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This version account how Ratu Kidul becomes a spirit queen:
The following story is about Nyai Loro kidul or 揜atu kidul |
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In another similar account, in 1966, the then sultan Hamengku Buwono was expected for the opening ceremony of the Sumudra Beach Hotel in west Java. The night before the hotel抯 grand opening, he was visited by an old man (ancient). According to Jeffrey A. McNelly and Paul Spencer Wachtel (authors of the book 揝oul of the Tiger |
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Sultan Hamengku Buwono X and Kangjeng Ratul Kidul
Sultan Hamengku Buwono X was crowned on March 7, 1989 after the death of the popular Hamengku Buwono IX, who once served as Vice President under Suharto.
Just after the coronation was the main event Wiyos-Dalern Kirab, the customary circumambulation of the city by the newly enthroned sultan.
The procession was headed by the religious retainers, then palace guards, horses carrying heirlooms, princes on horseback, and the Golden Coach itself, carved with dragons and adorned with garlands of jasmine and floral rosettes,
It was not the modern but the mystical dimension of the sultan that was brought out by the stories on the kirab. There had been a certain amount of discussion in advance about the fact that the queen would not ride in the carriage with her husband. During the circuit, she sat with her guests in the Pagelaran, dressed in a long golden-yellow kebaya. In his carriage, the sultan sat against the right-hand side, and his brother faced him, sitting cross-legged.
What was the reason for this arrangement? A line of explanation was derived from an adventure that befell Prince Prabukusumo, who had been riding ahead of the carriage.
He claimed to have seen a beautiful woman dressed in greenish yellow enter the carriage. Later, as the procession came past the post office, his horse reared and he was thrown. Strangely, he was unhurt, "I felt as if I had been caught in someone's lap. His clothing was slightly torn, and his keris had come out of its sheath. This he took for a sign that the keris was not appropriate for that occasion, and he gave it to someone for safekeeping. After that, the horse behaved perfectly. The prince added that he had earlier seen a woman's form between the two banyans on the North Square and that the horse had become skittish there as well. Joyokusumo said that he had felt "something" in the carriage, and HB X just smiled mysteriously.
The Sunday papers carried a close-up photograph of the sultan in the carriage
shrouded in what was termed a "mysterious mist." To photographers, the blur was more a "technical error," but the speculation by then had begun to congeal into legend. These odd hints and allusions could mean only one thing: the sultan had been sitting to the right of the carriage so that Kangjeng Ratu Kidul, the sea goddess, could sit on his left. It was she who Prabukusumo saw climbing into the carriage. The figure of a sea goddess with a capricious temperament is found not only in Java but in many regions of Southeast Asia, but what matters here is that Kangjeng Ratu Kidul, Queen of the South Sea, is believed to act as consort to the kings of Java. To her are made the offerings each year at Parangkusumo and to her is attributed the origin of the sacred Bedhaya Ketawang, which describes her amorous encounter with the founding father of Mataram, Senopati, or his grandson Sultan Agung.
Ratu Kidul is believed to attend the annual performances of Bedhaya Ketawang at
the palace of the Susuhunan in Surakarta. In Yogya, the Bedhaya Semang, also offered to her, ceased to be performed around 1914, but the myth is still powerful. Before he died, HB IXclaimed to have seen her and said that he used to address her as Grandmother (Eyang), although she appears as a young girl when the moon is new.
Despite a sophisticated understanding of her role in legitimizing strategies to strengthen the Javanese kingdoms, she is still treated literally, as the reaction to the kirab shows. There was difficulty with the status of the legend for HB X, who had taken a strong stand about only having one wife. If this was to be the case, what about Ratu Kidul? The Queen, said
some, had been left behind to let her husband be joined by his spirit wife. Local historians countered that the sultan used to ride with the Dutch governor on his left; no one explained why the present governor of of Yogya had not been invited to take his place. The matter was even taken up by the national weekly, Tempo, and the sultan was asked about Kangjeng Ratu Kidul.
His reply was ambiguous: "How you take it is up to you. For my part, there's
no need for everyone to know what I experienced. I don't have to tell everyone things likethat."
Perhaps the best comment on the conundrum was the remark made by one of the
palace widows, an aunt to the sultan, who drily observed that the sultan was sitting to the right to make space for where the Dutch governor would have been梐nd Kangjeng Ratu Kidul sat on his lap.
Source: Felicia Hughes-Freeland : A Throne for the People: Observations on the Jumenengen of Sultan Hamengku Buwono X
API Raymond with Notosuyono, Kraton Palace guard, posing in front of the golden carriage that carried Sultan Hamengku Buwono X during the kirab.
Notosuyono is a palace guard who was behind the carriage at the time of kirab. He told API Raymond that the noted a powerful fragrance coming from the carriage at that time. Asked if he sawRatul Kidul, he said, "You cannot see with your eyes open, you can only see with the heart"
The same powerful fragrance was felt and noted at the coronation of Sultan, not only by members of the royal family but also by many others in attendance. |
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1st time aku baca citer ni dan dengar nama Nyai Kidul...
