Western Lombok
October 13th 2011 Western Lombok is where Islam meets Hinduism, on an island dominated by the former.
A large Hindu procession took place on the streets of Mataram, under the light of the full moon. Locals, dressed in white shirts and hats, with colourful sarongs and sashes, walked the long road up to Cakranegara. Drums and xylophones play the traditional ‘gamelan’ music – strangely discordant to the unaccus
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