Eloping of Sasak Tribe at Lombok, Indonesia

Indonesia is an archipelagic country that has a lot of natural beauty, not just nature which attracts foreigners towards Indonesia, but also the diversity of tribes and customs. As an Indonesian archipelago country has 1 national language that must be understood by all residents in Indonesia, of course, every region in Indonesia has their own regional methods and grammar. Like the Javanese tribe, they use the Javanese language for everyday life, and the people of Lombok use the Sasak language for their daily life, Sasak language? now we will uncover the language of Sasak not only language but the customs and tribes that inhabit the island of Lombok, of course, the Sasak tribe. Let's see the following review.

The indigenous tribe of Lombok Island

Sasak tribe

The Sasak tribe is an indigenous tribe inhabiting the island of Lombok or West Nusa Tenggara, and the Sasak language is a language used daily in West Nusa Tenggara. The majority of the Lombok population believes in Islam. Population beliefs from the past have followed the arrival of the descendants of the Sasak tribe who came to Lombok. The first Sasak belief is Boda or "Boda Sasak". It is said that Boda was a belief of the ancient Sasak tribe who worshiped the spirits of their ancestors and acknowledged the existence of Sidharta Gautama (the Buddha). The second belief was when the Majapahit kingdom came to visit Lombok and brought a new culture of Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit. When the 16-17 century Sasak knew Islam because of the role of Sunan Giri. Because the role of Sunan Giri in spreading is so rapid that the Sasak tribe moved from Hinduism to Islam.

Origin of name

The origin of the name Sasak which means "one", many opinions from the many discoveries of the meaning of the word Sasak. As in the book Negara Kertagama, the word Sasak is said to be one with the island of Lombok, namely "Sasak Lombok Mirah Adhi". In the Sasak tribe itself, the word "Sasak" is believed to come from the word Lomboq which means straight. So if combined sa'saq lomboq then it means to be something straight. Lombok Mirah Sasak Adi is one of the quotes from Kakawin Nagarakretagama (Desaawarnana), a book that contains the power and governance of the kingdom of Majapahit, gubanan mpu prapanca, the word "Lombok" Its has means straight or honest, "Mirah" means gem, "Sasak "Means reality and" Adi "means the good or the main. Then Lombok Mirah Sasak Adi Means Honesty Is a Gem of good and main reality. However, another different opinion states that the word "sak-sak" means "one on one". Sasak people are known for weaving intelligence. Weaving in Lombok is a sob. While the sob is from the word tightness. Weaving is done by inserting threads one by one (sack). The thread that was inserted was then pressed or sealed by hitting the weaving machine. So that later the thread forms a fabric. Uniquely, the machine when it will produce a "sak-sak" sound. Well, in the end, it was created Sasak.

Customs

According to the Sasak tribe, there are many customs that have emerged after cultural acculturation. Women from Sasak tribes are said to be adults and are ready to get married if they are good at weaving. There are so many customs that occur in the Sasak tribe, while cultural acculturation has been found on the island of Lombok, but some villages in Lombok still hold that culture tightly. These are some of the customs of the Sasak tribe, among others.

Eloping

Many versions carried out by the Sasak tribe for their marriage customs may be from regional differences on Lombok Island making this one custom different in application. Like if a woman wants to be married to a man. Then the woman must be rushed to the man's family's house called escape. The woman should not tell her parents that the woman went to the man. But this is certainly assisted by his brother as a witness in order to expedite the detention process. Marrying a girl by asking her parents is indeed more polite and respectful, but the Sasak tribe is already used to it to avoid obstacles in a marriage that are likely to occur. For example, prospective parents do not approve or limited material questions.

But in other regions have different opinions for this tradition of elopement. A man will steal the woman he wants to marry. But the woman must be deposited in a male relative because it is said that she will be more knighted if a man steals the girl for marriage rather than asking his parents. After being kidnapped for a day and staying on the men's side, a male relative sent an emissary to the side of the woman as a notice that her daughter had been stolen and was now in one place but was hidden by the man, should not be discovered by the woman. The local language term for the notice is called the Width, and it is done by the relatives of the man, but the parents of the man may not participate. The group from widespread consists of 5 people and are obliged to use traditional clothing. It is indeed unique in this custom of eloping, but along with the development of foreign culture from the overseas community, the acculturation from other regional cultures is invoked. Then the term was born, but married but not yet married. The married procession is carried out by asking for a marriage but not yet married in a marvelous manner or stealing from the woman's house.

When the bride and groom use the tradLombokl Lombok clothes the bride will be paraded to her house on foot. The groom will wait outside the house and if approved by the parents to eat the man's feet will be washed with coconut water or syrup while if not approved, the meal will be washed with starch. However, if a young man still insists on marrying the girl, the woman's parents will set a high dowry to bless their child.

women, especially in their teens, are also known as "deceptive clever", which means that Lombok women are known to have many girlfriends, therefore the woman must be clever to deal with herself so as not to be caught by her other boyfriend. In fact, teenage women on the island of Lombok have the opinion that only one girlfriend means not selling well and not being respected. It is precisely for women in Lombok many girlfriends are a pride. There is even a very interesting moment when 2 to 3 before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, the boyfriend will bring some gifts for the girl. This is the shrewdness of women to get around the meeting because her boyfriend will come together.

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