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South Sumatra's traditional clothes are known by the name , symbolizing greatness, and which that
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symbolizes the elegance of the people of South Sumatra. These traditional clothes are usually only
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used during traditional wedding ceremonies. With the understanding that this marriage ceremony is a
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big ceremony. By using or as a bridal costume it means something very elegant because the bride
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and groom are portrayed as kings and queens. The difference between and patterns, if detailed as
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follows; Pink Gede style combined with golden color. Both colors are believed to reflect the
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majesty of the Sriwijaya nobles. Especially with the glittering of complementary jewelry and the
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crown of , , , and the standard . Then they are combined with dodot clothes and lepus songket cloth
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patterned in silver for the . For men using gold embroidered songket lepus, robes of gold flower
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motifs, songket sling, sleeves, and golden songkok worn on the head. And for women using lotus, red
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noble brackets studded with golden star flowers, lepus songket cloth embroidered with gold, and
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headdress in the form of crown. Also not to forget the clothes decorating clothes such as jewelry
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with golden images, stand-by dress, rocking flowers, and flowers.
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Traditional dance
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Gending Sriwijaya is a regional song and also a fairly popular dance from Palembang. This Gending
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Sriwijaya song was performed to accompany the tarian Gending Sriwijaya dance. Both songs and dances
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depict the nobility of culture, glory, and the majesty of the former Srivijaya Empire which once
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triumphed in uniting the western Nusantara. This Sriwijaya Gending dance from South Sumatra was
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performed to welcoming honored guests. Usually, this dance is performed by as many as thirteen
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dancers, consisting of nine core dancers and four companions and singers.
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Tanggai dance or tari Tangga is a traditional dance from South Sumatra that is also dedicated to
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welcoming honored guests. In contrast to Gending Sriwijaya dance, Tanggai dance is performed by
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five people wearing local clothing such as songket, dodot, pending, necklaces and other
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decorations. This dance is a combination of graceful motion with typical regional clothing. This
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dance describes the people of Palembang who are friendly and respectful, respecting and loving
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guests visiting their area.
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Tenun songket dance or tarian tenun songket is a reflection of the daily lives of housewives and
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young women in South Sumatra. In their daily lives, housewives and young women do work in the form
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of songket weaving which is a special fabric of their region. Aside from being an effort to
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preserve traditional dances, this dance is at the same time as a promotion of their regional
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special fabrics, namely songket.
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Traditional weapon
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The first traditional South Sumatra weapon and often a cultural icon of the province is the
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trident, or locally known as trisula. This spear is shaped like a wooden spear with 3 sharp eyes at
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the end. The spear length is as high as an adult, which is around 180 cm and used to be used by
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Srivijaya royal warriors as the main weapon. Kris is not only used by the people of Java. Some
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other sub-ethnic Malays also recognize this type of weapon in their culture, including the people
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of South Sumatra. Although it has the same shape, the South Sumatra kris has its own
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characteristics. The number of curves or curves is always an odd number between 7 and 13 with a
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wide angle. That is why the typical South Sumatra kris tends to be longer and taper. Skin is a
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traditional South Sumatra weapon which is thought to originate from acculturation of local culture
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to the culture of Chinese traders and East Asia in the past. This weapon looks like a typical West
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Sumatra Kerambit, but is smaller in size and has 2 sharp blades.
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Transport
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Many forms of transportations are available in the province. As a province traversed by several
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large rivers, the people of South Sumara also recognize the importance water transport, which is
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called ketek. This ketek serves river crossings through various piers along the Musi, Ogan and
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Komering Rivers.
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There are three public operational airports in the province, with the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II
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International Airport in Palembang being the largest and the busiest in the province. This airport
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is located northwest of Palembang, serving both domestic and international flights. The airport is
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also a hajj embarkation for residents of South Sumatra. Domestic flights are served to and from
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Jakarta, Bandung, Batam, Pangkal Pinang and other cities, as well as international destinations
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such as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The other two airports are th Silampari Airport in
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Lubuklinggau and the Atung Bungsu Airport in Pagar Alam. These two airports only serve regional
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flights.
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South Sumatra also has three main ports namely Boom Baru, Port 36 Ilir and Tanjung Api-Api Port.
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These three ports serve passenger transportation using ferries to Muntok (Bangka) and Batam.
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Currently the Tanjung Api-Api Port is being built which serves the transportation of passengers and
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goods in and out of South Sumatra.
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In addition, there are several railway lines in the province. Kertapati railway station in
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Palembang is the largest station in the province. It serves trains to and from Lubuklinggau and
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Bandar Lampung in Lampung province, and also smaller towns such as Baturaja, Lahat and Prabumulih.
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Currently, the railway only terminates in Lubuklinggau, but there is a plan to construct a railway
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to Bengkulu, which would allow to boost passengers movement and economic growth. Moreover, a
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railway from Palembang to Betung in Jambi is also in the planning stage, which would be connected
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further to Riau and North Sumatra. Overall, these projects would form the backbone of the
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Trans-Sumatra Railway.
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The Palembang Light Rail Transit started operating in August 2018. It is one of its first kind in
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Indonesia and it is used to carry passengers from the Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International
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Airport to the Palembang city center.
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Currently, the only toll road in South Sumatra is the 22 km Palembang-Indralaya toll road. However,
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in the masterplan of the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road, the province would be connected by toll roads to
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other provinces like Bengkulu, Jambi and Lampung. Construction of the Bakauheni-Bandar
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Lampung-Palembang toll-road is predicted to be finished by late 2019, while the
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Palembang-Betung-Jambi toll-road and the Lubuklinggau-Bengkulu toll-road is still in planning
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stage.
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Economy
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There are five sectors that support economic growth in South Sumatra, such as the processing
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industry, mining, agriculture, construction, and large and retail trade, and the development of the
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Tanjung Api-Api Special Economic Zones (KEK), South Sumatra's economic growth is also supported by
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tourism.
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The coal deposits of South Sumatra amount to 22.24 billion tons or 48.45 percent of the total
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national reserves. The province also has 4.18 trillion standard cubic feet of natural gas and 757.4
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standard cubic feet of natural oil.
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However, the agricultural sector is still the cornerstone of employment in South Sumatra compared
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to other sectors with absorption reaching 1.9 million people. This figure is in accordance with the
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potential of the area which has an area of around 774 thousand hectares of agriculture. The
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potential of agricultural resources in South Sumatra is quite prominent with annual production of
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rice reaching 4.2 million tons, corn production reaching 289 thousand tons, soybeans production
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reaching 16 thousand tons, palm oil production reaching 2.718 million tons, coffee (dry beans)
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production reaching 135.2 thousand tons, coconut production reaching 65 thousand tons. In addition
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to the agricultural sector, the other two sectors also absorb labor, namely the large and retail
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trade sector, car and motorcycle repair and the processing industry. In the trade sector there are
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688,000 workers, and the processing industry reaches 279,300 people.
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The economy of South Sumatra in the second quarter of 2017 continued to show improvement compared
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to previous quarters. The realization of economic growth in South Sumatra in the second quarter of
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2017 was 5.24% (YoY), higher than the first quarter of 2017 of 5.13% (YoY). From the demand side,
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the component of foreign exports is still the main pillar of economic growth. This was mainly
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supported by improvements in the prices of superior commodities in South Sumatra, namely rubber and