Sultan HB X Believes He has Big Chance to Win Candidacy

Surabaya (ANTARA News) - Yogyakarta governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X said here on Wednesday he was optimistic that his decision to run for president in next year`s elections would be supported by all sides.

"The chance is big. It is only PDIP that has already had a candidate while other parties have not," he said at a lecture at state University of Airlangga.

About people who had also aspired to become presidential candidates Sultan said that it was not a problem for him.

"I think it is alright to have a competition. It will be the people or voters that will take the benefit," he said.

He said however that it would all depend upon the votes collected by parties in the legislative elections to be held ahead of the presidential elections.

Asked about the possibility of him being discharged from his post as member of the Golkar Party`s advisory board after declaring his readiness to run for president, he said he saw no party rule that ordered dismissal for party cadre who declared to run for presidency.

Asked about the political means that he would use for running for the presidential post, the Sultan said that it would be determined later after the completion of the legislative elections.

"We have not talked about it. Was the declaration only made yesterday," he said.

He declined to tell about his possible vice presidential candidate.

Before thousands of people the Sultan of the traditional Javanese kingdom declared his readiness to run for president on Tuesday. (*)

Sultan Babullah Proposed for National Hero Title

Ternate, North Maluku (ANTARA News) - A number of prominent figures in North Maluku have urged the government to award the title of national hero to a 16th-century local ruler, Sultan Babullah of Ternate.

"Next October, we will hold a national seminar in Ternate to discuss our proposal to recognize Sultan Babullah as a national hero," Ari Munandar, a North Maluku culturalist, said here on Monday.

The seminar to be attended by local and national historians, was expected to issue a recommendation to the central government to bestow a national hero`s title on Sultan Babullah.

He said Babullah deserved the hero`s title because as a sultan of Ternate in the sixteenth century he fought foreign colonizers especially the Portuguese and managed to expel the Portuguese from Ternate.

The power of the Ternate sultanate culminated under Sultan Babullah (1570-1584) who succeeded in driving out the Portuguese from his realm in 1575.

Ternate`s airport was named after Sultan Babullah because the North Maluku people appreciated his struggle against foreign colonizers, he said. (*)

President Mets with Traditional Kings and Sultans

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Saturday met with traditional kings and sultans grouped in the Nusantara Forum of Palaces and called on them to help safeguard the country`s national heritages.

"Indonesia has a variety of cultures, arts and civilizations which show the greatness of the country. As the head of state, I expect all kings and sultans to play a role in preserving and developing the national heritages ," he said.

He said the development of national heritages included development of cultures, traditions and wisdoms. "You all can also play a role in national development in all fields," he said.

He said the traditional rulers` participation in national development would contribute much to the nation.

On the occasion the President also called on all royal entities in the country to develop tourism- and arts-based economies.

"Indonesia has the capital to do it. Develop all the existing economic potentials and thus make contributions to the nation," he said.

He said the results of economic developement could be used to pay the cost of maintainng the cultural centers existing in the regions.

The Nusantara Palace forum was established in 2006 with 57 member palaces. Now the number of its members has risen to 118 palaces.

King Ida Tjokorda Ngurah Jambe Pamecutan IX from the Denpasr Grand Temple who is the forum`s chairman said on the occasion that the traditional palaces were one of the means to develop national culture.

This was why the forum`s members believed they needed to maintain their community in a spirit of fraternity, he said.

King Ida also said the forum would stage a palace expo from December 25 through December 30 to be participated in by its 118 members.

Attending the meeting with the president were traditional kings from Riau, Riau Islands, South Sumatra, West Sumatra, Lampung, Madura, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Maluku and West Papua. (*)

Representative of The Dutch Nobility Association with The Indonesian and Other Se-Asia Kings Guest of the Indonesian President on 29-11-2008

Opening of The Royal Procession 26-11-2--8 during SE ASia Royal Festival in Denpasar by Surakarta Rival Royal Court Delegation

