Tired of Seeing Beach? Here is a Place in Lombok That You Need to See

SEKARBELA, THE HOME OF PEARL

Lalu Muhammad Jagad Al Ula

Are you planning for a trip to Lombok island? Or you are already in Lombok, don't know where to go? Well, here is an article about a little space in Lombok that I recommend for to visit. It's name is Sekarbela.

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            Sekarbela is placed at Karang Pule, Ampenan, Mataram. For about 4 km from the Central of Mataram. In this village there are many jewelry craftsman that made jewelry from any precious metal. Such like gold, silver, and pearl. On their hands, you will see how a pearl turn into a beautiful jewelry in a short time. This profession has been passed down from generation to generation. In this village we also able to see the finished result of pearl handicrafts in the stores here. Start of pearls to pearl wrapped up in the form of precious metal jewelry. Such as earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. You can also get jewelry made from other materials, such as Sapphire or Amethyst. A series of jewelry store you will find in this region. You can also visit Mataram Craft Centre which is located on the road Ahmad Dahlan, Pegangsangan.

            Pearl jewelry’s prices at Kampung Sekarbela is varied, depending on the type and weight of jewelry. There are two types of pearl jewelry. Namely Sea Pearls and Freshwater Pearls. Sea pearls are usually oval, as well as white, gold, black and silver. Meanwhile, Freshwater Pearls are rounded, with variant colors like white, blue, pink, yellow, and orange. Usually the color of pearls from freshwater species are more varied, because the color of a certain material is injected into the parent pearl mussels. Sea pearls tend to be more expensive than fresh water pearl. You can get the Pearl Sea with prices starting at Rp. 100,000, - to Rp. 500.000, - per gram of its. As for the Freshwater Pearl, you can get a price of Rp. 15.000, - per granule. You can also order the jewelry as what you like. Both of form and fixings. For a simple design, you can wait for the process of making jewelry for 3 days. But for a relatively complicated design, you have to wait for up to 1 week. You can also look at the manufacturing process. One of the stores that will accept you are Toko Mutiara Lombok, which located on Jl. Sultan Kaharuddin, Mataram. In the store you can see how pearls combined with gold, silver, and other metals into a piece of jewelry. The manufacturing process is quite simple. But quality can be matched with modern jewelery made.

            To visit Kampung Mutiara Sekarbela is easy. You can reach it by private vehicle for 30 minutes from downtown Mataram. You can take the route Mataram-Pagesangan-Sekarbela. But if you want to visit Kampung Sekarbela by using public transport, you can use Cidomo. You can climb to the majors Mataram Cidomo-Pagesangan, then continued with majors Cidomo Pagesangan-Sekarbela with respective prices for about Rp5,000.

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