Saturday, April 26, 2014

History Origin of name Lombok | Lombok Sasak Folklore - Lombok Island wide breadth of one-third of the island of Sumbawa . However , residents of West Nusa Tenggara , amounting to more than three million , two -thirds live on the island of Lombok . This happens because the more fertile island of Lombok Sumbawa Island . Population is Sasak people of Lombok Island . They are mostly Muslim.
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Sasak Lombok and the two names are inseparable . Name to the title island of Lombok , Sasak name for designation tribe . Lombok Sasak language comes from ; " Lombo , " meaning " straight " . Sasak is actually derived from the " sacks " which means " boat bercadik " .

However , many people misunderstand . Lombok means " chili " so some to mean the island of Lombok as " spicy island " . Though chilli in Sasak language is " Sebia " ( read " sebie " )
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The story below will explain why it is called the origin and Sasak Lombok . Name Lombok in oral and written stories in takepan palm is one of the names of the island of Lombok . Another name that is often called the island " Meneng " which means " empty " . Some call " Gumi Sasak " , there is mention " Gumi ( earth ) Selaparang " , according to the name of one of the famous kingdom in Lombok in ancient times , the royal Selaparang .
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Lombok Island since the days of the Majapahit kingdom is famous . This is evident with the book called Negarakertagama written by master prapanca . Negarakertagama found also in Lombok .
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Legend tells that the Sasak people in the days of yore, Old Mataram kingdom in Central Java, led by a king named Pramudawardhani woman married to Rakai Pikatan . It is said that the Empress is an expert on government , while the husband warfare expert . His power to get to the west of Sumatra Island , to the east to the island of Flores . When that many people of Mataram go sailing eastward through the Java Sea by boat bercadik .
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Their purpose is not known for certain sailing . Whether to expand the powers or avoid heavy work , because at the time of Borobudur , Prambanan , and Kalasan being built by the king.

So they sailed straight into the east and landed in a port . The port was named Lomboq ( straight ) , in memory of a long journey .

They are straight to the east . Furthermore , Lomboq now not only be the name of the port where the boat landed , but also became the name of the island Lomboq which then turned into Lombok . They sailed on a boat bercadik called " sacks " , and be the person they called Sak - Sak That means people who come by boat . Then , they blend in with the natives . At that time , on the island of Lombok has no kingdom called kingdoms Kedarao ( maybe now Sembalun and Sambelia ) .
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They then established a kingdom centered at Labuan Lombok Lombok now . Kingdom of Lombok become a big , grown in five centuries , to be known throughout the country , as the ports visited by the merchants of Tuban , Gresik , Makassar , Banjarmasin , Ternate , Tidore , even Malacca . When it comes to Lombok , the Malacca buy rice , Tarum , and Sepang wood .

Lombok kingdom was defeated by Majapahit kingdom . The king and queen fled to the mountains and established a new kingdom , which they named Watuparang that became known by the royal name Selaparang .

When was the name changed Lomboq into Lombok , and name - Sak Sak turned into Sasak not known with certainty . What is clear now known as the island of Lombok Island and is famous by the name of his tribe Sasak . Name Selaparang been immortalized into a street name and name of the airfield protocol in Mataram , the capital of the province of West Nusa Tenggara .

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