From Paddy to Palace

THERE is a dakon between the spears and krises. There is a game among the drums of war. These games were played to while away the time by families while Prince Diponegoro was battling the colonialists. Today, these objects are kept in the Sasana Wiratama Tegalrejo Museum, Yogyakarta, where things remembering the war of 182 years ago are kept.

Dakon was a game the aristocrats and the royal family were fond of playing. At that time, dakon was indeed

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