DUTCH NOBILITY MEETS INDONESIAN NOBILITY

On the Royal Gala Dinner during the 1st SE Asia Royal Festival and Expo the representative of the European Union of Noble Families(Silano)could present a DVD to the host of the dinner and the president of one of the 3 representative organisations of Indonesian royalty;FSKN with information about Indonesia 1780-1942.
This raja;Ida Tjokorda Ngurah Jambe Pemecutan;was very glad with this DVD with info about the Government Almanak of the Dutch East-Indish,which contained from 1850 also the list of the principalities of Indonesia and their rulers.
The candidate-Raja of Buleleng; Anak Agung Ngurah Brawida; is looking on.
Until now the main activities of the Festival was after the Royal Dinner;26-11royal procession of SE Asia culture attended by for instance the 118 Indonesian monarchs/dynastychiefs;10 monarchs/dynastychiefs from the Philippines and dynasties from SE and East-Asia.27-11:opening by the Indonesian president of the main activities.Represented however by his minister of culture,because some international activities called him away.
28-11:special attention to the expositions.
The monarchs and the like are invited to be the guest of the Indonesian president on saturday.Also a delegation will go to Europe as guest of Silanao to exchange experiences of the functioning of royalty and nobility in the so-called modern world.
We thank Baron de Smeth for his trying to inform us as good as is possible about the events.We hope to be able to inform you more in due time.
Unfortunately until now not much information in the media and internet about the event.


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South East Asia Royal Festival on Bali Begun

Yesterday we already received from several networks,that the Kings,Rajas and dynastychiefs from many parts of Indonesia and from other South East-Asian and evcen East-Asian countries were arriving at the airport of Denpasar on Bali.That is all for the very unique 1st South East Asia Royal Heritage Festival and Expo,which will take place from 25-30 november in the Bali Conference Centre in Denpasar and attended by more than 100 Indonesian dynasties,as well by brother dynasties from the countries surrounding Indonesia and for countries nearby;partly also because the existence and development of Indonesia inthepast resulted in historical contacts with those countries, or have a similar culturalcharacteristics (partly).

I have heard,that from the Philippines the very unique occasion will happen,that from the s.-part of the island of Mindanao; the so-called Maguindanao area; 3 royal families as representatives of their area will attend: the royal families with their sultans of Buayan, Maguindanao and Kabuntalan.

From the morenorth on the island lying Lanao,or Maranao-area 4 of the 15 Sultans will attend with their delegations. For sure the main kings of Indonesian island of Timor will attend,because their arrival on Bali with their Queens and their delegations was announced very recently.That will be a very colourfull appearance,because the Timor Kings are known for their very colourfull and unique traditional royal clothes. Further a representative of the Dutch association of noblefamilies;Baron P.de Smeth;will attend as well.That is very unique also, because never in human history nobility and royalty from Indonesia/SE Asia and Holland/Europe had in this way contact,because both royalty/nobility networks were considered as different worlds.This association is united in the European association of noble families called Silano and Baron de Smeth is going to the Royal festival as well as representative of this European organisation. Apart from that several dynasties from the next brother countries will attend: Malaysia, Singapore (which has one sultan's dynasty;a branch of the Sultan's dynasty of Riau-Lingga/Johore (not Johore sultanate as it is now, which is another dynasty), Thailand, etc.

Even from more far lying befriended nations dynasties will attend like the royal family of Cambodja(the very important on Sumatra founded and later much over parts of Indonesia spread Sriwidjaja Empire was founded by an Cambodian prince!), Korea, Birma(Myanmar), etc. The first 2 days will be the meetings of all these enormous amount of dynasties and organisations with each other, exchanging experiences as f.i. royal families in the present time,looking to each others royal culture, showing your culture to the general audience etc., etc. Than the very open activites of this unique royal festival will in the morning of 27 november be opened by His Excellency President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
That is also very much honour and the 2nd big recognition of the Indonesian royal families from the Indonesian govenment.The first big recognition were
the 2 laws,which were recognized 5-12-2007 by the Indonesian central parliament, in which the ca. 300 Indonesian dynasties were recognized again and support for the preservation of the at least royal culture was promessed.

Now it is the first time, that the highest ruler;the president;of the Republic of Indonesia, honours the kings and rajas of Indonesia with his special attendance.
By the way:he is also;apart from former president Abdurahman Wahid; the first Indonesian president with no royal,or noble blood in his veins, or married with a royal, or noble person. Because having some contacts in the attending dynasties and organisations, we are able to offer you regular updates and colourfull; we surely hope,about this very unique event.

