POSBELITUNG.CO, BELITUNG - Let's enjoy Belitung through its traditions. Belitung has a variety of traditions.

Eating bedulang is one of them. Even eating bedulang has now been designated as intangible cultural heritage.

Eating Bedulang is a dining tradition from Belitung which can be interpreted as eating together facing a tray or flat round tray, which is used as a place to place small plates containing side dishes.

In the tradition of eating bedulang, one tray is for four people. These four people will enjoy the dishes served in a tray together.

The tray containing food is covered with a red serving cover called mentudong.

As a complement, the lambak tudong is placed on top of the mentudong, indicating that the tray is ready to be served.

"Eating bedulang is a Belitung tradition where in terms of customs there are rules or etiquette, not just eating," said Belitung cultural observer, Salim YAH, Monday (11/9/2023).

The etiquette for eating bedulang is that when you lift the tray and then put it down, the tray lifter must not stand still.

To serve the tray, there are two people, one of whom is the lifter in a standing position.

Meanwhile, another person sitting on his knees is tasked with receiving the tray from the lifter, then placing it on the floor where the tray is eaten.

The tray is then placed, including rice, plates, and a drinking bowl along with drinking water.

In the tray, five small plates containing side dishes are placed and in the middle there is a bowl as a container for the gangan darat culinary delights.

Salim explained that previously, gangan darat was served from the raw ingredients of pelandok (pelanduk, mouse deer) or deer meat.

However, because it is now a protected animal, the common gangan darat is beef or chicken gangan darat.

Five small plates as a container for side dishes in the form of fish satay, chicken opor, grilled fish, pineapple chili sauce and stir-fry.