MAY the soul of Mangkunegaran I be raised to a higher state of veneration,” intoned KRMH Daradjadi G, chairman of the organizing committee in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Mangkunegaran dynasty, as he cut the traditional nasi tumpeng (rice cone), topped with gereh petek, fish dried to thin slices, before distributing them to those present that morning in the Petek Mangkunegaran ceremony.

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