Ancient Mosque Bayan Belek

North Lombok district that bloomed three years ago, was not only rich in terms of culture and tourism, but also has a historical site that still stand today. The site in question is Beleq Bayan Old Mosque, Village District Bayan Bayan, as witness the introduction of Islam on the island of Lombok.

The mosque that stands disebuah hill and surrounded by some of the cupola of the tomb of the Muslim missionaries are, have been built hundreds of years ago, by a preachers. But until now has not found written sources and the founders who established what year. Clearly the age of the mosque is now used as an icon of cultural tourism is already quite old.

Bayan ancient mosque Beleq a 9 X 9 square meters, with low walls of woven bamboo. While the roof form a neat overlap of bamboo, known as Mount Dayan language santek roof with a dirt floor is essentially an array of stone.

This ancient mosque than as a tourist icon, the symbol is also enshrined in the district of North Lombok. Bayan Old Mosque Beleq depicted in the form of a red colored silhouette as the integrity of the civilization of North Lombok. Mentioned, the building illustrates milestones Bayan Old Mosque civilization of North Lombok is built based on cosmic consciousness, historical consciousness, awareness of traditional and spiritual awareness.

Bayan Old Mosque, is one of the cultural heritage should be preserved as cultural heritage sites that contribute to the National Heritages. Red in the Bayan ancient mosque stylization showed the courage to uphold cultural identity as a community that builds on the strong religiosity.

Bayan Old Mosque construction has its own philosophy, which consists of head, body and legs, describing the world, middle world and the underworld that is a unity in the cosmos entities of North Lombok.

When viewed from close range, the ancient mosque Bayan Beleq not unlike the houses in the village of Bayan, which form the building is similar to the shape of the building houses a traditional indigenous community Bayan. When you first see it, you probably would not think that the building is a mosque.

Inside the mosque there is also a drum of wooden poles hanging from the roof of the mosque and tomb Beleq (mausoleum) of one of the first Muslim missionaries in the region, namely Gaus Abdul Rozak. Behind the front right and left the mosque there are two small huts in which there is the tomb of religious figures who helped build and take care of this mosque since the beginning.

Plan of the mosque square, side length of 8.90 m. On prop 4 Soko Guru (main pillar) made of jackfruit wood, round shape (cylindrical) with a diameter of 23 cm, height 4.60 m. The fourth pillar is derived from four villages (hamlets) are: W South Pole, from the village of East Lombok Bilok Petung. Pole next to the north-east, from the village Terengan. Pole of the western sea, from the village Senaru, pole next to the Southwest, from Hamlet Semokon Sukadana Village.

Clothing worn by the priest and the priest Bayan Old Mosque also has its own meaning, because to be entered is the descendant of the princes or clerics who spread the religion of Islam earlier. One example of a white color that symbolizes the meaning of the sanctity of digunakanpara chaplain, while the long cloth (dodot) red gives meaning leadership, equipped with sapuq or bongot (headband) which also has become a tradition in itself.

May not use any form of underwear. For women simply use the tank, the fabric is only limited to the chest. This is done because it was feared that normally used clothing, contaminated by various types of impurities (unclean).

Bayan Old Mosque is surrounded by the graves of clerics who brought Islam in the ancient times. In addition, there are also several cupola tomb. Recorded some of the names in the tomb, among others: Pawelangan, Titi Mas Seventy, Sesait and Karem Saleh. They are leaders who spread Islam in Lombok. The tomb was built like a house of bedek (wall of bamboo).

One of the tombs is the tomb Sesait treated differently. It is said that this tomb was never considered an expert family to arise there is a disaster myth that death will come for our children and grandchildren Sesait offspring. However, this myth does not seem to prove, because until now Sesait descendants can still be found in the village of Bayan.

Around the mosque also we can find the Tomb of reaction, which is the tomb of Sheikh Abdul Razak that Islam is widely broadcast to other parts of the country century 16/17 M. However, in every area of ​​his message of Sheikh Abdul Razak Gauz always change the name, therefore he is not very well known.

For those of you who want to visit the ancient mosques Bayan Belek, not too difficult, because it means good transfortasi of NTB provincial capital (Mataram) and of eastern Labuan Lombok quite smoothly. This mosque was the edge of the ring road of the island of Lombok is not so apparent, that seems just a concrete wall with two small houses on either side of the gate of the office where the registration site visitors and the home guard. While there is a berugak next resting place for visitors. The new mosque is seen after entering the fence a few feet in the shade of the trees like a hut in a small hilltop. Welcome visit