Lombok Sasak Culture Tour from Mataram

Morning pick up from your hotel lobby, our English-speaking guide will take you to visit Banyumulek Village, a pottery village in Lombok. A woman caress a future pot skillfully with her muddy hand, or other Lombok pottery stuffs that are having in drying process are view that you will see here. Making pottery is a job that has been done for Sasak Lombok tribe for generations. The job has been able to move the village economic wheel and attract many visitors and buyers to come to this village. Your eyes will be spoiled by the various kinds of Lombok pottery with various shape, size, color, functions and uniqueness. All of it is done without using any measurement tool but only with heart.

Next stop is the Sukarare Village, a village of traditional weavers. The most popular product is the very colorful and intricately patterned songket cloth. The production of this fabric which include techniques, patterns and motifs involve age-old traditions that have been handed down through generations. Not only you enjoy the chance of seeing authentic Indonesian weaving done but also get to buy woven textiles that are much cheaper than shops. 

Continue our journey to visit Sade Village, it is one of the tribe villages that are indigenous Sasak people of Lombok. The building is still very traditional in this village every building is made of wood and bamboo for it walls and thatched roofs. Rice granary are also a typical building here that we can find in some houses. Sade Village is a great place to visit to get a glimpse of the traditional Sasak life.