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Yogayakarta ( Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta ) is one of the provinces of Republic of Indonesia, which has a special status because of the past history.

The king or called as "Sultan" by the locals, governs the province since 1998. The present Sultan: Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X was crowned in March 1989.
 
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R.Adjeng Nurul Maliki (daughter of Prince Suryobrongto) on her wedding day with
Henry Pristiyanto June 14, 1978 Yogyakarta.




Picture from R.Ayu Nurul Maliki / Rosiati Ismangil
 
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R.Ayu Nurul Maliki and Henry with their family and friends


Picture from R.Ayu Nurul Maliki / Rosiati Ismangil
 
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Royalty of Indonesia

Republic of Indonesia has more than 17,000 islands. During the Dutch colonial, few of them were governed by Kings (which the locals call "Raja" or "Sultan").

After the independence day of the country, the existence of some sultanates were abolished. They did not want to exist separately, but chose to be united in the Republic of Indonesia .
 
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The Sultan of Yogyakarta is also the present Governor of the Province, isn't it?
 
Symbol of Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
Poster of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X and Queen Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas




Picture from Rosiati Ismangil
 
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Culture and Tradition of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta

Sultanate Yogyakarta Is one of the highest culture of Republic Indonesia,with tradition Javanese Dance and Music.
The Royal Family gift some performance at the Sultanate Palace (" Kraton").


Picture from Rosiati Ismangil
 
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Royal Javanese Dance from Royal Palace Yogyakarta (" Kraton") Oct. 4, 1995

Picture from Rosiati Ismangil
 
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Royal cremation at Island of Bali,Governor from " Gianyar area eastern Part
of Bali member of the ("Tjokorde Family") one of the Royalty names in Bali.
Only the Royalty Families in Bali are permitted to have such Cremation
September 18,1998


PHoto by Rosiati Ismangil
 
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Succession war at Surakarta

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Blontank Poer, The Jakarta Post/Surakarta

The unseemly succession dispute that has plagued the Surakarta Hadiningrat Palace in Surakarta since last year is showing no sign of cooling down.

The conflict, which was sparked by the failure of Surakarta Sultan Pakoeboewono XII, who died on June 11 last year, to name a successor, pits two rival princes -- His Highness Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Haryo Hangabehi and His Highness Tedjowulan -- against each other, with each claiming to be the rightful head of the princely house.

Succession war at Surakatat (full article)
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Wedding ceremonie (Family R.M. Dinusatomo) cousin of Sultan H.b.X (Sultanate of Yogyakarta) Juli,1996


Photo by Rosiati Ismangil.
 
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Peformance from Paku Alaman Palace (Yogyakarta)


Photo from Rosiati Ismangil.
 
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:) Prepared on the table Traditional Javanese Wedding costume at the Sultanate Palace (Kraton).

;) Photo nr.3 and 4 : Royal Family waiting for Kraton ceremony.

:eek: Photo nr.5,6,7 and 8 :princess Nurmagupita gave respect and asking for blessing to her mother G.K.R.Hemas, and her sisters for her wedding.


Photo by R.Ismangil.:)
 
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Preparation for offering 50 karbouw for funurel of a (Royalty Lady).Middle of Sulawesi Island, area of " Tanah Toraja".



Photo by R Ismangil.
 

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City of Surakarta "Central of Java".

Lady with pink tradition javanese costume is the daugther of
Susuhunan Pankoe Buwono XII. Dra.GRAy.Princess Koes Moertiyah.
She was attended the wedding of grand-daugther of Sri Paduka Paku Alam from Yogyakarta.


Photo by R.Ismangil.
 
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:) Wedding ceremony at Kraton (Palace), Sultanate of Yogyakarta Nov.30 1993
2 and daughter of Sri Sultan H.B.X and G.K.R.Hemas.

Photo nr.1 and nr.2 : (Princess)G.R.Aj.Nurmagupita and Eri Triawan.


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:) Courteous Dance of the Royal Palace the "Golek Dance".



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Palace personal carry"Gunungan"(rice shaped in a form that imitates a mountain).
Photo nr.2: Lady with dark dress is G.B.R.Ay.Princess Ryokusuma sister of the present Sultan H.B.X

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Today's ceremony from island of Bali :

Polfoto 25-11-2005 The king of Denpasar Ratu Ida Tjokorda IX and his wife pray during the king inauguration ceremony in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 25, 2005. The last ceremony of the king inauguration was 1929, Tjokorda is the only king who is inaugaration in Bali island.



Polfoto 25-11-2005 Balinese dancers perform for the king of Denpasar Ratu Ida Tjokorda IX during the king inauguration ceremony in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 25, 2005. The last ceremony of the king inauguration was 1929, Tjokorda is the only king who is inauguration in Bali island.

 
The Lost Kingdom of Tambora, Indonesia

I read this in the New York Times last week and thought it could be interesting for all Royal Watchers and TRF Historians. I did a search and found no thread about it so the closest one I thought was about non-reigning royal houses, I also found extremely disturbing the way the kingdom disaperared out of a global catastrophe. Like with today's global warming and the polar regions moving out of place, these old news seem like today's headlines on the tragic events with hurracaine Katrina and the terrible Tsunami that killed thousands of persons.

"Lost Kingdom" Discovered on Volcanic Island in Indonesia
John Roach, February 27, 2006
for National Geographic News


...Scientists announced today the discovery of a small "kingdom" on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa thought to have been obliterated by the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history...The Tambora discovery gives us a window of the culture at that time that we couldn't get any other way," Sigurdsson said...
 
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some more articles on this significant discovery:

Lost Kingdom Found?
By Michael Balter
ScienceNOW Daily News
28 February 2006
...No other sites in the vicinity have yielded significant artifacts, says Sigurdsson, making it likely that this house was part of the so-called Kingdom of Tambora, which was once known throughout the East Indies for its honey and wood products....


