Hierarchical ranks in the Surakarta keraton

Bjorn · 23rd July 2018, 04:03 PM

In earlier threads, Alan has shared the colour coding of Surakarta wrongko sunggingan and pendok as they pertain to the keraton of Surakarta. I have copy-pasted the relevant section from another thread.

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Sunggingan:-
Colour means the base colour:-
White or yellow --- bupati or the royal family
Gold --- pangeran
Sea blue --- penewu
Light green --- mentri

Pendok colours:-
Red --- royal family or a bupati
Green --- penewu or mentri
Dark grey --- lurah
Black --- jajar and may also be used by all ranks, and for wear at a funeral

Court clowns can wear any colour sunggingan or pendok, but must wear it with a rojomolo ukiran
Cantung balung have same rules as clowns, but usually wear poleng motif.
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Now my question is, what exactly do these titles mean (I've underlined them in the copy-pasted segment above)? As I recall, a bupati is a district governor (head of a kabupaten). But what about the other ranks? What were people in these positions responsible for, and how many - if any - people did they govern. I seem to recall that a penewu was responsible for some 1000 people, but I could be remembering this incorrectly.

23rd July 2018, 04:03 PM	#1
Bjorn Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188	Hierarchical ranks in the Surakarta keraton In earlier threads, Alan has shared the colour coding of Surakarta wrongko sunggingan and pendok as they pertain to the keraton of Surakarta. I have copy-pasted the relevant section from another thread. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunggingan:- Colour means the base colour:- White or yellow --- bupati or the royal family Gold --- pangeran Sea blue --- penewu Light green --- mentri Pendok colours:- Red --- royal family or a bupati Green --- penewu or mentri Dark grey --- lurah Black --- jajar and may also be used by all ranks, and for wear at a funeral Court clowns can wear any colour sunggingan or pendok, but must wear it with a rojomolo ukiran Cantung balung have same rules as clowns, but usually wear poleng motif. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now my question is, what exactly do these titles mean (I've underlined them in the copy-pasted segment above)? As I recall, a bupati is a district governor (head of a kabupaten). But what about the other ranks? What were people in these positions responsible for, and how many - if any - people did they govern. I seem to recall that a penewu was responsible for some 1000 people, but I could be remembering this incorrectly.