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Lampung is the southernmost province on the island of Sumatra. Its location adjacent to Java Island made Lampung in the past became one of the transmigration destination of Java's population. This causes the inhabitants of this province to be very heterogeneous. There are many tribes who live in this province, among them the tribe of Java, Sundanese, Bali, and Lampung own tribe.

Despite having a population of heterogeneous tribes, the indigenous culture of Lampung itself is still sustainable. One of the cultural heritage that we can still often see is the traditional clothes of Lampung.

Traditional clothing Lampung Lampung is a cultural heritage that is very distinctive and has a high artistic value. Traditional clothing is often used by the bride as a symbol of cultural greatness Lampung. This outfit is also sometimes used in dance performances in the Lampung area, such as dance worship, dance bedana, and so forth.

Traditional clothing male Lampung tribe is generally quite simple, ie in the form of white long-sleeved shirt, black trousers, tumpal gloves, sesururan and ultimate khikat. Tumpal gloves are sarong cloth typical of Lampung woven using gold thread. This sarong is used outside the pants, from knee to waist. After a sarong, a sheath or a piece of white cloth with a ringgit tassel is tied around the outside of the holster, while the final khikat or the square shawl is wrapped around the shoulders covering the shoulders.

The traditional bridal clothes of Lampung tribe are equipped with various jewelry trinkets. There are at least 8 jewels worn by men, including golden skullcap, neck jewelry, chest jewelry, waist jewelry, and sleeveless jewelry. Here is an explanation of some of these jewelry : 

Row board necklace is a necklace with hangers in the form of 3 small siger plates or boats arranged with different sizes. The philosophy of this necklace is a new symbol of life that they will see and continue for generations.

The punishment necklace is a necklace with a hanger in the form of a series of miniatures of the fruits as a symbol of prayer so that they soon get offspring.

Selempeng pinang is a long necklace in the form of a fruit or flower hanging hanger.

The belt is called sulu fur equipped with a terapang (keris) which became a traditional weapon typical of Lampung.

The bird bracelet is a flattened bracelet with accessories of an eagle flying form. Bracelet worn on the right and left arm arm symbolizes the long life and kinship that existed after marriage.

Canoe bracelet is a bracelet resembling a tire shape. Bracelets worn on the left and right arm under the bracelet symbolize this restriction on all bad deeds after marriage.

Bracelet is a bracelet worn under a canoe bracelet. This bracelet symbolizes the prayer to immediately get the offspring.

Lampung's traditional bridal attire is not so different from his men's clothes. Sesaling, final khikat, sarong rumpai (tapis) also found in this bride's clothes. However, in women there are other equipment that adds philosophical and aesthetic values such as selappai, bebe, katu tapis dewa sano.

Selappai is a sleeveless outfit with a roughly trimmed edges of ringgit tassel, bebe is a floating lotus-shaped satin floating embroidery, while a satanic goddess filter is a ringit ringer from a japanese japanese filter.

Lampung's traditional bridal attire is not so different from his men's clothes. Sesaling, final khikat, sarong rumpai (tapis) also found in this bride's clothes. However, in women there are other equipment that adds philosophical and aesthetic values such as selappai, bebe, satan goddess filtering.

Selappai is a sleeveless outfit with a roughly trimmed edges of ringgit tassel, bebe is a floating lotus-shaped satin floating embroidery, while a satanic goddess filter is a ringit ringer from a japanese japanese filter.

Although traditional clothes Lampung for women seem simple, but there are quite a lot of accessories that must be worn. Among them siger, moon month, peneken, reach siger, subang, hair flower, and various jewelry of neck and chest.

Siger is a typical gold crown worn on the bride's head. This crown symbolizes the majesty of Lampung cultural customs. Siger has 9 ruji, indicating that there are 9 major rivers contained in Lampung, the Way Watermelon, Way Sekampung, Way Seputih, Way Sunkai, Way Abung Pareng, Way Bone Onion, Way Right, and Way Mesuji.

The moon is a small 3 tested crown that sits on top of a siger with a total of 5 pieces. The traditional clothing accessories of Lampung has a philosophy as a reminder that once there were five kingdoms that had power in Lampung, the kingdom of queens dibelalau, queen dipuncak, queen back, queen dipemangilan, and queen of white blood. In addition, the moon can also symbolize the 5 life philosophy of indigenous people of Lampung, among them piil pesengiri (self-esteem), meet nyimah (open hands), nengah nyappur (live in society), juluk adek (named bergeling), and sakai sembayan (mutual cooperation).

