Parang Badau

Parang Badau are sharp weapons made ​​of iron, simple shape without knick knacks. Its usefulness as a tool for cutting wood or cleaning the bushes when entering the forest or agricultural membersikan Belitung island.

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Cual Cloth

Cual cloth fabric is custom smelters. Shaped like songket, but has its own motive has that sets it apart from songket.

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Melemang Dance

Historically, Melemang dance is a traditional dance from the State Tanjungpisau Bentan Penaga, Bintan district. Dance Melemang played the first time around the 12th century.  

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Zapin Dance

Zapin derived from the Arabic "Zafn" of significant rapid leg movements follow tramp blow. Zapin a Malay dance vocabulary that gets influence from Arabic. This traditional dance is educational and entertaining at the same time, it is used as a medium of propaganda Islamiyah through Zapin lyric songs sung.

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Kordeon

Kordeon is a musical instrument that originated from Riau.

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Selaso Jatuh Kembar House

The house-shaped stage selaso fallen twin, rectangular, and made of wood. The house was used as the residence of the customs officials.

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Sekapur Sirih Dance

Sekapur Sirih Dance, is a dance to welcome the guests in Jambi Province. This dance describes the expression of liver white community in welcoming guests. Sekapur Sirih 9 people usually danced by female dancers, 3 male dancers, one person in charge of carrying an umbrella and 2 guards.

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Tempoyak Jambi

Tempoyak very popular name in Jambi. Typical food menu Jambi became mandatory in all homes Jambi. Especially when held a certain event. Interestingly, the menu is pretty much known and favored the Chinese community in Jambi.

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Dol

Strains of this rhythmic sound of a musical instrument called Dol. In the province of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Dol instruments is nothing new. Rhythm is often heard in almost every corner of the city, especially the afternoon.

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Bidadari Terminang Dance

Bidadari Teminang Dance is one of traditional dances from Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu province. Bidadari Teminang means a goddess who propose a child.

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Nuwou Sesat

Lampung province known to have various types of custom homes, one of which is Nuwou Sesat or Sesat House. Nuwou Sesat is a special custom building society sub ethnic Pepadun Lampung. Although the term penyebutannya Nuwou or home use, custom building is not a dwelling house, but the meeting hall. Therefore, this place commonly called Sesat Great station that serves as a meeting place Purwatin (Penyimbang or custom figure) to provide pepung customary (deliberation). 

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Melinting Dance

One of the traditional arts are alive in the village of Wana Dance rolling. In view of its history, this dance is a traditional indigenous dance Keratuan rolling majesty the Queen created by rolling the Prince Panembahan Mas, who performed during the event Gawi Peoples (Betawi). Dance is a traditional dance of rolling off for complementary entertainment during the event Gawi Peoples.

Functions are first rolling Dance Family dance queen rolling and just staged by the Family queen only place that closed (sessat or customs hall), should not be performed by just anyone. The play was only when Gawi Indigenous Keratuan rolling majesty alone. Personal dancers were limited to men rolling a princess queen.

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Tor-tor Dance

 Tor-tor dance is a dance typical of the Batak, North Sumatra. Precisely Mandailing. This dance moves in time with the music (magondangi) played using traditional instruments such as gondang, flute, trumpet hobo, and others.

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Ulos

Ulos is typical of Batak-shaped woven shawl. Sacred objects is a symbol of blessing, love and unity, according to Batak proverb which says: "Ijuk pangihot Hodong ni, ni pangihot Ulos holong", which means that if the fibers are binding on the vine stem is then ulos bond of affection between people.

Literally, ulos means blanket that warms the body and protect it from exposure to the cold. According to the Batak ancestral belief there are three sources that provide heat to the men, the sun, fire and ulos. Of the three sources of warmth such ulos considered the most comfortable and familiar with everyday life. 

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House Gadang

House Gadang or House Godang is the name for a traditional house of Minangkabau traditional house and lot in encounter in West Sumatra province, Indonesia. The house is also known by other names by the local people with the name Bagonjong house or there is also a mention by name Baanjung house.

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Jam Gadang

Gadang clock built in 1926 as a gift from the Queen of the Netherlands to Rook Maker, secretary or controleur Fort de Kock (now the city of Bukittinggi) during the reign of India-Netherlands. The architecture of the clock tower was designed by Sutan Yazin Teeth Ameh, while laying the first stone done by first son Rook Maker which at the time was still 6 years old.

