Oldies Photo : Tambang Sawah dan Muara Aman, Lebong, February 1924 - July 1925

Saya telah menerima sumbangan photo masa lalu dari koleksi photo keluarga Stan Wiggler di Belanda. Photo di ambil sekitar bulan february 1924 sampai dengan bulan juli 1925 oleh ayah kandung Tuan Stan Wiggler yaitu Tuan C. C. (kees) van der Hout. Photo yang terekam adalah view Tambang sawah dan Kota Muara Aman. Tuan C. C. (kees) van der Hout yang terlihat pada photo nomor 5 memakai topi pada pintu masuk Tambang Sawah, saat itu beliau berumur 22 tahun.

Tuan Stan Wiggler berencana akan mengunjungi Muara Aman tahun depan seperti yang ia lakukan di tahun-tahun sebelumnya untuk bernostalgia tentang kehidupan ayahnya di masa lalu.

Tambang Sawah Bengkulu

Tambang Sawah Bengkulu gold-silvermines Mills under construction

Iron bridge on the road from Tambang Sawah to Muaraaman in Bengkulu

Sight on the Pondoks of Lebong

Entrance of gold-silvermine in Tambang Sawah

Muaraaman

Credit photo : 
Private collection Stan Wiggler Family

The Last Prince of Clan Bermani , Rejang Tribe in Sumatra Island

One of four clan from Rejang Tribe is Bermani, and the sub tribe is Bermani Ulu and Bermani Ilir, there are divided by area population. The Clan Bermani occupies most of Kepahiang Regency recently.

This is the very important memoriam photo for Rejang Tribe History. This photo is The Last Prince of Clan Bermani of Rejang Tribe Sumatra, Prince Abdul Latif and his father Prince Abu Nawas.

Prince abdul Latief (1898)
Died at Februari 23th 1940
Location: Keban Agung Bermani Ilir

Prince Abu Nawas

Location: Keban Agung Bermani Ilir

With special respecfull and dedicate to my friend Mrz. Sri Rosi Nurhayati from Kepahiang Regency, that one of prince Abdul Latif descendant to send me this photo for sharing to every body who interesting with Rejang Tribe History.

Four Kebagh Dancer after Ceremonial Event at Lahat Regency, Southern Sumatra

Four passumah/rejangese ladies from lahat regency, after dancing at ceremonial event. It most possibly as kebagh dance costum dress, a indigenous dance from rejang land interior (passumah land) that still popular in lahat and pagar alam regency, southern sumatra, Indonesia, recently.

Traditional custom dress is very luxury in its time, where the high quality woven hand textile of passumah still exist, but now there are closed to extinct.

Woven using gold thread call as Songket textile, and a unique dangling necklace

The other style of the kebagh custom dress

All wrapped in a cloth embroidered with gold thread

The other style of the kebagh custom dress

This old photo edit by Tun Jang (admin) from a photo in Tropen Museum Netherland Collection.

Danau Tes dan Sungai Ketaun di tahun 1926

Dari koleksi photo Tropen museum, terdapat beberapa photo danau Tes dan sungai Ketaun, yang kini masuk kabupaten Lebong, prop, Bengkulu, Indonesia.

Masih nampak indah sejak dahulu, dengan banyak pepohonannya ( mungkin berbeda dengan sekarang yang sudah banyak gundul bukit bukit sekitarnya).

Di abadikan juga kincir air berikut lesung, yang kini mungkin sudah tak ada lagi meninggalkan bekas di tanah rejang. Melihat photo photonya, saya yakin yang pernah mengalami asrinya suasa danau, dan gemercik jernih air sungai ketahun akan membawah kenangan ke masa lalu. Akan ingat kampung halaman di mana suara kincir dan lesung bersahutan beraturan di iringi gemercik air sungai.

Pemandangan danau tes tahun 1926

Pondok bulat tempat beristirahat, untuk menikmati pemandangan danau

Muara sungai Ketaun di Danau Tes

Kincir air untuk menumbuk padi dan kopi

Sungai Ketahun tahun 1926

Jembatan gantung di sungai ketahun

Dancing Women of Pasemah Tribe, Muara Empayang, Kikim Timur, Lahat, Southern Sumatra

This photo taken from Tropen Museum, Netherland. Photo discribe about A dancer women wear ceremonial cloth. Located at Muara Empayang, that area now part of east Kikim district, Lahat Regency, South Province, Indonesia.

The very interesting culture, with very good textile quality (Songket).