Saturday, July 02, 2005

Ketapang - Kalimantan Barat


Adat chief of Ketapang, Kalimantan Barat Posted by Picasa Photo courteswy Md. Aman, Singapore.

1 comment:

pandanwangie said...

On the right:Gusti Padlin S.SOS,who was chief of the traditional council of the dynasty until 11-8-2004(traditional council=IKatan keluarga Besar Kerajaan Matan/Tanjungpura,or Ikkramat).
Matan was until 1828 and before the main part of the kingdom of Sukadana,which concisted also of the later independent principalities of Sukadana(Nieuw Brussel),Tayan and Simpang.It was a major regional power then.