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Tumapel

Monday, October 7, 2024

Power is never without crisis. Tumapel shows power as a story of unending antagonism.

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WE need to learn more about politics from the tragedy of Tumapel.

This region in East Java left behind a 13th century tale—perhaps fictional, perhaps semi-fictional—that has been passed on by word of mouth and through various ways. The story concerns the exploits of Ken Arok, a peasant turned ruler. It is often the subject of traditional Ketoprak performances, it has been adapted into a stage play (by Muhammad Yamin in 1951), an

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