We thank you very much for your interest and reactions,which you also
can send to the 2 chiefs of this website:

Ir. I. Festivana in Bandar Lampung at festivi@agpindo.com ,
or Mr.D. P.Tick(gRMK) in Vlaardingen/Holland at pusaka.tick@tiscali.nl.

We also hope, that we can also offer you the possibility to write your reactions in a new placed guestbook here.

May God bless this Royal festival and the people attending it and our efforts to promote and make understandable the good things in the imperial, royal and princely cultures of the nations in South-East and East-Asia.
Amen.

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19th King of Sambas

(Picture from Melayu Online)
HRH Pangeran Ratu Muhammad Tarhan Winata Kesuma,
in 1993 born 19th king of Sambas in West-Kalimantan.
His father the very symphatic Pangeran ratu Winata Kesuma, who died 1-2-2008, was since 2000 king of Sambas. This rather quiet and humble king said, that it is nice to have royal clothes on, but he rather preferred to serve his people in a different way and that glamour is nice later.
Unfortunately the king had problems with his heart and died after a relative long sickbed. After 2 days his oldest son was selected to be the new king and it is quite good to see, that the civil government of Sambas also let the young king act as a symbol of tradition and identity in Sambas. We hope, that the our king will have the same characteristics as his father.

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Dynasty of Undang Naning

Dato' Undang Naning
(Property of Dynasty Undang Naning)


In the 14th century Minangkabauw peoples from the island of Sumatra began to go to the area, which is now known as Negri Sembilan (as an historical name).
First you couldn't really speak of states as these exist now.
The Minangkabauw people are a sort of decentralised people. There are many peoples under their own ruler; in Minagkabauw under the paramount rule of an Emperor; assisted (in European idea) by 2 other paramount rulers; but the Emperor is what we call the wordly ruler.
After some time some states took shape in Negri Sembilan (meaning the Nine States):
Sungai Ujong, Rembau, Johol, Jelebu, Naning, Segamat, Klang, Jelai and Sri Menanti.
For all kind of reasons Naning, Segamat, Jelai and Klang later became part of the surrounding states. In that process Naning had a special status, retaining much of his autonomy as a traditional system, with the Dato Undang, or Penghulu at the top.
Under it's ruler Datu Abdul Sayid Naning lead a proud war for it's independent status and after some successes, the tide changed however for Naning and was overwhelmed by the British troups in 1836. The so-called Naning war is an important fact in the history of Malaysia.
The Dato Undang was deposed and taken prisoner and forced to live at another palace.
From then on the traditional Dato Undang system of Naning lead a sleeping existence, although after the last ruling Dato Undang other Dato Undangs were installed(for the official then existing local government) unofficially.
From 1924 there was a revival of this traditional system.
It received from then on some blows.
The Dato Undang, who had the dignity in World War II was executed by the Japanese occupationforce for being one of the rebels.The succesor was murdured after the World War II by rebelling communists. His succesor was then the adatleader and remained as such until some years ago. He was then nearly 100 years and was the great symbol of Naning traditional culture.
Naning was since 1836 a part of the State of Malakka.
Then the present Dato Undang of Naning was installed. He is originally a policeofficer in the nearby semi-principality of Tampin; in Negri Sembilan.
Then he took up his residence in the as palace functioning building and tried to preserve the regalia and other heirloom of the dynasty, which threatened to be dispersed.
The reason, why Naning now is out here,is that after his installation the Dato Undang made a ceremonial trip to the Emperor of Minangkabauw, or Pagaruyung on Sumatra and told him about his installation and asked for his ceremonial approval, which was given. That was to retain the old bond between the 2 Minangkabauw peoples in the areas lying on both sides of the sea.
The Negri Sembilan people were united by a prince from the Pagaruyung Imperial Court, which went to Negri Sembilan to be the paramount Ruler after a request from the rulers there.
This bond still is maintained from time to time.
Apart from these ceremonial contacts no really contacts are between the 2 Minangkabauw peoples, because both peoples concentrate totally to the country in which they are living.
The present Dato Undang of Naning want to see his fellow royal brothers in Indonesia by going (probably) from 25-30 november 2008 to the 1st SE Asia Royal Heritage Festival and Expo in Denpasar/Bali.
But his main task is now to preserve the local culture and it's real symbols.
He is just now the good man at the right time, so that with his relative young energy he can with strong intention try to do so.
May others support him in that in a wise way.
That Naning may be discovered again as an important name in the history of Malaysia Federal Kingdom.


