Senior Junior Love Romance
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The agenda on the second day of the honeymoon Rendra and Dita in Lombok is Sasak Traditional Tour. After being picked up from the hotel, they headed straight to Banyumulek Village, which is the center of clay crafts/plague Sasak Lombok Tribe. Banyumulek is a village located in Kediri District, West Lombok Regency, and is 14 km from Mataram City.
In Banyumulek Village, Dita learned to make pottery crafts guided by one of the pottery craftsmen there. First a wet piece of clay is placed on the turntable, and then begins to be shaped as desired by turning the turntable. Seeing the process looks easy, but so the practice itself turned out to be very difficult. Repeatedly Dita formed clay but could not be tidy, still continuing to meager to the side.
While Dita learned to make pottery, Rendra was engrossed in perpetuating his wife's activities as well as the natural beauty and activities of the residents there.
“Come on, you can definitely.” Rendra encouraged Dita who continued to complain because she could not form pottery perfectly.
“Sini Mas, try it yourself.”
“Two yes make it, let it be rich in the film so.”
“Apaan sih Mas, don't bouncing his words.” Re-focus on forming pottery again. He wanted to make a bowl, but every try to form a round must be one side so meleyot. After a long time of trying, he gave up. The clay he had made was refined in shape by the craftsman who guided him earlier. The results will be brought home later.
While waiting for the bowl so, Rendra and Dita look around to the show room area that displays craftsmanship. There are various kinds of handicrafts on display there, including barrel, urn, flower vase, piggy bank, lampshade, wall decoration and other pottery crafts. There is one pottery product that became typical in Banyumulek Village, namely Kendi Maling.
Jug Maling has a unique shape because of the hole in the bottom of the jug, the hole was used to enter water into the jug. The philosophy of the jug is like a way to enter a house through the roof or window, not through the door. Uniquely the design of this burrow jug, does not make the water in the jug out when the jug is put back.
...picture of jug...
They bought some of the vane jugs for souvenirs because of their unique shape. After satisfied berkelilling and bowls of clay so, they left Banyumulek Village to the next place.
Their next destination is Sukarare Village, which became the center of making ikat or songket typical of Lombok island. Sukarare Village is located in Jonggat District, Central Lombok Regency.
In Sukarare Village, weaving cloth is made by the women villagers. From childhood, girls in this village are taught to be able to weave cloth. Because the mandatory requirement to be married for girls in Sukarare Village is good at weaving. So it can be seen in every house there must be a tool for weaving. The women weaved in front of their houses.
The uniqueness of the typical woven fabric of Sukarare Village is its motif in the form of traditional houses, geckos, barns and some other unique motifs that each have meaning. The raw materials of the woven yarns they wear are gold silk thread, silk thread, silver silk thread and cotton thread. The dyeing process also uses natural dyes from nature.
Here Dita is also taught how to weave by the locals. Yes, although he could not directly weave one cloth, but he knew how to weave the thread until it finally became a cloth. Dita had practiced how to weave which then enshrined Rendra with his camera.
After Dita learned to weave, Rendra and Dita wore Lombok traditional clothes and took pictures at the traditional Sasak house there. Before heading to the next location, they also buy souvenirs of Lombok woven cloth which is the production of Sukarare Village residents.
The third place they visited was Dusun Sade, a hamlet that still maintains the Sasak tribal customs. Dusun Sade is one of the hamlets located in Rembitan Village, Pujut District, Central Lombok Regency. Here Rendra and Dita accompanied by a tour guide of the indigenous people of Sade Village named Wahidin.
They were invited to go around to the hamlet. Wahidin explained about their customs. In the past, many residents of Sade Hamlet embraced Islam Wektu Telu (only three prayers a day) because it is still influenced by Hinduism. But now, many residents of Sade Village have left Wektu Telu and embraced Islam completely.
