Cause and Effect Essay | Lampung Culture by Elham Yusoh

Lampung Culture
Lampung society knows various traditions or ceremonies that cannot be separated from religious elements. In Lampung society, there are several parts of a person's life cycle that are considered important, so there must be ceremonies and customs mixed with elements of Islamic religion. Lampung has the potential for abundant marine wealth. In addition to abundant natural wealth, Lampung also has a cultural wealth that is no less famous when compared to other provinces on the island of Sumatra. Lampung culture includes traditional houses, traditional clothes, as well as various culinary specialties.
 Lampung has another unique name namely Nuwow Sesat like the others, Lampung traditional house has several types of Nuwow Sesat namely the Great Hall of Heroes, Nuwow balak, Nuwow lunik.
 Heret agung Balai agung It is a traditional house of Lampung which is usually used as an icon. This building is a meeting place for custom balancers or commonly called purwatin. The purwatin held deliberations or traditional pepung at Balai Agung. To be able to enter the Great Heretic Balai must first pass through the Great Bridge or stairs. This ladder is often called the grand hallway. At the top of the Great Bridge there are white, yellow and red umbrellas. All three are symbols of a community unit in Lampung. The white umbrella means the level of clan owned. The yellow umbrella symbolizes the village level, while the red umbrella symbolizes the tribal level in Lampung. This Nuwow Sesat also has the Garuda bird symbol. Garuda bird is believed to be the vehicle of Lord Vishnu in ancient times. Nowadays, the Garuda symbol is used as a bride seat when the traditional Lampung wedding ceremony takes place.
Nuwow balak Nuwow Balak or a big house is a traditional house of Lampung which is used as a residence for the traditional counterweight or tribal chief. This house has a size of 30 x 15 meters. At the front there is a veranda as a place to relax or receive guests. The porch has no walls, and at the front there are stairs that are used to descend to the ground. Next to the bottom of the stairs there is a place to wash your feet and put your footwear so as not to pollute the house. This place is called by the name fierce face. The main building of the traditional house of Lampung Nuwow Balak is divided into several rooms. There are two meeting rooms, one family room and eight rooms. Among them, there is a room that is used as a residence for the wife of the customary head. The kitchen is in the back and separate from the main house building. This kitchen is connected to a building that looks like a bridge. The roof is made of palm fibers shaped like a boat inverted transversely.
Nuwow lunik Nuwow Lunik which means small house is the traditional house of Lampung which is commonly used by ordinary people. This traditional house has a smaller size. This house has no veranda and in the foyer there is only a ladder at the entrance that leads to the ground. Nuwow Lunik has a simpler form when compared to Nuwow Balak. There are only a few bedrooms. The kitchen part becomes one with the main building. The roof has a more varied shape, some are like inverted boats but some are shaped like a pyramid.
 Lampung custom is called Tulang Bawang. Even though it has a population of various tribes that should be heterogeneous, the original culture of the Lampung tribe itself is still preserved until today or arguably timeless and changes in the time available. This is because the Lampung traditional clothing is a legacy that has artistic value and high philosophical meaning and is an example of the cultural arts of the archipelago, Lampung Traditional Clothing for Men and Lampung traditional clothing for women.
 Traditional clothing for Lampung men generally seems simple, in the form of white long-sleeved shirts, black trousers, oversized gloves, mouthfuls, and also the final khika. In addition, the traditional Lampung clothing for men is also equipped with several other jewelry, such as - a ginger-shaped necklace in the form of a small siger plate or a boat arranged in different sizes - a jukum fruit necklace a necklace in the form of a hanger resembling a fruit - A belt equipped with a fruit a kris or called terapang - Areca nut that resembles a fruit like a flower. Bird bracelet. Canoe bracelet. Seedling bracelet.
Traditional clothing for women is not too much different from men in general. But in those women are equipped with several other accessories that add philosophical and aesthetic value in it, namely siger, seraja moon, eardrop, neck and chest jewelry, waist and arm jewelry. Siger is a typical golden crown used by women on her head. This crown symbolizes the grandeur of the city of Lampung itself. Seraja this month is a small three-tiered crown that is located above the siger and has an amount of fruit liam.  Eardrop itself is a piece of jewelry that is hung at the tip of the auricle. The eardrum itself is generally shaped like a walnut made of gold. The neck and chest jewelry of the Lampung woman is like a Jukun fruit necklace, ring-shaped bracelet and also a papanjar necklace. The waist jewelry can be like a sling that is hung across from the forehead to a waist that resembles flowers and feathers and a belt made of velvet fabric.
Lampung's special food - Lampung is well-known as a city that produces the most delicious specialties and the most well-known are the whistle, pot, geg Accus, taboh curry, the spice, the sambal matah, Lampung gabing, pandap and others.

Culture can be interpreted as an attitude and value orientation that influences thinking and encourages action; and cultural art as a material manifestation of culture that can produce dynamic and reflective interactions between national identity and modernity. Lampung's culture is changing, because technology is growing.
Ordinary people can appear as leaders and hold power. Lampung people are also very respectful and adhere to customary law that applies as a reflection of behavior in today's modern era. This is all because of a culture that can continue to develop from time to time, people can run and develop a culture that they think is good in their respective environments.

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