Ratu Perbu of Pontianak. Photo courtesy Md. Aman, Singapore.
Matriarch of the Pontianak sultanate. The oldest living Indonesian royalty. She is more than 100 years old.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Pontianak - Kalimantan Barat
Ratu Perbu of Pontianak. Photo courtesy Md. Aman, Singapore.
Matriarch of the Pontianak sultanate. The oldest living Indonesian royalty. She is more than 100 years old.
She is the last sister of the last ruling Sultan of Pontianak(Syarif Hamid II),who was effective Sultan until 1950.
ReplyDeleteDuring important occasions;like here the installation of the present Sultan;she is honoured as the person,who MUST be asked for some kind of permission.