Semua ni jgn percaya...angkara syaitan..utk memesongkan umat manusia...
Menarik and legend ler citer ni...Thank you Syd for sharing!!!! |
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wait a minute....hotel2 yg menyediakan bilik khas ni semua kt Bali ker? |
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Reply #106 melia_star's post
a ah
kang aku ulang tayang
gambo2 bilik tu
ngan nomot2 nye sekali
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TAMAN SARI WATER CASTLE
The first sultan of Yogya, Hamengku Buwono I, ordered the construction of the water castle Taman Sari, with low ponds, and tunnels, surrounded with an artificial lake. It can be said that this is a replica of the undersea principalty of Ratu Kidul. In the space below the surface, known as sumur gumuling, the sultan is believed to have contact with the goddess every year.
The designs are believed influenced by various cultures, namely Hindu, Buddhist, Islam and European, Taman Sari got its nickname Water Castle because of the three large swimming pools that make up the compound. In its glory days, Taman Sari was a retreat for the sultan and his concubines; it is said that the sultan would watch the women swim and bathe in the swimming pools from another high point in the castle. He would then pick out the lucky woman who was to spend the night with him.
The Water Castle also serves as a meditating place for the Sultan to bear offerings to the Queen of the South Sea. This practice has been dutifully fulfilled since the beginning of the Hamengkubowono rule.
There is dark chamber where the Sultan supposedly still comes to meditate and fasts for three consecutive days before consummating with the Queen.
Meditation Chamber
API Raymond with Wiyono, Taman Sari guide for 30 years, explaining about
Taman Sari and the links with Ratu Kidul
BEDOYO KETAWANG - THE SACRED DANCE TO INVITE KANGJENG RATU KIDUL
The most holy dance of the kraton of Solo, the Bedoyo Ketawang, is showed only once a year to celebrate the day that the sultan ascended the throne. Nine dancers in classical Jawanese bridal dressing envite Ratu Kidul to appear and marry the susuhunan. As it is told, the goddess appears as a slightly visible tenth figure at the floor of the nine dancers. The Yogyan version of this dance, the Bedoyo Semang isn't performed anymore.
(The Kingdom of Mataram actually become divided into the Hamengku Buwono family based in Yogyakarta and the Pakuwubono family based in Solo in the 18th century). Up until recently, the dance is not open to public.
The Bedoyo Ketawang court dance depicts the courtship of the founder of the Mataram dynasty, Panembahan Senopati, with Kangjeng Ratu Kidul. The annual dance performed on the anniversary of the Sultan's coronation reaffirms the alliance of the ruling house with the powerful
goddess.
When Pakuwubono XII died in 2004, there is a fight for succession between two princes among his 24 children from his 5 concubines, resulting in two coronations.
One of the prince Hangabehi have the advantage of having the Bedoyo Ketawang performance for him and is now recognised as Pakuwubono XIII
The late Pakuwubono XII (seated on the right) at a Bedoyo Ketawang dance
It is believed that The King of Mataram and the Queen of the Southern Ocean composed the lyrics of the song and the movements of the dance to repeat the passion of Ratu Kidul for her original Mataram lover, Panembahan Senopati, and梩hrough performance梩o reactualize that passion in her serial sexual/metaphysical unions with each of her successive lovers, these "kings of the last age. The song, in essence, sings and thus is meant to realize the (erotic and other) potency of Javanese kingship.
After the old kingdom of Mataram was split into the two realms of Surakarta and Yogyakarta. Over the succeeding years, the serial rulers of each of these realms have claimed to enjoy a special relationship with the Queen of the South. After the split, the Bedoyo Ketawang devolved upon the Surakarta Karaton; while Ratu KiduΓs "other" sacred dance, The Bedoyo Semang, fell to Yogyakarta.
In early 1985, some four hundred years after Ratu KiduΓs original liaison with Panembahan Senopati, the central portion of the Karaton Surakarta burnt to the ground. Some witnesses to the fire, claiming to see Ratu Kidul dancing in the flames over the main pavillion as it crashed to the ground, interpreted the fire and her dance as the queen's final desertion of the Mataram dynasty梐s the end of the last age. And yet not three months after the fire, the reigning Susuhunan Pakubuwono XII was again ritually reenacting the old alliance, sitting enthroned on an alternate throne in an alternatethroneroom before yet another performance of the empowering Bedoyo Ketawang.
Again in late 1988, with the death of Yogyakarta's beloved Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, rumors of the imminent possibility of the discontinuation of Ratu KiduΓs relationship to Yogyakarta kingship were rife. But when the late Sultan's son succeeded to his father's throne in March
1989, the local and national presses were full of stories implying Ratu KiduΓs invisible presence in the young king's "coronation coach.
