Kraton Mangkunegaran

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Kraton Mankunegaran: Built in 1787. Not actually a kraton but a Javanese home on an extra large and splendid scale, the palace of the junior line of the royal family. This is a smaller court with its own set of aristocracy, artisans and dancing masters, even its own game/an factory. It has equally extravagant architecture and furnishings as the Susuhanan's palace, but just a scaled-down version. Open for tourists only since 1968. Rp300 entrance, Rp150 for students. Taking photos in the-Dalem, the palace proper and the King's residence, is not allowed. The giant pendopo (or puro) with is zany painted ceiling of zodiac signs, is one of the finest examples of stately Javanese wood architecture. All the buildings were made from teakwood; no nails were used. The floor was laid with Italian marble in 1925, and there are European chandeliers. On Wed. mornings the pusaka game/an is played, and dance rehearsals begin at 10 am on the main pendopo. This gamelan orchestra is one of the finest on Java and it's older than the palace itself; its name means 'Drifting in Smiles' Swallows dip and dive as the game/an plays. There's also a library of old Dutch books. In this palace you are allowed to go right inside the royal residence where glass cabinets hold relics from the Java-Hindu era, displays of 14th Century jewelry, dance costumes, a solid gold chastity belt, silver sate skewers, lovely Bedaya and Serimpi body ornaments, old portraits of haughty sultans, bridal beds, and a matchless collection of masks from different regions of Java and Madura. Perhaps you'll see the queen answer her telephone, or smile at you through her garden window (this means luck).