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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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