LOMBOK and SASAK adalah two names that can
not be separated. Lombok is for the designation to the islands, and to call the
tribe Sasak people of Lombok.
Lombok is derived from Sasak is "lombo," which means
"straight". While Sasak actually comes from the word "sak-sak" which means
"outrigger boat". However, many people will define Lombok based
wither "chili" that some interpret the island of Lombok as
"spicy island". Whereas chilli in Sasak language is "Sebia" (pronounced "sebie") Although Lombok island has an area of only a
third of the island of Sumbawa, but two-thirds of the population live in West
Nusa Tenggara Lombok Island. This is because the island of Lombok has better
soil from the island of Sumbawa. The natives of the island of Lombok is the Sasak and largely embraced
Islam.
Lombok Principal
Mountain is the 3726-m Rinjani Mountain, third
highest in Indonesia. Still active, it lasts erupted in 1901, 1994 and 2004.
Mountains play an important role in sasak tradition. Both the Sasak and Balinese people have a yearly pilgrimage to Rinjani’s summit, which has
several sulfuric lakes with curative virtues. Mountain Rinjani also offers trekking
through the rain forests.
Mataram the capital of west Nusa Tenggara, altogether with Ampenan, the old port, and Cakranegara, the old Balinese capital, make up the largest urban area in the province. Nearby Sweta has the largest tradition market including birds. Very different from the atmosphere of urban Lombok is a traditional village such as Sukarara; famous of the weaving, and Penujak, Banyu Mulek; famous for its pottery.
Lombok has large array of beautiful beach.
Mataram the capital of west Nusa Tenggara, altogether with Ampenan, the old port, and Cakranegara, the old Balinese capital, make up the largest urban area in the province. Nearby Sweta has the largest tradition market including birds. Very different from the atmosphere of urban Lombok is a traditional village such as Sukarara; famous of the weaving, and Penujak, Banyu Mulek; famous for its pottery.
Lombok has large array of beautiful beach.
A traditional Sasak ethnic majority of
the inhabitants of the island of Lombok, Sasak a major ethnic covering almost 95% population as a
whole. Other evidence also stated that based on the inscription cans - cans
were found in Pujungan, Bali, Sasak already inhabiting
the island of Lombok since the ninth century until XI AD, said Sasak on the inscription
refers to a tribe or population such as the customs of Bali until now often
called the island of Lombok with sasak gumi, which means the
soil, earth or island dwelling place Sasak people. Lombok history can not be separated from the
alternation of domination and wars in which both internal conflict, the warfare
between the kingdom in Lombok and external, namely the control of the kingdom
outside the island of Lombok. The development of the era of Hindu, Buddhist,
raises several kingdoms like Selaparang Hindu, and parrots. These kingdoms in its journey in
the bow by the ruler of the kingdom of Majapahit expedition Gajah Mada in centuries XIII - XIV and mastery kingdom Gel - Gel
of Bali in the sixth century.
Batas Wilayah
•Sebelah Utara Dengan :
Laut Jawa
•Sebelah Selatan Dengan :
Samudera Indonesia
•Sebelah Barat Dengan :
Selat Lombok dan Bali
•Sebelah Timur Dengan :
Pulau Sumbawa
Pembagian Administratif
Pemerintahan
Lombok termasuk provinsi
Nusa Tenggara Barat dan pulau ini sendiri dibagi menjadi empat Daerah Tingkat
II:
1. Kota Mataram
2. Kabupaten Lombok
Barat
3. Kabupaten Lombok
Tengah
4. Kabupaten Lombok
Timur
Iklim
Seperti lazimnya daerah
lain di Indonesisa, Lombok juga meiliki dua musim yaitu musim hujan dan musim
kemarau. Musim hujan umumnya mulai dari Oktober sampai dengan Maret dan musim
kemarau berlangsung dari April sampai September. Suhu rata-rata sepanjang tahun
di Pulau Lombok berkisar antara 21º sampai 33 º Celsius.
DEMOGRAFI
Menurut data yang
terkumpul pada tahun 2009 populasi di Pulau Lombok yaitu sebanyak 3.000.000
Jiwa.
Suku
Suku terbesar yang
mendiami Pulau Lombok adalah Suku Sasak dengan presentase 85%, mereka merupakan
suku asli dari Pulau Lombok. Selain itu Pulau Lombok juga didiami oleh suku
Bali, Jawa, Bugis, Banjar, Melayu, Cina dan Arab.
Agama
Di Pulau Lombok agama
yang paling besar penganutnya adalah agama Islam, setelah itu agama Hindu yang
dianut oleh orang-orang keturunan bali, barulah agama yang lain seperti Kristen
dan Buddha. Selain keempat agama tersebut juga ada agama yang berkembang dikalangan
Suku Sasak, yaitu Boda. Boda adalah agama tertua suku sasak yang diwariskan
oleh leluhur mereka.
Bahasa
Bahasa daerah yang
dituturkan di Pulau Lombok oleh Suku asli Sasak disebut dengan Bahasa Sasak.
Bahasa Sasak dapat dikelompokkan ke dalam ragam bahasa yang sama dengan Bahasa
Jawa dan Bali. Banyak sekali kosa kata yang cara pelafalan, penggunaan dan maknanya
sama dengan kosa kata dalam Bahasa Bali dan Jawa. Ini desebabkan oleh kedekatan
geografis dan historis di antara mereka. Bahasa Sasak Bali dan Jawa sama-sama
bersumber dari bahasa Kawi dengan aksara Jawa Kuno, Hanacaraka. Aksara
Hanacaraka Bali dan Sasak sama-sama berjumlah 18, sementara Hanacaraka Jawa
berjumlah 20 aksara.