Lost Kingdom Found on Volcanic Island, National Geographic News
...Tambora's eruption in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption in human history and resulted in a period of global cooling the following year that became known as the year without a summer.
The eruption wiped out the tiny "kingdom" of Tambora that had lived in the volcano's shadow...

Press release: Lost Kingdom of Tambora: Research by URI's Haraldur Sigurdsson


'Lost kingdom' springs from the ashes
By John Noble Wilford The New York Times
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006

...One of history's most violent volcanic eruptions blasted the island of Sumbawa in the East Indies in 1815. The sulfurous gases and fiery ashes from Mount Tambora cast a pall over the entire world, causing the global cooling of 1816...

 
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Wedding belle ... Lindy Rama holds her baby Stella as she enters St Joan of Arc church in Melbourne.
(Picture: Jessica O'Donnell, from news.com.au)

Swim king wins his princess bride
April 24, 2006

SWIM champ Michael Klim has celebrated the biggest victory of his life, marrying his Balinese princess, Lindy Rama.
The couple tied the knot at 4pm yesterday at the St Joan of Arc church in Brighton, Melbourne.
They were joined by several of Klim's high-profile sports mates, along with friends and family.
In an emotional entrance, a stunning Ms Rama walked down the aisle with the couple's three-month-old daughter, Stella, in her arms.
(...)
At home in Bali, Rama is referred to as Anak Agung, which translates as "child of the king". Her uncle is the King of Denpasar.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18909664-1243,00.html?from=rss


Married: Lindy Rama and Michael Klim

Swim king wins his princess bride
24apr06

SWIM champ Michael Klim has celebrated the biggest victory of his life, marrying his Balinese princess, Lindy Rama.
The couple tied the knot at 4pm yesterday at the St Joan of Arc church in Brighton
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18906531%255E14641,00.html

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http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/31-05-2006/81292-Indonesian-quake-0
Sultan's former pleasure garden destroyed by Indonesian quake

Indonesia's powerful weekend earthquake toppled massive walls at the sultanate of Yogyakarta's former pleasure garden, killing two people, officials said. The falling walls, enclosing an underground mosque and passageways, crushed several nearby houses, killing a mother and her child, they said. The remarkable Tamansari, or Water Castle, pleasure garden was built from 1758 to 1812 by the first sultan of Yogyakarta. It was abandoned after being damaged by an earlier earthquake in 1867, but restoration began in 2000 and the site has become a tourist attraction.
The garden has been closed to visitors since Saturday's earthquake, said Kirbunanto, a local tour guide. "Local residents are still afraid to sleep in their homes after the houses were crushed by the collapsing ancient walls," he said Tuesday. The magnitude-6.3 earthquake, centered in the ocean south of the city, killed more than 5,800 people and made 200,000 homeless.
The pleasure garden once had an artificial lake over underground passageways and chambers which included living rooms, bedrooms, a hall to perform classical sacred dance and a circular mosque. The lake was used for boating and by the sultan to swim with his concubines. Since the 1867 earthquake, the sultan's employees and their families have been allowed to live in the available land. The current sultan, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, is Indonesia's only remaining ruling sultan and is also governor of Yogyakarta.
Today, small villages surrounding the pleasure garden are occupied by artists notably painters, batik-makers and silver craftsmen who are the descendants of royal artists. Restoration of the central courtyard, including bathing pools, was finished in 2004 with the help of the Portuguese government. Many other buildings in the Yogyakarta area also were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, including the world-renowned Prambanan Hindu temple complex outside the city, reports the AP.
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Thank you, Galuhcandrakirana! This site it's not only plenty of good photos, but also has a very good info about Royalty in Indonesia, its complexe cultural background and the different religions in every Indonesia's region. I'm always curious to know not-European Royalty (even if my roots are European too), for people must learn things that are unknown to them, and not keep reading and reading about issues that they know by memory.

Your link was a great help for me. I grew as a person reading it.

Vanesa.:)
 
Your welcome Vanessa glad you like it, I also very interest in information about royals other than European royals because its have more "colourfull" in their traditions.
 
Filipino royalty

I was wondering what ever happened to the Datus, Rajas & Sultans in the Philippines after the Spanish came? Are their descendants still in the country?
 
whoa

reading the thread's title surprised me, since history-wise the only monarch that has been largely recognized in the Philippines back then was the Spanish monarchy, our country being a former Spanish colony.

but hundreds of years before the Spanish came, sultans and datus have reigned in the country, some of them gaining much of their power in the southern island of Mindanao, which has the largest Islamic influence. they were relegated when the Spaniards came into power and they remained since in Mindanao.

nowadays, there are still some existing royal sultanates in the south, such as in Sulu, which is ruled by the Sultan of Sulu and the Royal Sultans of Lanao. they are not considered real royalty here in the Philippines, but nevertheless they use their titles and styles (such as HRH).

although you can't really rely on Wikipedia you can find some info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sultans_of_Sulu

info about the "datus," sometimes higher in rank or equivalent to a sultan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datu

the Moro National Liberation Front's webpage might also help: http://mnlf.net/index.htm
 
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onecoolday said:
I was wondering what ever happened to the Datus, Rajas & Sultans in the Philippines after the Spanish came? Are their descendants still in the country?

Good question. I don't remember learning about them when I studied in the Philippines. Most of our history lessons started after the Spanish came and went from there.

Like RhapsodyBrat said, however, the chiefdoms and sultanates are more reserved towards the southern part of the country. Probably due to their proximity to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. The only tribal group that I can think of that's from the nothern part are the Aeta. I'm not exactly sure if they had an organized hierarchy like the sultanates, but the Aetas are still in the Philippines.
 
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