Balinews  Denpasar 7 -2-2022.

Since 1740, the Lombok area was controlled by the Karangasem kingdom, and tolerance has been applied since then.

One of the Tolerance figures is Anak Agung Anglurah Gede Ngurah Karangasem, King of Lombok from 1870-1894.

The majority of the population of Lombok is from the Sasak tribe, who are Muslim, followed by Balinese Hindus, Makasarese Muslims, Chinese Buddhists, Taoists and Confucians, Arabs being Moslems and Europeans of various Christians and Catholics.

The king at that time married a Sasak woman named Dinda Aminah who was actually invited to continue her Islamic beliefs as long as she was the King's wife. Through this cross-marriage, the King implemented a system of balance in his society. With the coexistence of different cultures and religions will give birth to tolerance.

The king gave regional autonomy and multiculturalism to the people of Lombok

He appointed an Arab descendant, Said Abdullah, as a political adviser to the kingdom as well as the head of the port of Ampenan.

He the King built a mosque in Ampenan to provide assistance to the Sasak people who went on the Hajj to Mecca.

In addition, the King also opened a representative in Jeddah led by Haji Majid so that the people of Lombok would have the convenience of performing the pilgrimage.

When they returned from Mecca, the King appointed them to become religious leaders and was given "land of pecatu" (land of office), one of which was Haji Mohamad Ali who was referred to as "guru bangkol" namely religious teachers from traditional leaders.

This King's policy makes the people of Lombok harmonious, understand each other, this is a reflection of a multicultural society which is based on the political policies of the rulers and the awareness of the people regardless of ethnicity, religion and belief.

Misfortune befell the King when the Dutch held a resistance and captured the King of Lombok and was exiled to Batavia (Jakarta) until he died there in 1894.

That's the story that came from the lips of the grandson of the King of Karangasem, the youngest son of the Regent of Karangasem, Anak Agung Made Jelantik Karang who is usually called Gung Ade, who is also a creative musician, head of the Community of Prog.world united artists, a songwriter, book writer and loves to learn. history, spirituality and philosophy.

The reporter commented and asked: The tolerance applied by the King of Lombok seems to have been passed down to this Gung Ade in leading the Prog Community, a world where various genres of music can appear in one event, the musicians are multicultural and they come from various ethnic groups and from all walks of life. age, did the king of lombok reincarnate into gung ade? Now to answer this, I was reminded by my late father, one day I asked; "Papa (my nickname for father) was when I was born, there was also a ceremony about who was numitis (reincarnation) to me?" My father replied: "The king of lombok who died in batavia".

Now considering The Rolling Stones Community from Jakarta who wants to go to Bali, what if there is a collaboration event with Prog.world and the show takes place at Puri Karangasem with the theme of the very tolerant King of Karangasem and Lombok? Call the reporter. "Well, for that, it must be negotiated with the Puri extended family. Surely there is a way if the vision and mission is to raise the history of the noble culture of our predecessors," replied Gung Ade.

That's the interview on Sunday, February 6, 2022 with Gung Ade at his residence on Jalan Jepun Kuning, Perum Jepun Kuning No. 4 Denpasar. Discussions about history are very important because the younger generation knows more and more how the ancestors of our Kings have taught tolerance between religious communities so that there is harmony like a rainbow which is actually beautiful because it is colorful.

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