Development Hours cost Gadang spend around 3,000 Gulden, who belong fantastic cost to measure time. Up since developed and since diresmikannya clock tower has become the center of attention of every person. It was also the result of Jam Gadang then be used as markers or landmarks and zero point of Bukittinggi.

Since its establishment, the clock tower has undergone three changes to the roof shape.

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Suku Minangkabau

Received from the legend for generations, telling that their ancestors were descendants of Alexander the Great. Even legend is not organized, systematic and more to legend than fact, and tends to a literature that already belong to many communities. However, the story of this little legend substantially comparable to that Salatin Sulalatus also tells how the Minangkabau sent his representative to ask Sang Sapurba one of the descendants of Alexander is to be their king.And Jakarta are part of the community Deutro Melayu (Malay Youth) which migrate from the mainland to the island of Sumatra South China around 2500-2000 years ago. Partly this society groups in the east of the island of Sumatra, along the Kampar river flow reaches a plateau called darek and become the hometown of Minangkabau.

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Ampera Bridge

the idea of ​​uniting the two land in the city of Palembang "Seberang Ulu and Ilir Opposite" with the bridge, actually existed in Palembang Gemeente, 1906. When the office of Mayor of Palembang held Le Cocq de Ville, in 1924, the idea of ​​sticking it back and made a lot of effort to make it happen. However, until the term ends Le Cocq, even when the Dutch pull out of Indonesia, the project was never realized.At the time of independence, the idea of ​​sticking it back. Big City Palembang Transitional Council re proposed construction of a bridge at the time, called Bridge Musi by reference the name of the Musi River, at the plenary session which took place on October 29, 1956.

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Songket

The word comes from the term songket sungkit in Malay and Indonesian language, which means "hook" or "gouging". This relates to the method of manufacture; hook and took a pinch of woven fabric, and then slipped the gold thread. [1] In addition, according to some, the word songket also be derived from the word songka, Palembang skull believed to the first time the habit of weaving with thread gold began. [2] the term menyongket means 'weave with threads of gold and silver'. Songket is a luxurious woven fabric that is usually worn during festivity, celebration or party. Songket can be worn wrapped around the body like a glove, draped across the shoulders, or as a headband or tanjak, jeweled headband. Tanjak is a kind of hat headdress made ​​of songket fabrics commonly worn by the sultans and princes and nobles Malay Sultanate. [3] According to tradition, songket only be woven by virgins or young girls: but now men also participated in weaving songket . [2] Some traditional songket patterns Sumatra has a certain meaning.

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Pempek Palembang

Pempek or empek-empek Palembang is a typical food made ​​from fish and sago. Actually it is difficult to say that the center is pempek Palembang because almost all areas in South Sumatra produce.

The presentation was accompanied by a sauce pempek black brown called vinegar or cuko (Palembang language). Cuko made ​​from boiled water, then add brown sugar, shrimp, dried shrimp and crushed chili, garlic, and salt. For the indigenous people of Palembang, cuko than once made ​​spicy to increase appetite. But with the influx of migrants from outside the island of Sumatra, it is now widely found cuko with a sweet taste for those who do not like spicy.

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Rencong

A rencong (Acehnese: reuncong) is a traditional weapon from Aceh, Indonesia. It is slightly similar in appearance to a kris. As with krisses, people attribute mystical powers to rencongs. The rencong is still worn during traditional ceremonies.

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Rumoh Aceh

The Rumoh Aceh or Acehnese (traditional) house is a style of architecture formerly common in Aceh, Indonesia.
In Acehnese tradition, the house is oriented North-South. It has been suggested that this is a pre-Islamic Hindu practice, to avoid facing the setting sun and death.^[1] Acehnese now interpret that the gable of their houses face Mecca (west).
The Acehnese traditional house is built on stilts, providing shelter for people working or walking underneath it. Family heirlooms are stored in the roof of the house, considered the most sacred part of the building.

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Saman Dance

  Saman dance is a tribal dance Gayo (Gayo Lues) which is displayed to celebrate important events in custom. Saman dance using poetry in Arabic and Gayo. Also usually dance is also displayed to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad.

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