legend.
Along the way from Sade to Kuta, Uncle told me about the beauty of Princess Mandalika which made many young people from the nobility to the common people want to make princess Mandalika his wife. The King, the father of Princess Mandalika could not make decisions for her, so the King left all decisions in the hands of Princess Mandalika.
So, on the appointed day, Putri Mandalika made an announcement that all members of the community would gather on the fresh beach.
Seger Beach was filled with people, including young men who wanted to propose to him.
Then, Putri Mandalika climbed up the hill by the beach. Putri Mandalika told her people that after meditating, she received a message to become a Nyale (sea worm), this was intended so that there would be no commotion in her country. So that he can be enjoyed together.
So, Princess Mandalika plunged from the cliff into the sea. Everyone was shocked and looked for him everywhere but couldn't find him. People only find sea worms that come out along the fresh beach. Inj worms are colorful and edible.
From that story, Lombok has the Bau Nyale tradition. (Bau means catch and Nyale means sea worm). This tradition is intended to commemorate Princess Mandalika.
HOME
It was getting late, and we decided to go to Praya Airport, getting ready to go home. One day, I want to keep coming back to Lombok. Enjoy a lot of things that I have not had time to do.
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