Knowing More about Tradition of Topat Eid Lombok

Each region typically has diverse traditions of welcoming and celebrating Eid. One of the unique traditions of welcoming Eid is the Topat Eid Lombok which is a tradition to show gratitude for the end of the fasting in the month of Shawwal. Lombok people are also familiar with this tradition as Nine Eid or women eid in which the activity is performed as a differentiator for Eid celebration after the fasting of Ramadan, known as Eid Mame or men eid. This tradition has been around a long time safe Lombok people who do a lot of fasting in Shawwal is male, female, or juvenile as the reward obtained could be doubled. After the Eid celebration event on the 1^stof Shawwal, the people of Lombok will do fasting for next day to the next six days. And, their widths rhombus event is the culmination of the celebration after the fasting six days.

Although initially their Topat Eid Lombok into a celebration for those who run fasting in Shawwal, over time this celebration can belongs to entire communities Lombok either fast or not. This is what makes Topat Eid become a tradition that is often held celebrations more festive than the Eid celebration. The change from the procession carried religious rituals to be a cultural tradition; this celebration is often done with the leisure to a number of attractions, especially the beaches in Lombok. The existence of the diamond Eid is also an advanced an attraction for tourists who ultimately make this celebration as an annual festival for the people of Lombok and its surroundings.

Topat Eid conducted a week after the Eid celebrations that could use some place of execution. Some places are used in this celebration like a house that is usually used as a place to carry out salvation. In addition, the mosque can also be used as a location to hold salvation carried out by several families. Another place that could be the location of the implementation of this celebration is in the area of ​​the shrine which is the tomb of saints or religious leaders who were once instrumental in spreading Islam in the region. There are two locations tomb that is often used as a pilgrimage site on the celebration of Topat Eid in Lombok ie Loang Baloq and Bintaro Tomb in Batu Layar. Lombok people usually visit the tomb as a ritual of salvation in the house or mosque. To enliven the celebration, the community held a party of the people in some areas of the favorite attractions in Lombok like Senggigi beach, Krandangan, Segara Beach, Mapak Beach, and others.

In Topat Eid celebration takes some equipment and supplies. The first is topat which is rice wrapped in coconut leaves which then boiled until cooked and solid. This topat is later that will become the main menu in this celebration. In addition to the diamond, you can see their betel used for besembek which has been chewed betel and smeared on the forehead. Other equipment is the water that comes from Lingkok Mas or springs. To complete the ritual process is also needed several types of flowers, the food, the place presents the diamond, as well as the container of the diamond which is equipped with at least nine kinds of side dishes. Topat Eid Lombok activities will be a unique celebration and tradition and desperately need to be preserved.