Description: Free eBay listing template designed by dewiso.com Sultan Palace Royalty Courts of Java Indonesia Solo Yogyakarta Cirebon Surakarta Hardcover with dust jacket. Published by the Indonesia Ministry of Tourism and Culture, 180 pages, many photos. Text in English.Tight and square binding. Clean pages with no readily visible underlining or writing.I combine shipping. I have been selling books, coins, sports cards and other collectibles for more than 20 years.All items securely packed. Contact me any time... We can be contacted at any time through eBay messages if you have any questions, comments or product requests. We will respond to you within 24 hours and do our best to help you out! We encourage our customers to contact us with any questions or concerns! We'd like to be sure you are completely satisfied with your purchase. Some more details... SULTANS AND ROYALTY IN INDONESIAOfficially there is no royalty in Indonesia but many sultans and princes continue to exist and for the most part their subjects pay little attention to them. Sultans ruled local areas before and during the Dutch colonial era. There are still royal courts in Java, Bali, Borneo and the Spice Islands. Royals are still revered by the Javanese as the essence of high culture and refinement. There has been a call to bring back the sultanate system as a way of strengthening local identity. There have traditionally been two royal Javanese courts in Java: one in Solo and one in Yogyakarta. In the late 1980s there were only a handful of sultans left in Indonesia. They have traditionally had much more spiritual attachment to the land they govern than their historical counterparts in the Middle East. According to NPR: “Indonesia is one of the world's largest democracies and it also has a long history of kings. Yogyakartans care about the sultanate because it's known as the wellspring of Javanese high culture. That includes the rich batik cloth, the epic Hindu Ramayana ballet and the gamelan music ensembles that draw visitors here from around the world. The sultans themselves were once seen as semi-divine beings, descended from the 16th to 18th-century Mataram Kingdom, and before that, the rulers of the Majapahit Empire, who held sway over much of Southeast Asia from the 13th to 16th centuries.” [Source: NPR, December 15, 2011] The sultans were stripped of their power and most of their property after independence in the 1940s. They continue to play various roles in public life. Sometimes some of them are named as possible national leaders, The Yogyakarta-based sultan of Mataram, a once all-powerful kingdom, still are widely respected in Java. Javanese believe he is manifestation of the "unseen forces" of the universe. Sacred objects in Yogyakarta's palaces are not allowed to be viewed by foreigners. They can only be cleansed by women past child bearing age. Free eBay listing template designed by © dewiso.com.
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Language: English
Book Title: The Courts of Java
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Genre: History
Topic: Architectural Photography, Architecture, Christian History, Contemporary History, Cultural History, Economic History, Family History, Family Life, Landscape Photography, Local History, Modern History, Photojournalism, Regional History, Social History, Travel Guide, Travel Writing, World History
