Among festivals in Lombok, Peraja Nyongkolang is a popular marriage festival and so is one of the widely celebrated festivals of the island. It is a colorful affair and is celebrated with much fanfare. In Lombok tradition, the festival is celebrated on the wedding day of local couples. On the special day, the newly married couple is put into a litter and is marched around throughout the village in a bid to exhibit them.

Peraja Nyongkolang Festival occurs every time a marriage is taken place. Events and festivals in Lombok are always accompanied with a degree of tradition. This can be seen in the design of the palanquins and the motifs that decorate them in Peraja Nyongkolang Festival. Most of these are decorated like flying lions or like flying tigers and many other animals.

During your stay at Villa Ombak and touring around Lombok, you may easily find some procession of Peraja Nyongkolang. Even more, sometimes these Nyongkolang processions are also organized for the entertainment of the tourists. The staff at hotel Villa Ombak will be able to tell you more details about it.