Another unique thing, residents of Sade Hamlet have a typical habit of mopping the floor using buffalo manure. That said, in such a way the floor of the house is believed to be warmer and shunned by mosquitoes.
The women in Sade Hamlet also weave cloth in front of their houses, and sell it to tourists. In addition they also make accessories, there are bracelets from woven fabrics, pearl stones, shells, and sea plant roots. They also make unique peasant hats, fans, and bags with woven fabric base material.
Wahidin also explained that the residents of Sade Hamlet are still married to close families. Many of them were married to their cousins. Although it is not forbidden to marry women outside the hamlet, most still carry out this tradition to continue to maintain the ancestral heritage.
The unique tradition of marrying captives is still carried out today. This method still exists because their ancestors still believe that women who want to be edited but kidnapped before, there is a great sense of pride and is believed to be the best way for residents of Sade Hamlet to appreciate each other.
After driving around, and buying souvenirs there, they headed to their next destination. Don't forget Rendra bought a tip on Wahidin before leaving.
Kuta Beach became their next destination. This beach has a vast expanse of white sand and looks charming because it combines with the beauty of the hills that surround it. It has a bumpy coastline with a beautiful coral reef.
The sand here is very unique, the shape is round-colored cream exactly like the grains of pepper. Because the shape of the sand Kuta Beach also has another name, namely Pepper Beach.
Facilities at Kuta Beach are quite complete such as bathrooms, lodging, and clean places of worship. Because Dita and Rendra do not wear sunblock and do not carry sunglasses, they just look at the scenery, take pictures for a while for mementos and also pray there.
After praying, they headed to a local restaurant in the Kuta Beach area. They chose the grilled fish menu with kale plecing. Plecing kale is one of the typical food of Lombok Island. This dish consists of boiled until cooked kale served with plecing seasoning, which is made from cayenne pepper, tomatoes, Lombok terasi, and lime. Kale plecing is usually served with additional vegetables such as boiled sprouted sprouts, fried peanuts and grated coconut mixed with mashed red chili. The kale used here has a special character that is large and crispy textured, which is different from kale in general.
After eating, their last destination of the day was Tanjung Aan Beach. This beach is a shallow beach that has a coastline of 2 km. The waves are quite calm and relatively safer. Activities that can be done here include playing water, sunbathing to enjoy the scenery, and relaxing while playing sand.
After being satisfied traveling on the beach, they were escorted back to the hotel. During the trip from the beach to the hotel, Dita fell asleep from exhaustion. He slept in Rendra's lap on the way.
Once at the hotel, Rendra did not wake Dita. He asked Irvan and Wawan to help bring the souvenirs they had bought, while he carried Dita up to the room.
Once in the room, Rendra laid Dita on the bed. Then he thanked Irvan and Wawan who were waiting outside the room as well as giving them a tip. They chatted for a while before finally saying goodbye.
Rendra returned to the room while carrying souvenirs and placed in the corner of the room. Tomorrow, when they're coming home, he just laid it out. He then closed the door and locked the room, then lay down following Dita who was still sleeping soundly.
An hour later, Dita woke up. He was surprised to find that he was already in the room. As he remembered earlier he slept in the car, who else would have done it if not Rendra who carried him to the room.
He smiled looking at Rendra's still-well face. In his heart he is grateful to have Rendra who always makes him happy and pamper him, even if it is jealous and possessive nature appears will act very annoying.
He traced Rendra's face with his eyes, slowly he drew closer and gently kissed Rendra's lips. Unexpectedly when he would rise, his head was held by Rendra's hand to make their lips continue to stick. The originally gentle kiss had long since become more demanding.
"Darling, we take a shower together. I want you again." Rendra said with a raucous voice as they paused the kiss. Rendra then rose from his sleep while continuing to kiss Dita until they both sat opposite.
Rendra then carried Dita, who reflexively grabbed her neck. They go into the bathroom to take a bath as well as achieve worldly pleasures that will make them float high.