Subang is a jewelry hanging on the tip of the earlobe. Subang usually shaped like a walnut and made of gold. In the subang there are some yellow round yellow wire that serves as a sangkuatan umbai-umbai.

Some of the neck and chest jewelry contained in traditional clothing of Lampung, among others, punishment necklace, ringit necklace, and necklace board. The parchment necklace is a necklace with 3 small siger slats or a boat that symbolizes a new life for the brides, a ringit necklace is a necklace with accessories of nine pieces of ringit, while a jeweled fruit necklace is a jewel-shaped necklace assembled symbolically to get them Offspring.

Waist jewelry in the form of a sling pinang that hung from the shoulder to the waist like a flower and fur serti a belt made of red velvet fabric decorated with brass flower petals.

Jewelry sleeves of various types of bracelets, such as bird bracelets, canoe bracelets, seed bracelets, and bracelets. The philosophical significance of the bracelets worn by women is the same as the bracelets worn by men.

Thus a glimpse of Lampung traditional clothing and various accessories. May this Indonesian cultural heritage be part of world cultural heritage. May be useful !

Enterprises in the Flores woman to spend time sitting for hours while weaving is an incredible thing. All members of the body, both hands, neck, hips, legs and eyes should be well coordinated and concentration needed to do so. As in other areas of the archipelago, weaving Flores also has such a high value to follow the hassle of the weaving process itself. The more complicated the motif of a loom, the more time spent to make it. The better the weaving, the higher artistic value are arranged in it.

You can see how the weaving process mendeksripsikan feminine nature of woman. Not much to say when weaving symbolizes femininity. Even the experts how they weave used as a benchmark femininity. The young woman who uses a homemade loom result marks that he has fully become a woman. Besides weaving activity, for women Flores, also a manifestation of how high their physical defense and a symbol of dedication to the family. Women in Ende accustomed to learn weaving since they were teenagers, but not all women can weave Flores because there are certain areas that forbid related to historical reasons.

Motif woven in East Nusa Tenggara very much, from one district to other districts vary. Father Bosco research results concluded that there are two major categories of weaving, which is a type of traditional ikat and songket embroidery. Flores belt type spread from the central part from Ende to East Flores regency until Lembata, while weaving songket embroidery lot made of Nagekeo District to West Manggarai.

East Sumba Weaving for example, is dominated motif of horses, deer, shrimp, dragon, lion, scarecrow and trees skull. While weaving TTS further highlight the motif of birds, lizards, crocodiles and motives Kaif. Other tribes more used motif of flowers or leaves. From the research, it is known that weaving motif Flores is a derivative of patola in India, such as an elephant or birds were then developed with a wide variety.

Although now ikat colors derived from chemical dyes but much remains to preserve the natural dyes such as indigo or with noni extract. Even fabrics woven in Alor use marine life such as sea cucumbers and squid as a natural dye weaving. This innovation is realized in line with the trend of being environmentally friendly resound in Indonesia. By avoiding chemical staining, mean kepeduliaan on the environment has been demonstrated. Waste from the textile dyeing industry chemicals often contaminate the water quality of the river as a dumping ground. Besides color of natural materials and thread of cotton makes the color is not as bright as modern thread but it is more durable and reveals the colors more and more beautiful.

Ikat design manufacture Flores performed by binding warp threads that can last for weeks, sometimes for months. Often dyeing is done one by one for each prospective sarong although sometimes done at the same time for a few pieces of cloth gloves. Weaving Flores made with basic ingredients of cotton yarn twisted by the weaver himself. Coarse yarn and dyed indigo blue color. Fabric adorned with decorative bright colorful geometric shapes.

Flores woven fabric cover generally apart into clothing complements traditional dress in traditional ceremonies and rituals. Some areas in the province produce woven fabrics are beautiful as in Manggarai, Ngada, Nage Keo, Ende, up to about Lio, Sikka, until Lembata and Alor in East Flores. Each area has a variety of motifs, patterns and preferences of different colors in making ikat. Such diversity is a form of manifestation of symbols that represent the ethnic, indigenous, religious, and other things of everyday people Flores.