27 May 2006, 6.50 am, a 6.5 Richter earthquake hit south Jogjakarta and south Jawa Tengah (Central Java). Thousands house were falling down and damaged, hundreds people died and got bad injured; things were getting out of hand. A peaceful morning was turn down into tragic day. In the middle of Jogjakarta city, the earthquake destroyed Bangsal Trajumas (Trajumas Hall), a building on Kraton Jogja (Yogjakarta Palace). It used to display gamelan music equipment.

A 246 years old building was falling down by the quake, at a minute. Later, a research was under way to reconstruct The Bangsal Trajumas. So, if you pass in the alley in Kraton Jogjakarta, you will see a site which is being covered by green zinc. There will be a new bangsal Trajumas soon. On the right of the site, there also Bangsal Sri Manganti (Sri Manganti Hall), it is used to welcome guest by Sultan, King of Jogjakarta. The guest will be pleased by gamelan traditional music, dance and shadow puppet show.

Sri Manganti means Raja Menanti in Indonesian language; or king is has been waiting (for you). Bangsal Sri Manganti was an important place, to show how king ruled the kingdom. We can give a glance at the interior how the architect of Bangsal Sri Manganti built the building on its best period.  The building in Kraton Jogjakarta was built by Sultan Hamengkubuwono I, he also made a blue print of the palace. Then, one by one his legacy built it, realizing the dream of  Sultan Hamengkubuwono I. Passing away the hall; we can see 2 sculptures of Dwarapala and Gupala, strong guards guarding the inner palace. They have 2 big teeth, big eyes, have muscular bodies and take a big club. The inner palace is being a center in the palace. You can see beautiful ornaments and great wood structure in the interior. Each buildings use big teak wood as a main structure.  

In the inner palace, you can see another life of Sultan. He has a work room with little library inside. He used to work there. Furthermore, the inner place is as a room for Sultan marries off his children and inaugurates price or princess. The most important in the inner palace is Bangsal Prabayeksa, a hall where sacred weapon is kept. Keris, spears, knifes, arrows, war uniforms and guns are the permanent collection in the hall. Once a year, in the Suro month, a Javanese month, the weapon will be cleaned by the sacred ceremony.

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