5TH International Congress on Technology - Engineering & Science - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (2018-02-01)

Myth Of The Queen Of The South Sea And Kasunanan Palace As A Tourism Attraction Of Baluwarti, Surakarta

As an archipelago, people believe that the vast ocean has a ruler. For the Javanese community, the ruler of the sea is embodied in the figure of a queen, known as Kanjeng Ratu Kidul (the Queen of the South Sea). Such a view is inseparable from myth and history of the Islamic Mataram kingdom that influenced Kasunanan Palace in Surakarta as the remains of Islamic Mataram kingdom. In the Javanese community, the myth of The Queen of the South Sea became legitimacy for most Javanese kingdoms in that era. The relationship between The Queen of the South Sea and the Islamic Mataram kingdom has made various forms of myth and produced various ceremonies that became tourism attractions. One of them is Panggung Sangga Buwana which is believed to be the meeting place between The Queen of the South Sea and Kanjeng Sunan Pakubuwana as the king of Surakarta. This study intends to seek the influence of the myth of Kanjeng Ratu Kidul as the South Sea ruler toward the attractiveness of Kasunanan Palace as one of the remains of Islamic Mataram kingdom. The approaches used are a qualitative approach, collecting data in the literature, and interviewing public figures in Baluwarti, Surakarta. Data is presented descriptively analytical. The findings in this study show that the myth about the meeting between Kanjeng Ratu Kidul as the ruler of the South Sea and Kanjeng Sunan Pakubuwana as the king of Kasunanan which takes place in Panggung Sangga Buwana can be a tourism attraction of Baluwarti, especially for Kasunanan Palace. There are a number traditional ceremonies as an attraction for tourists related to the myth of Kanjeng Ratu Kidul, the ruler of the South Sea. It can be concluded that as an archipelago, the sea affects the way of thinking for Javanese people and produces various ceremonies which can be tourism attractions.
RadenRara Erna SadiartiBudiningtyas, Heddy Shri Ahimsa-Putra, Janianton Damanik, Sumijati Atmosudiro