Lombok (population in 1990: 2,403,025) is an island in the "small Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara are separated by the Lombok from Bali to the west and the Alas, in the east of Sumbawa. This island more or less rounded shape with a kind of "tail" on the southwest side length of approximately 70 km. The island width is 4725 km ² (slightly smaller than Bali). Major city on the island is Mataram City.
Including Lombok West Nusa Tenggara province and the island itself is divided into 3 districts and 1 city:
Mataram City
Lombok Barat District
Lombok Tengah District
Lombok Timur District
History
In the early 17th century, the Kingdom of Karangasem Bali successfully embed the impact in the west and Lombok Island in the year 1750 the whole of Lombok Island successfully mastered the kingdom of Bali is Hindu. after the island occupied by Bali Lombok, Bali people came at once and bring their culture to Lombok. But disagreement among the family of the kingdom in Lombok split into four smaller kingdoms. In the year 1838, the kingdom of Mataram, Java's success and the Lombok and also conquered the Kingdom of Karangasem on Bali. Mataram, Lombok, and then unite with Karangasem under his control.
In the west Lombok, the Sasak tribe is located in the area that can accept the return Bali people and the region between the two tribes that run in harmony. Marriage between the Sasak and Bali at the time that things become commonplace. Sasak people also learn from Bali people agricultural irrigation methods.
However, the situation is not the same in East Lombok in Bali where the presence of the person be gazed at by the Sasak. This situation raises two times the resistance of the Sasak people of Bali who are in that region, in 1855 and 1871. In the year 1891, the leaders of Sasak tribes in East Lombok requested assistance to the Dutch Netherlands, and invited to become ruler in Lombok, Bali replace.
In June 1894, the Governor-General van der Wijk make arrangements with the Sasak tribe. With reason to free people from colonial Bali Sasak, van der Wijk and send troops in large numbers to Lombok. And, in 1894 the Netherlands successfully overcome power Bali in Lombok.
Language
During the Dutch power in Lombok, especially around the 1940s, farmers were forced to sell more rice and rice as a form of tax payments by farmers to the Dutch authorities. This causes the amount of rice for the public to be reduced so that the cause of famine that occurred in 1938, 1940, and 1949. Lombok is an area prone to famine, even during the period after independence, namely in 1966 and 1973.
By referring to the Dutch historian, L. C. Van den Berg stating that, of the Kawi language formed influence the nature and size of the agrarian mind the role of the intellectual in political social engineering in the archipelago. Fathurrahman Zakaria (1998) said that the intellectual community and Selaparang Pejanggik know very Kawi language. And can even create your own characters Sasak as jejawen. With the Kawi language, literacy and language Sasak , then many poet composing, compose, adapt, or copy the man in the ancient Javanese lontar sasak. Lontar Lontar-referred, among other Kotamgama, lapel Adam Menak Berji, Rengganis, and others. Even the poet is also a lot of copying and adapting teachings of the Walisongo, as Lontar Lontar-titled Jatiswara, Lontar Nursada and Lontar Nurcahya. Even tale-tale also many Malays who copied and adapted, such as Joseph Lontar, Hikayat Amir Hamzah, Hikayat Sidik orphans, and so forth.
With the Lontar, according to Fathurrahman Zakaria (1998) we will know the basic principles of a social engineering guidance in political and social culture of the kingdom and its people. In the field of social politics, for example, Lontar Kotamgama sheets 6 sheets highlighted the nature and attitude of a king or leader, that is, the elephant tusk, Danti, Kusuma, and Warsa. Means elephant tusk ivory elephant when issued may not enter it again.
Tourism
Said many people, Lombok is the island of Bali. Clean beaches, great waves, calm, and exotic. See the various advantages of the Lombok, West Lombok in particular, it does not wonder if this area is also a choice destination for tourists and local holiday abroad.
Tourism not only rely on Lombok Gunung Rinjani, but also a number of beaches that lie along the island of Lombok. Senggigi beach area is always crowded by tourists, who are good swimmers and beach dipinggiran who are walking through the area with the beach or boat rental.
Lombok in many ways similar to Bali, and in the decade 1990's began the foreign tourists. But with the emergence of the financial crisis and other crises, the potential for tourism to decrease slightly. Then at the beginning of the unrest occurred in 2000 inter-ethnic and inter-religious at all so Lombok going large-scale evacuation of the minority. They flee to the island, especially Bali.
Places of tourism:
Senggigi Beach
Cakranegara
Gili Air
Gili meno
Gili Trawangan
Mountain Rinjani
Kuta Beach,
Lombok Sentanu
Tetebatu
Etc.
