Old CIty in Palembang

Kota Palembang mempunyai daerah-daerah yang masih sangat traditional, baik dari lingkungan sekitar, budaya, kebiasaan masyarakat setempat serta bangunan-bangunan tua nya yang masih terjagar sangat baik.
Foto-foto di atas ialah koleksi pribadi yang diambil dari beberapa tempat traditional di kota Palembang. Salah satunya ialah di Pasar Kuto. Di daerah ini anda akan mudah sekali menemukan bangunan bersejarah, bangunan tua lalu rumah-rumah penduduk yang masih sangat traditional bentuknya.
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Carving Giant Quran Al-Akbar

Qur'an named Al Akbar is touted as the largest wood carving and the first in the world in the form of Al-Quran 30 chapters. Alqur's giant wooden tembesu kind, carved ala exhibited typical Palembang.

The Qur'an is made of carved Palembang, consisting of 2 meter high wooden slabs with a width of no less than 1.5 meters. Color brown wood base with yellow Arabic letters arise. Every piece of carved flower motif on the edge. The color is yellow. The manufacturing process itself takes a relatively long time, about seven years.

Data and Picture Source : http://www.epalembang.com/lang/id/travel-tourism/art-and-culture/al-akbar-giant-quran-wood-carving

Wood Carving

The application of wood carving Palembang widely used for building traditional houses Palembang ornament (limas house). There are also various forms of crafts such as carving typical Palembang decorative cabinets of various sizes, beds, aquariums, picture frames and mirrors, betel boxes, couch, room divider, and so forth.
The art of carving and motifs that are commonly used, known as kemalo tree.

Picture source :  http://albert-studiokayu.blogspot.com/

Jumputan Cloth ( kain Jumputan )

Jumputan cloth or fabric craft of weaving the rainbow is produced by the technique jumputan (tie and dye) to produce a specific motif of a plain white color of the material. Starting with a stitch and bind tightly to certain parts and then dipped in a dye solution as desired.

In the development of this technique of making fabric jumputan know strich method and dye, which makes baste with thread on fabric by tying field patterns have been determined. Further to the tightly drawn so wrinkled, and then inserted into the fabric dye solution.

Jumputan fabrics usually have a motif that meets all of the material. Jumputan ordinary cloth, one pair consists of materials for the top, bottom, and scarves. For this type, the artisans generally create jumputan with a color theme.

Jumputan fabric generally use silk materials, and has a variety of motives, among other motives seven spots, flower leaf, five spots, freckles nine, cuncung (eggplant), five star, and freckles.

Data Source :  http://www.epalembang.com/lang/id/travel-tourism/art-and-culture/jumputan/

About Dul Muluk

Dul Muluk is one of the traditional arts in South Sumatra. Abdul Muluk theater was first inspired by a descendant of Arab merchant named Wan Bakar. He came to Palembang in the 20th century and held a reading adventure stories Jauhari Abdul Muluk, son of Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah who reigned in the land around his home in Berbari Takat Ladder, 16 Ulu. The event was the public interest so to come swarming.

Since then Wan Bakar frequently invited to read the stories of Abdul Muluk at various events, such as weddings, circumcisions or shower when the baby's first haircut.

Together with his students, among others Kamaludin and Pasirah Nuhasan, Wan Bakar then incorporate elements of lute music and flying (a type of tambourine music) as an accompaniment. Show any form of enrichment. If originally Wan Bakar become vice all the figures, then his disciples were included read the in accordance figures his role.

In 1919, the first recorded reading of the texts sung in the form of a dialogue with appropriate gestures of their respective roles. The show was already in the open field. In subsequent developments, the role players has special costumes, makeup already, and using the property improvised performances. The device was coupled violin music, drums, tetawak (gong), and large size drum jidur alias.

Dulmuluk show was at the height of its power in the 1960's and 1970's. When there are dozens of theater group Dulmuluk tradition. In some places the tradition of theater is also known as Johori performances. Johori The term comes from the name the main character, whose full name is Abdul Muluk Jauhari.


Data and picture source :  http://www.epalembang.com/lang/id/travel-tourism/art-and-culture/dul-muluk-theatre/

Balaputra Dewa Museum
   

       The museum was built in 1877 with the traditional architecture of Palembang in the area of 23.565 square meters and was inaugurated on November 5, 1984. This museum was originally called the State Museum of South Sumatra province, then by decree of the Minister of Education and Culture No. 1223/1999 dated 4 April 1990. Museum was named Museum of South Sumatra Province "Bala Son of God".
       Balaputra's name comes from the name of a king who ruled Srivijaya in VIII-IX centuries to reach maritime empire. In this museum there is a pattern that describes a collection of cultural and natural diversity of South Sumatra. The location comprises a variety of objects histrografi, ethnography, feologi, ceramics, modern technology, fine art, flora and fauna and geology. In addition there is a pyramid house and home Ulu Ali, we can visit it by using route km 12 public transport.

AMPERA Bridge

Ampera Bridge is a bridge in Palembang, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Ampera Bridge, which has become a sort of symbol of the city, situated in the middle of the city of Palembang, the area connects Seberang Ulu and Ilir Across separated by the River Musi. Length: 1117 m (the center of the 71.90 m), Width: 22 m, Height: 11.5 m from the surface of the water, Tower Height: 63 m from the ground surface, distance between the tower: 75 m, Weight: 944 tons.
In the beginning, the middle of the body of this bridge can be lifted to the top of the mast in order not to get caught passing underneath the bridge entity. The center of the bridge can be removed with mechanical equipment, two pendulum weights each about 500 tons in the two towers. Appointment velocity of about 10 meters per minute with a total time necessary to fully lift the bridge for 30 minutes. At the center of the bridge removed, the vessels of 60 meters wide and with a maximum height of 44.50 meters, can pass the River Musi. When the center of the bridge is not removed, the maximum height that the ship could pass under the bridge Ampera only nine feet from the surface of the water.
Since 1970, the activity up and down the middle of this bridge is not done anymore. The reason, the time used to lift the bridge is considered to disrupt the flow of traffic on it.
In 1990, the pendulum weights on the bridge tower was lowered to avoid the collapse of both the burden of this ballast.