Hotel Villa Ombak Lombok is located in Gilis - 3 major Islands of Lombok that play as a very amazing and attractive tourism objects that we cannot find in other places.  Visiting this place, it will be best to know the local culture to get the most of our holiday.

The origin of Lombok people is Sasak. They donot have greetings such as "Good Morning". Instead they will use "How are you? How's your family?" in local language simply as a form of greeting. When they meet foreigners, they will say the greetings to show their politeness and welcome attitude.  A smile and a "hello” will be a polite and adequate response.

Unlike the Muslims in general, the Sasak in Northern and west Lombok have a caste system. There are four caste castes, the highest being Datu for men and Denek Bini for women, the second Raden for men, and Denda for women, the third Buling and the fourth Jajar Karang. In Central and East Lombok, Lalu for men and Lale for women.

Traditional law (adat) is still fundamental to the way of life on Lombok today, particularly customs relating to courting and marriage rituals and circumcision ceremonies. In western Lombok we can see Balinese ceremonies and temples with colorful procession and decorative offerings. Sasak ceremonies are often less visible, though we may see colorful procession as well. Ask around and we can probably find when and where festivals and celebrations are being held.

The laws of Islam require that all boys be circumcised (Nyunatang), and in Indonesia this usually done somewhere between ages of 6 to 11 years old. Much pomp and circumstance mark this occasion on Lombok. The boys are carried through the village streets on painted wooden horses or lions with tails of palm fronds.