THE paper titled Akankah Pepakem Mampu Lestarikan Kesultanan Kanoman? (Can Tradition Preserve the Court of Kanoman?) was written by T.D. Sudjana, a historian, not long after the conflict for the throne of the Sultanate of Kanoman in Cirebon, West Java, between Pangeran Muhammad Emirudin and Pangeran Muhammad Saladin began in 2003. The conflict, widely reported in the media, continued through the middle of this year when both claimants agreed to s