From Parangkusuma to Yogyakarta

There is an interesting fact about the history of Mataram, a great kingdom in Java on a book titled Babad Tanah Jawi. Once upon a time, Raden Sutawijaya sat on a rock and prayed to Almighty for the problems that he had with his Kingdom so that its citizen being wealth and healthy. Sutawijaya's charismatic aura makes the Queen of the Southern Sea awaken and came to Sutawijaya. This is why then this place called Parang Kusuma, Parang in javanese means rocks and kusuma means aura or spirit. Mesmerized by the glorious Queen, Sutawijaya humbly begging for Queens favour. The Queen accepted to fulfill Sutawijaya's wishes on two conditions. First, Sutawijaya have to married her and second Sutawijaya must make a ritual on every 30th of Rejeb [Javanese callendar] where he must bring offrings to the Queen. And that July 23rd 2009, the ritual being held once again, showing us the vertically and horizontally relation between Javanese and the Almighty.

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