Dear readers;

On the 14th of July I was as meber of the raja deleagtion of Kupang/Timor in the palace of the Raja of badung-Denpasar of Bali.As you know he is chief of the biggest royaly representative oragnisation of Indonesia:Forum Silaturahmi Keraton se Nusantara(FSKN).
It was then announced during this little conference,that in november 2008(I shall announce the exact date later)a SE Asia Royal Festival will be held in the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta.It is described as the 1st South East Asia Culture Royal Heritage Festival & Expo 2008/Expo & Festival Keraton se Aasia Tenggara I 2008.
It is organised by the ministeries of Internal Affairs and Culture and the FSKN.
It has the intention to at least let attend the ca. 120 dynastymebers of the FSKN,as well as of other contries.
That is:
from the Philippines:
the 4 sultan;s dynasties of the Maguindanao-area,the 19 sultan dynasties of the Maranao-area and the sultan's dynasty of Sulu.

the Sultan's dynasty of Singapore,
the royal dynasties of malaysia,
the dynasties of Korea,Cambodja and Thailand,etc.

You can ask for more information me about it,or write to the chief of FSKN:
H.H. Kanjeng Pangeran Haryo Gunarso Kusumodingrat(speaks English) at lp2kn@yahoo.com .
Thank you for your interest.

Yours sincerelly:
D.P. Tick gRMK/Pusaka.

P.S.:Very frequently now new Rajas and Sultans are installed and also all kind of books are issued in Indonesia about the history of local Indonesian principalities.