Sekarbela is a village which is about 4 kilometers from the city of Mataram. The village is very famous for the craft it for long. Upon entering this area, precisely along JL. Sultan Kaharudin, you'll be treated to rows of jewelry stores are very alluring to be explored. Sekarbela Village is an area of former rice fields, but now the local community has been turned into a Pearl and gold craftsmen. So you will no longer see rice field but a smorgasbord of shops selling handicrafts jewelry citizens with a variety of designs ranging from bracelets, necklaces, earrings, brooches and other accessories that use silver or gold.
But of the many forms, the most attractive to buyers who visit here is jewelry with modification sculpture gold with luster pearls.
Pearls-pearls are sold in Sekarbela this is pearl cultivation of sea water and fresh water. Pearls cultivation sea Indonesia usually has 3 colors which are white, gold and silver. Its beauty is not inferior to the Pearl that comes from abroad. Specially cultivated in Lombok is derived from sea water or known as "South Sea Pearl". Supposedly the original pearls Lombok is the best pearls in the world. Yes, sea water pearls have a different texture compared to pearls. Pearls of this type more creamy or kesusu-susuan and there is also the Golden or often referred to as the "Golden South Sea Pearl". While fresh water pearls are usually obtained from outside. There are also a variety of pearls form perfect round, there are irregular as well as semi pearls. Reserved price, the Pearl of the sea water is much more expensive than freshwater pearls. So you have to spend up to hundreds of thousands to buy jewelry bertahtakan Pearl sea water.
But you don't have to worry if the lack of cash when shopping, because almost all the shops in the Sekarbela accepts payments using credit cards and even a foreign currency such as the dollar.
Same is the case with some other in Lombok handicrafts like Beleka, Penujak and Sukarara, the expertise of the craftsmen of the Pearl in Sekarbela were obtained for turum succession. Locals never learn jewelry making techniques specifically and still are local and family. Nonetheless, craft products from Sekarbela can already compete in international market. At first, the soul of citizens trade Sekarbela is derived from the Arab traders hundreds of years ago who came to sell different types of craft. This is because the layout of the Sekarbela a very strategic, which is near the port of Ampenan where merchants from abroad including the stopover. Some of them later settled in the village and married locals. That is why most traders jewelry at Sekarbela are the descendants of Arabs.For those of you who can't wait to explore Sekarbela, we recommend you rent a car or use a car, so you could choose more jewellery from one store to another store. Because it is not far from Mataram, Mataram hotel is a few options like Lombok, Lombok Raya Hotel Garden Hotel or Grand Legi Hotels you can use for an overnight stay before occupied the Sekarbela to buy some typical pearls Lombok.
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