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Festival Keraton Nusantara Gowa VI, 14 - 17 November 2008

(Property of Humas Kabupaten Kutai Kertanegara)

On the picture with a king with long hair,you see more kings:Sultan with
long hair is Sultan Iskandar Muhammad Badaruddin;the Secretary-General of
the Associasi Kerajaan Keraton Nusantara. Maybe the man in red clothes also(next to royal couple of Ternate(Ternate is older man with white cap, wife is left
to him, then that raja of Lampung)is probably Sutan Edward Syah Pernong of
Sekalabrah.
On other picture you see the crownprince of Cirebon-Kasepuhan sitting on
the right : Pangeran Raja Adipati Arief Natadingrat.
Other Man is the Raja of Sekalabrah/Lampung. Also the
man sitting to the right of the crownprince of Kutai (in white clothes) with
then red little turban on, looking like a prince from Bali.

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Sultan Hamengku Bowono X : Calon Presiden 2009

Pisowanan Ageng
Sultan Maju sebagai Calon Presiden
Rabu, 29 Oktober 2008, 03:00 WIB
Yogyakarta, Kompas - Raja Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengku Buwono X menyatakan diri akan maju sebagai calon presiden pada Pemilihan Umum 2009. Pernyataan itu diungkapkan dalam pidato selama dua menit di forum Pisowanan Ageng. Tim independen yang terdiri atas politisi, budayawan, hingga seniman mengaku akan segera menggalang dukungan bagi Sultan.
”Dengan mohon petunjuk kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa dan dengan niat yang tulus memenuhi panggilan kepada Ibu Pertiwi, dengan ini saya menyatakan siap maju menjadi Presiden 2009,” ujar Sultan di atas podium diiringi tepuk tangan meriah lebih dari 200.000 orang yang memadati Alun-alun Utara Keraton Yogyakarta serta jalan-jalan di kawasan keraton, Senin (27/10).
Dalam jumpa pers yang digelar seusai Pisowanan Ageng, Sultan mengatakan, keputusan untuk maju ke kancah nasional sudah melewati perenungan pribadi serta mempertimbangkan masukan dari keluarga. ”Saya ingin mengabdi bukan untuk mencari kekuasaan. Kalau Saudara ingin berubah, mari bersama saya melakukan perubahan. Saya ingin perubahan,” kata Sultan.
Sultan mengaku semakin tidak tahan melihat penderitaan rakyat. Selama 10 tahun setelah reformasi, tidak ada perubahan fundamental untuk kesejahteraan masyarakat maupun terbentuknya pemerintahan yang akuntabel. Kemiskinan dan pengangguran semakin marak dan bangsa tidak bisa kompetitif menatap masa depan. Dalam kesempatan itu, Sultan menegaskan siap kalah dalam pertarungan politik.
Kesediaan Sultan untuk maju dalam kancah politik nasional didorong oleh tingginya aspirasi dari masyarakat. Terkait kendaraan politik yang akan digunakan, Sultan masih menunggu pengesahan Rancangan Undang-Undang tentang Pemilu Presiden dan Wakil Presiden. Sultan belum menentukan kriteria calon wakil presiden karena harus menunggu kristalisasi dalam proses politik.
Pisowanan Ageng, menurut Sultan, merupakan wujud demokrasi langsung yang tidak sekadar demokrasi prosedural. Masyarakat tidak sekadar menjadi obyek, tetapi subyek. Forum Pisowanan Ageng dihadiri berbagai elemen masyarakat, mulai dari partai politik, akademisi, budayawan, hingga masyarakat dari pelosok desa. Sebanyak 47 raja Nusantara batal hadir karena sempat terjadi kesalahpahaman.
Pengamat budaya dan pengajar program pascasarjana Ilmu Religi dan Budaya Universitas Sanata Dharma Yogyakarta, G Budi Subanar, menuturkan, Pisowanan Ageng yang meminta Sultan bersedia maju sebagai capres merupakan budaya politik baru di Indonesia. Kepemimpinan nasional atau pencapresan selama ini didikte dari pusat oleh elite-elite politik, sedangkan pencapresan Sultan datang dari bawah berdasarkan kehendak masyarakat.
Pengamat ekonomi, Christianto Wibisono, mengatakan, sebagai calon presiden, Sultan harus bisa membangun kepercayaan pasar. Kepercayaan pasar kepada pemerintah merupakan kunci memperbaiki ekonomi dan mengatasi ancaman kesulitan ekonomi sebagai dampak krisis global. Selain itu, harus bisa membangun pemerintahan yang lepas dari konflik kepentingan akibat peran ganda penguasa dan pengusaha. (rwn/wkm)

