Wonderful Sade Village

“Welcome to Sasak Village, Sade, Rembitan – Lombok”

When I arrived at Sade Village my family and I were greeted with the sentence which was located in front of the road and was also welcomed by a tour guide who would accompany my family and I to tour the Sade Village.

Sade Village is located in Rambitan Village, Pujut District, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It's located not far from Lombok International Airport. It's only about 30 minutes to reach this place. So very easily doable.

In my opinion, Sade Village is very unique and interesting to visit. As explained by the tour guide to me, that Sade Village – even though it has now entered the modern era, they still continue the tradition of their ancestors to the present. Everything is all traditional here, but there's electricity in here. FYI, the indigenous tribe that lives in the Sade Village is called the Sasak tribe.

In Sade Village, all the people live in traditional houses. This traditional house is called Bale Tani. The roof of this house is made of thatch, then for the walls of the house, all use bamboo, and clay which is mixed with a little rice husk as the floor. There is one thing that I think is very unique, the people of the Sasak tribe using buffalo dung to clean the floor of their home floor. But don't worry, this buffalo dung does not cause unpleasant odors. The buffalo dung serves to clean the floor from dust, making the floor smoother and stronger. Evidently when I entered one of the residents' houses there, indeed they house had absolutely no smell of buffalo dung but was very clean and fragrant. It's really cool, isn't it?

Next…

My family and I roamed the Sade Village from where we were originally gathered, then back to that place again. Oh yeah, Sade village has an area of about 5 hectares. Calm down! even though this village is very wide but when we take a walk there, we won't feel tired. How come? Because along the way around Sade Village there will be many interesting sights, for sure. One of the interesting sights of the Sade village is that, along the way, almost all traditional houses sell souvenirs of Lombok. There are necklaces, key chains, scarves, sarongs, caps, bags and the most special is songket cloth. This songket cloth is made of yarn that is spun and woven by the residents of Sade Village. Weaving and spinning yarn can also be found in this village. And I'm very happy to have the opportunity to try weaving (even though I only did it for a while, haha). I also bought souvenirs there. The price is quite affordable.

The colorful and beautiful Songket cloth

a tour guide and guest in front of the Bale Tani

Old woman making yarn

the indigenous people of the Sasak tribe in the village of Sade

This is me! Trying to weave cloth 😄

Side note: if you plan to go there, don't forget to prepare voluntary money to donate for the construction of Sade Village when filling out the guest book, and don't forget to shop for beautiful souvenirs. You won’t be disappointed! Sade village is really worth a visit.