Indonesia witnessing royal revival

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Updated December 19, 2008 13:26:04

There is something of a royal revival going on in the world's fourth largest republic, Indonesia. An association of sultans, kings and queens from across Indonesia is negotiating with the government on a rang of issues.


Presenter:Tito Ambyo
Speaker: Amrih Widodo, lecturer at Australian National University, Canberra; Agung Suryawan, head of Balinese Culture and Tourism Centre, Denpasar; King Leopold Nicholas Nisnoni, inheritor of Kupang Palace, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia; Totok Yudiadnanto, a Solo resident currently living in Melbourne

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