Official Invitation : 1st South-East Asia Culture Royal Heritage Festival 2008

Introduction : Faiq Doole, Descendent of Bantam Dynasty

I’m a (Faiq Doole) Descendant of exiled prince TOBAGIES DOELLA (Ab- doella) of Bantam (west Java), according to family genealogical records and Mr.Tuan Arifin Burah’s book the exiled year was mentioned as 1786 AD. {still unable to find out his exiled year from the Dutch records, but in Dutch political council [D.P.C] minutes at Sri Lanka National Archives Colombo, D.P.C- {1/193} 21st June 1786, {1/196} 12th April 1787)(under state exiles heading: 1/3956) his name was mentioned}), when the Dutch were defeated By the British (1796AD) and later to accept British service, he had to swear allegiance to the king of England (in 1810 AD), for which purpose he had hidden his identity by changing his name & retaining a part of the original phonetically sounds and was called BABA IBRAHIM DOOLE. I’m representing the 6th Generation.

• I guess TOBAGIES DOELLA (Ab-doella, [in Dutch oe=u], Ab-dulla) should be a descendant of last recognised Sultan of Bantam, Abdul Fatah Agung [Abul Fath Abdul Fattah, Ageng Tirtayasa ] (1651-1672,died: 1692AD,in Batavia) in 1683 AD, Dutch reduced Sultan to vassalage.

• Mr.Burah mentioned in his book(“SAGA OF THE EXILED ROYAL JAVANESE UN EARTHED”), In the terms of the Treaty of the Capitulation of Colombo concluded on the 27th of February 1796 the Dutch proposed British to allow these Javanese to return to Java, Later the British given the option to stay in Ceylon or to return to Java. (first batch left Ceylon on Wednesday 30th December 1807 & Second batch Sailed on Saturday 9th January 1808, the exiles( 8 Princes Didn’t return) who stayed back in Ceylon had accepted military service [commissioned] of the British, they forced to drop their royal & Princely title & changed their names to conceal the Identity.

• I was able to access to the Dutch documents with the help of Mr. Albert Vandan Belt (Amsterdam), when he was on a short visit to Sri Lanka (from S.L.N.A- SL, Archives, though he was very busy with his work, he speared time for me, he did his level best to find more information( from Dutch VOC records) about my ancestor, but couldn’t. he advised me to establish contacts with the Banten (Bantam) Royalty members or organizations, so that some times there is a possibility of getting a clue.(eg. Traditionalist, etc), I ‘m trying my level best to establish contacts, but at the moment it has been a difficult task. The language and the Level of interest they have on this matter, are the main issues for me. If I can get a small Clue relating to my Ancestor then it will be a personal Victory for me. Because I started my research at the age of 15 years, now I’m 28 years old (bachelor, born in 13.11.1979).

Baba Tajul Arifin Doole(2nd Generation)(b: 1819, died 29th July 1909AD) ( Chief headman, Un official Police Magistrate, Justice of peace: 48 years service under British with high dignity).