Including Lombok West Nusa Tenggara province and the island itself is divided into 3 districts and 1 city:
Mataram City
Lombok Barat District
Lombok Tengah District
Lombok Timur District
History
In the early 17th century, the Kingdom of Karangasem Bali successfully embed the impact in the west and Lombok Island in the year 1750 the whole of Lombok Island successfully mastered the kingdom of Bali is Hindu. after the island occupied by Bali Lombok, Bali people came at once and bring their culture to Lombok. But disagreement among the family of the kingdom in Lombok split into four smaller kingdoms. In the year 1838, the kingdom of Mataram, Java's success and the Lombok and also conquered the Kingdom of Karangasem on Bali. Mataram, Lombok, and then unite with Karangasem under his control.
In the west Lombok, the Sasak tribe is located in the area that can accept the return Bali people and the region between the two tribes that run in harmony. Marriage between the Sasak and Bali at the time that things become commonplace. Sasak people also learn from Bali people agricultural irrigation methods.
However, the situation is not the same in East Lombok in Bali where the presence of the person be gazed at by the Sasak. This situation raises two times the resistance of the Sasak people of Bali who are in that region, in 1855 and 1871. In the year 1891, the leaders of Sasak tribes in East Lombok requested assistance to the Dutch Netherlands, and invited to become ruler in Lombok, Bali replace.
In June 1894, the Governor-General van der Wijk make arrangements with the Sasak tribe. With reason to free people from colonial Bali Sasak, van der Wijk and send troops in large numbers to Lombok. And, in 1894 the Netherlands successfully overcome power Bali in Lombok.
Language
During the Dutch power in Lombok, especially around the 1940s, farmers were forced to sell more rice and rice as a form of tax payments by farmers to the Dutch authorities. This causes the amount of rice for the public to be reduced so that the cause of famine that occurred in 1938, 1940, and 1949. Lombok is an area prone to famine, even during the period after independence, namely in 1966 and 1973.
By referring to the Dutch historian, L. C. Van den Berg stating that, of the Kawi language formed influence the nature and size of the agrarian mind the role of the intellectual in political social engineering in the archipelago. Fathurrahman Zakaria (1998) said that the intellectual community and Selaparang Pejanggik know very Kawi language. And can even create your own characters Sasak as jejawen. With the Kawi language, literacy and language Sasak , then many poet composing, compose, adapt, or copy the man in the ancient Javanese lontar sasak. Lontar Lontar-referred, among other Kotamgama, lapel Adam Menak Berji, Rengganis, and others. Even the poet is also a lot of copying and adapting teachings of the Walisongo, as Lontar Lontar-titled Jatiswara, Lontar Nursada and Lontar Nurcahya. Even tale-tale also many Malays who copied and adapted, such as Joseph Lontar, Hikayat Amir Hamzah, Hikayat Sidik orphans, and so forth.
With the Lontar, according to Fathurrahman Zakaria (1998) we will know the basic principles of a social engineering guidance in political and social culture of the kingdom and its people. In the field of social politics, for example, Lontar Kotamgama sheets 6 sheets highlighted the nature and attitude of a king or leader, that is, the elephant tusk, Danti, Kusuma, and Warsa. Means elephant tusk ivory elephant when issued may not enter it again.
Tourism
Said many people, Lombok is the island of Bali. Clean beaches, great waves, calm, and exotic. See the various advantages of the Lombok, West Lombok in particular, it does not wonder if this area is also a choice destination for tourists and local holiday abroad.
Tourism not only rely on Lombok Gunung Rinjani, but also a number of beaches that lie along the island of Lombok. Senggigi beach area is always crowded by tourists, who are good swimmers and beach dipinggiran who are walking through the area with the beach or boat rental.
Lombok in many ways similar to Bali, and in the decade 1990's began the foreign tourists. But with the emergence of the financial crisis and other crises, the potential for tourism to decrease slightly. Then at the beginning of the unrest occurred in 2000 inter-ethnic and inter-religious at all so Lombok going large-scale evacuation of the minority. They flee to the island, especially Bali.
Places of tourism:
Senggigi Beach
Cakranegara
Gili Air
Gili meno
Gili Trawangan
Mountain Rinjani
Kuta Beach,
Lombok Sentanu
Tetebatu
Etc.
I have read this book regarding the history of Lombok,see this link below:
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Cheers
Sophie Caprioti
Thank you Sophie I visited your suggested link
ReplyDeletewww.barryacott.com I finally downloaded an ebook which was on the site. Also information about the Sasak people. From Frederik