Crownprince of Kutai will visit Holland in may 2009

About Picture Above : On this recent picture during a royal ritual event you can see from left to right the Crownprince and Crownprincess of Kutai, H.R.H. Aji Melinda Delyna Sari (one of their 3 daughters) and Drs. Muhammad Agri Winata;official representative of the royal family of Kutai for the foreign countries and maintainer of a website about Kutai (also royal) at www.kutaikartanegara.com .
He is also descendant of one of the sultans of Kutai and known, for always writing and talking about royal and general Kutai in an interesting way.

His Royal Highness Aji Pangeran Adipati Surya Adiningrat;the Crownprince of Kutai, with the Crownprincess H.R.H. Raden Puspa Kencana;accompagnied by a royal delegation will visit in may 2009;as representative of his father Sultan Aji Haji Mohammad Salehoeddin II, the Netherlands.
The meaning for this 2nd Kutai royal visit in 2 years to the Netherlands will be the promotion of the royal and general culture of Kutai (as a sultanate officially known as Kutai Kartanegara Ing Martadipura) the Kingdom of the (prosperous) Kutai and Kutai-Martadipura (a former statelett with whom it merged ca. 500 years ago).
Kutai is known as the oldest kingdom of Indonesia (already existing ca. 1600 years) and nowadays known as an area whose dynasty is able to show very much yearly of their culture and history.
The mostly yearly Eraufestival (remembrance of the settlement of the dynasty at his present residence;meant to uphold a good contact between the population and the royal family) is a good example of that.
The old and last used palace in the time, that the sultans still were ruling officially over Kutai is now a museum which displays royal and general local objects.
Nearby is the modern, but built in traditional style, palace, which is now the official residence of the sultan (although he lives mostly in a villa nearby).
The beautifull royal graves at 2 places (one near the old palace) and other items makes it very fascinating (and it makes you amazed, that nearly unknown, there is such an interesting place in Indonesia) to go there for a while.
Kutai is known for it's relaxed atmosphere.
Very beautifull nature nearby.
The royal city of Tenggarong along the Mahakam-river is a nice place. Kutai is the most prosperous area(oil;also it is called "the Brunei of Indonesia") of Indonesia and it is also a rare place,where prosperity has preserved the old culture (and atmopshere).
The in Holland as Aji Arifin born crownprince(his father studied at a Dutch university in the 1950-ies) is a governmentofficial (like his father was before) and;because of the age of his father (83 years) he is more and more representing his father and the local government at royal meetings,promotionactivities, ritual meetings,etc.
His father still maintains in a wonderfull and strong way his role as King of Kutai;at least as a focuspoint for the cultural identity of the Kutai area.
Because of the works of the previous Bupati of Kutai Kartanegara, Dr. Syaukani, Kutai could see many stimulating activities to preserve the rich and interesting royal culture of Kutai.
It is wonderfull to see, that even outside Java the young Indonesian generation is very eager to listen and learn from the older generations the old dances,the old histories, the old music,etc.All are proud also to have preserved their old culture.
That is very nice to experience in Indonesia: the motto of the coat of arms of Indonesia is Bhineka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity) and espacially in the last years the young schoolgoing people are teached the meaning and ability to perform their old culture.
The present crownprince and crownprincess of Kutai play a major role in such activities together with the Sultan and other members of the dynasty.
From 21 may until 1 june 2009 there will be the very big Indonesian fair in Den Haag/Holland: the Tong Tong Festival (very near the Central Railway station).
The royal delegation of Kutai with a cultural general delegation will attend this festival.
Very precious and interesting:nowadays rarely such high Indonesian royals visit the Netherlands, with whom it was connected in the past also in good ways.

Probably the royal delegation (they will have a special contactplace at the festival) will stay in Holland for ca. 1 1/2 week.
More precise details we hope to give you as soon as possible after messages received from the local government and royal dynasty.

D.P. Tick

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Historian and King

Here is depicted a rather special person:as historian he is known as Tuanku Luckman Sinar as King (of Serdang/East Sumatra since 2002) he is known as Sultan Bashar Shah II.
Also quite special is, that the livespan from his grandfather Sultan Basyaruddin Shah until the present time is exactly 200 years. His grandfather was born 1809 and ruled until his death in 1879. As a middleaged man he begot his succesor Sultan Sulaiman Ariful Shah, who ruled until 1946. This sultan begot the present Sultan as already a relative old man in the beginning of the 1930-ies. This Dutch speaking King is very good informed about the history of espacial the island of Sumatra; Only the southern part is not his area. His dynasty is also intermarried with several nearby dynasties, so that he is espcial informed about the East-Sumatra dynasties. He had written very much book and articles, gave very much readings, know very much about the function of the dynasties in the present time, advises many dynastychiefs about how to reappear in the social life of their area and is very respected in the national royal network.
Now he is working on a project to make his father Sultan Sulaiman a National Indonesian hero, because of his always thinking and acting for an independent Indonesia (he was much preserving his independent identity and the Dutch found him a king with heart for his people, but not very good cooperating with Holland).
He is a very examplary Indonesian royal, how he uses his descent to serve his country well.
On the picture he is depicted with his wife Sultana Suri Daratul Qamar; a princess from the nearby (former) principality of Kotapinang. Also a royal, who is very good informed about the local royal/princely history and shares the interest for the local history with her king-husband.

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Descendant of exiled Indonesian hero-rebel prince after 223 back to the country of his forefathers

Mister Faiq Doole; the descendant of an important exiled rebel prince from the West-Javanese sultanate of Banten will finally see the dynasty of his forefathers next month.
His forefather Tobagus Doella was exiled in 1786 by the Dutch East-Indian Government(V.O.C./Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie called in fact)because of his rebelactions against Holland.
He was then exiled to Ceylon/Sri Lanka, which was then in the possesion of Holland. Sri Lanka and South-Africa (Cape of Good Hope; also then in possesion of Holland) was then the major exile places for important Indonesian rebels against Dutch rule.
Mister Faiq Doole is now; after help of Raja Leopold Isu Nisnoni of Kupang/Timor; an important member of one of the Indonesian royal organisations; i s now in contact with some assistents of the present nominal-monarch of Banten: HRH Sultan-Muda Haji Drs. Tubagus Ismetullah Wase Al Abbas.
It will be for all a very important and emotional reunion after 223 years in coming may.We shall show pictures and reports about this visit later.

donald
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