TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Kings from all over the nation's corners gathered in Timor Island in East Nusa Tenggara for the royal history and cultural meeting. The event is to review the family history over 200-year time, taking place in Sonaf Meo Uf Teflopo, Kupang, starting today.
The meting was initiated by King Teflopo, Meo Naek Mutis, and Yoseph Aryanto Lu Teflopo. Kings from other regions, namely from Sunda, Kutai, and Kertanegara, will also come to attend the meeting. Representatives from Malaysia, Brunai Darusalam, Thailand, Singapore, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, China, and Egypt will also join forces in the event.
"The realization of this event was due to ancestral guidance, thus will be easier to understand from cultural basis," said the Chief of the Committee Felysianus Sanga. He added that the event is based on the spirit of "Neka Mese, Ansao Mese, Silu Selo Kit", literally translated into "one heart, one soul, one Indonesia".
Moreover, he believed that the event posed an essential and strategical nature with the existence of cultural bound among the ancient kingdoms in Indonesia such as Wangsa Sunda, Kutai, and Kertanegara. There will also be historical sharing on the relation of Mutis Timor, Lamawolo, and Wangsa Sunda, given that the relationship has lasted for hundreds of years.
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