History of Capoeira
Capoeira is predicted appearing in around sixteenth century. The blend of dance and music instrument into a complete art has made capoeira easily recognized.
Capoeira is a very dynamic and harmonious performance with it’s beautiful dance and song. The couple who practicing Capoeira looks like a dancing couple. The circle kicks and jumps which is played by dancers will certainly enchant people who witness it.
Songket the Silk Yarn Weaving
The Palembang’s Songket weaving , in form of fabrics or shaw nowadays, has been quite famous especially after being promoted many times in various national events, festivals, or exhibitions in this country.
bungo cino
bungo pacik
songket pulir
The songket is made of silk yarns, combining with golden ones, and then woven into fabrics with particularly high touch of art. It is a traditional Palembang’s crafts, it is very unique that differentiate them with other kind of crafts, and usually products of homemade industries.
The Songket are usually woven by the women, but lately the men are involved too. It’s motives are varie form Lepus, jando baraes, bunga inten, tretes midar, pulis biru, kembang suku hijau, bungo cimo, bunga pacik, etc.
The Songket commonly worn by women in ceremonies, such as weddings, official occasion or traditional ceremonies. The Songket worn indicate the dignity of the person, that’s why The Songket fabrics are used as gifts too. (http://exotictour.info )
Henna as Part of Asian Culture and Souvenir
Using henna for coloring has been like tradition. Especially for the Female Muslims of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, and even community from Africa Continent.
In addition to its beauty and self-satisfaction, coloring body-part with Henna is believed to be concerned with health. Foot and foot-sole which is colored with henna will not dried during winter, dry season or even during summer. If there’s a wound on skin surface that is hard to heal, it is allowed to use henna powder, and the wound will heal in a few days.
For muslims, wearing henna to color body part like palm, foot, or for coloring hair is allowed. This is because henna will not obstruct sacred water ( or called wudhu) that must be poured onto certain skin’ surface.
In Haj season like now, in sacred land Makkah, henna is sold galore in markets. Henna is sold in form of powder or paste to be used as souvenir after the Haj community going home to their homeland.