The lyrics: The initial section is composed in the impassioned and sometimes describes the richly adorned figure of a Javanese hero setting forth梐s if to battle梠n (or perhaps from) an erotic encounter. This second section, the most arcane of the song, is written almost entirely in the form of wangsalan. The riddles evoke the depth of Kangjeng Ratu KiduΓs passion for
Panembahan Senapati and his royal successors, as well as the profundity of her despair and sorrow upon separation from these her serial lovers.
The final section of the song sings Ratu KiduΓs praises for the sexual, political, and ultimately metaphysical potency of her lovers, the Susuhunan.
Source : Nancy K Florida, The Badhaya Katawang: A translation of the song of Kangjeng Ratu Kidul |
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API Additional notes on the Hotel Bali Beach Fire on Jan 1993
On 20 Jan 1993, Inna Grand Bali Beach, formerly known as the Grand Bali Beach, was largely destroyed by a massire fire. The fire consumed the entire main building and all but one of the 600 odd rooms. Strangely enough room no 327 of the 3rd floor was not burnt at all, with intact interior and only darkened walls.
API finds there are 2 versions about this room 327.
One version involved the late president Sukarno:
Room 327 is special. It抯 the room the Balinese believe that Roro Kidul, their mythical Goddess of the South Seas, allocated to Sukarno, independent Indonesia抯 father. The hotel was gutted in the 1993 blaze but room 327 was the only one of 600-odd that survived wholly intact.
Even today, the room is maintained in the vernacular of the era even though Sukarno never stayed in the hotel. His trademark black peci and white trousers lay on the bed. No one stays in the room but it抯 cleaned daily. On August 17, Indonesia抯 Independence Day, Balinese deliver cakes coloured the red and white of the national flag.
Another version:
There is a spiritual medium that can communicate with Ratu Kidul. Before the fire, the medium, having received a message from the Queen, ask the Bali Beach Hotel to reserve 2 rooms for the Queen, Room 327 and Room 2401. If the hotel management did not accept this request, she will punish the hotel. A deadline was set of 42 days for the hotel to comply.
After 42 days have passed, the hotel management did not act at all. On 20 Jan 1003, around 12.10 pm, Fire suddenly occured at the 10 storey tower building. Due to the strong wind from the sea, the fire burned rapidly and spread. Afer the fire died down the next day, it was found there is only one room that was not burnt. It was the room Ratu Kidul have asked for :Room 327. The other room 2401 was not on the tower building but a cottage room beside the tower building and so was not affected by the fire.
According to an eye witness who saw the room after the fire, "I still cannot believe it until now, all the surrounding rooms are totally burnt, but fire did not touch this room. Outside the room, everything is burnt. It is as if the wind comes from the middle of the room and blow out the fire"
After the fire, 7 months later, the hotel was renamed Inna Grand Bali Beach, and this time, the hotel management reserved Room 327 and Room 2401 especially for the Queen to rest.
API note: Although some other hotels also reserved room for the Queen, only the room at Samudra and the room at Bali Beach is considered sacred.and blessed with the presence of Ratu Kidul.
Please note that those investigators who research into Kangjeng Ratu Kidul, went to her rooms and place, usually come out awed and mystified by this Spirit Queen's presence. She is very much alive in the eyes and ears of the believers.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES..... Next time you visit Bali, don't forget to look up Bali Beach Hotel and ask for the special room of Kangjeng Ratu Kidul.... |
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Room 2401 - Bali Beach Hotel (noted the green colour)
Reserved Room for the Queen - Samudra Hotel Room 308 |
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interestingnya info ko Syd...rajin tu ko buat research~ |
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Reply #111 me_shhiza's post
hehe
klik klik klik
kemain banyak info kuar...
antara larat ngan tak larat jer nak baca |
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ha..patutlah..masa gi saner..sebelum tido...lepas solat suami mesti gi kat setiap sudut bilik terutama kat pintu bilik....aduihlah....patutlah.... |
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Originally posted by ilahkhatibrani at 8-5-2009 17:08 
ha..patutlah..masa gi saner..sebelum tido...lepas solat suami mesti gi kat setiap sudut bilik terutama kat pintu bilik....aduihlah....patutlah....
patutlah apa ilah? |
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ilah,
patut la apa
ur hubby p ngendap nyai kidul ker? |
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org indon ni banyak tul kepercayaan dorg kan? bilik2x yg dorg reserved kan untuk Nyai Kidul tu
pernah nampak ke Nyai Kidul kt dlm bilik2x tu?.. Nyai Kidul ni kira2x cam puteri bunian ke apa?
Mmg semua hotel kt Bali nun kena ada bilik khas utk Nyai kidul ni ke? |
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Reply #117 myakayina's post
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Syd...
kawan ilah yg bagi citer pasai nyai kidul..tak mo cakap aper2lah sebab penjaga dia tak izinkan...... |
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Reply #119 ilahkhatibrani's post
ye ker?
hmm..
ilah..
dah ada lom orang bukak thread pasal penjaga, pengikut, anak murid
yang mana
hanya ada di alam ghaib, orang lain tak nampak
hanya orang2 tertentu je boleh nampak |
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