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Lombok's west has a large immigrant Balinese population, and their houses and temples are similar to those of Bali. The Muslim and animist Sasak majority live in the drier eastern part of the island. Their houses rise in tiers up the hot bare hills of Lombok's southern peninsula.
The Sasak people of Lombok build lumbung, pile-built bonnet-roofed rice barns, that are often more distinctive and elaborate than their houses (see Sasak architecture). Dalam Loka of Sumbawa is the former residence of the sultan of Sumbawa with an elongated twin stilt house shape and two levels of gabled roofs.
The Sasak (Balinese script: ᬲᬸᬓᬸ ᬲᬲᬓ᭄, Wång Sâsak) people live mainly on the island of Lombok, Indonesia, numbering around 3.6 million (85% of Lombok's population). They are related to the Balinese in language and in ancestry, although the Sasak are predominantly Muslim while the Balinese are predominantly Hindu.
The Sasak people of Lombok build lumbung, pile-built bonnet-roofed rice barns, that are often more distinctive and elaborate than their houses (see Sasak architecture). Dayak people traditionally live in communal longhouses that are built on piles. The houses can exceed 300 m in length, in some cases forming a whole village.
Lombok is somewhat similar in size and density, and shares some cultural heritage with the neighboring island of Bali to the west. However, it is administratively part of West Nusa Tenggara, along with the larger and more sparsely populated island of Sumbawa to the east. Lombok is surrounded by a number of smaller islands locally called Gili.
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Pages in category "Lombok culture" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ayam Taliwang; M. Merariq
Lombok is an Island of Indonesia, east of Bali and west of Sumbawa. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ... Sasak people ...