If any information please email me to :
faiqdoella@yahoo.co.uk

Present Sulthan Muhammad Jamaluddin II of Simpang

Karaeng H. Andi Abdul Rauf Maro Karaeng Rewa of Tallo

Tallo already consisted in the 15th century and is a branch of a dynasty, which later ruled Gowa and Tallo. Tallo is considerd as a brotherstate of Gowa.
For many times the raja of Tallo was mostly the prime-minister of Gowa as well.
Because the last Raja Karaeng La Makka Daeng Parani was very recalcitrant towards Dutch rule (not only being anti-Dutch), he was deposed 16-4-1856, afetre having ruled for 6 years.Because the dynasty was all the time very non-cooperative, the Dutch east-Indish Government decided to abolish the monarchy in Tallo.
He was allowed after a short while to rule in the vasal-principality of Lipukasi in Tanette, in which he had some rights.
He did that for quite a long time.

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Regent-Sultana Ina Ka'u Siti Mariam Rahmat Salahuddin of Bima

She is one of the most extraordinary persons in the royalty network of Indonesia. As a young woman she was interested and preserved the knowledge of the royal culture of Bima sultanate in a time, when it wasn't really good to concern yourself with it, because Indonesia now was a republic.She was the daughter of the last ruling (and loved) Sultan of Bima.
When the Indonesian government allowed to occupy yourself more with the royal culture and - history, thenshe could come back with all her knowledge, that is why the showing of Bima royal culture is so genuine, because she knows the real culture.
hen her brother died some years ago, his son became dynastychief,but not installed a Sultan, because she thought he also must know more about the royal culture (when it was allowed) to be a good king of Bima according to the customs of Bima.
She was then Regent-Sultana of Bima.The cousin became later even Bupati (Civil Regent) of Bima.
She erally wants to show only eral things in life. She is still all the time seeking in Holland, Indonesia, etc. the documents about the real history and culture of Bima and NTB province. She is very much loved by her own people throughout Indonesia and very much respected by the other monarchs of Indonesia.

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Anak Agung Ngurah Kusuma Wardana of Badung - Kesiman

He is chief of one of the sovereign branches of Badung principality. Ca. 1860 the Raja of Badung - Kesiman was the most powerfull Raja of Badung. Ca. 1900 he was already back in his palace and left the real rule of Badung to the 2 other branches. He is local politician.
Known as a quite friendly man. Is not seeking any political power, or recognition fanatically.

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LAST RULING MONARCH OF INDONESIA DIED

Manek Marthen Matheos Johannis and Dynastychief Willem Marthen Johannis of Landu

The manek, or Raja of Landu depicted here was the last ruling monarch of Indonesia until he died 18-3-2008. He ruled 1960-1966. Actually his brother was the crownprince, but he was alerady a judge in the big city of Kupang on the nearby island os Timor, so he gave his rights to the dignity to his younger brother. Landu is considered as the oldestso most respected culturally principality of Rote-islands. It is situated on a peninsula, which connection via land is flooded part of the year (ca. half of the year), that is why the landu people are not very much mixed with other peoples. Euroepan people thought befiorem, that the Landu people were actually a mix of Portugese and Melayu people. Sometimes they look very much like Arabs.
The present dynastychief is hisn oldest son and he was before the mayor of the royal town in Landu area; nowadays called Sotimori.

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Karaeng Haji Ali Mallongbasi of Sanrabone

Sanrabone is a little principality south of Makassar. In the makassar,or Gowa area there were several little principalities founded by high, or lower descendants of a Gowa sultan.Sanrabone is descended from a high prince. In ca. 1860 the principalities in this area mostly lost their indirect monarchy rule and became regencies; ruled however still by the dynasties.
Sanrabone principality was for a time under the sway of Gowa,of course later made a bit more independent by Holland. The dynasty was quite a lot intermarried with the Gowa dynasty, so that several rajas of sanrabone also were Sultans of Gowa.
The present Karaeng of sanrabone was insrtalled shortly after this picture was taken. He has a special coloured belt with blocks around his waist. That means in Bugis/Makasarese royal world, that he is a Monarch.

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Festival Keraton Nusantara VI 2008 at Gowa

The Festival will be held on 14 - 17 November 2008
Registration Form could be download at http://fkn6gowa.com/dl.php

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