Comments on: Jawa, Jinn, Johor, Jiran, Janda, Jodoh: A Malaysian Family History

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:45:30 +0000

A link to my cousin’s blog if u just happen to be interested: http://berpetualangkeaceh.blogspot.com/
You seem to have the same spark of interest in genealogy, as does he.

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:43:00 +0000

Brilliant oral history.. I have a cousin who does this sort of research. His name’s Radzi Sapiee, and he wrote the ‘Berpertualang ke Acheh’ series. I really got to know a lot about my Bugis side through him. He’s just started compiling research on our Javanese side.

By: kemsey

kemsey — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:04:59 +0000

sorry for the double post- it says ‘error’ the first time!

By: kemsey

kemsey — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:03:59 +0000

Raden has no religous connotation whatsoever, a Raden could be a muslim, catholic, kejawen (javanese syncretism), hindu or buddhist (quite rare).

By: kemsey

kemsey — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:01:55 +0000

Raden in Javanese, I guess is similar to British ‘Lord’. For the women, there are variations depending on the court or lineage, it could be Raden Rara XXX , Raden Ajeng XXX, Nyi Raden XXX etc. The founder of the great Majapahit Empire was Raden Wijaya. Nowadays, most Javanese aristocrats have abandon the usage of Raden in their name, since it is irrelevant in today’s Republic. Some still do though. And Raden has no religion connotation whatsoever, so a Raden could be muslim, catholic, kejawen (Javanese syncretism), hindu or buddhist (quite rare).