Photo: Rijkmuseum
The names and figures like Dedi Mulyadi, Ridwan Kamil, Tri Rismaharini or Abdullah Azwar Anas are probably no stranger to you. Yes, they are some Indonesian mayors and regents who are trusted and given the mandate to lead their city towards prosperity.
Besides to perform their duty, people who serve as mayors and regents are also expected to understand their people's condition. The presence of these figures, however have existedsince the colonial era.
Clad in their traditional attires, the figures like Multatuli and Adipati Djojoadiningrat led and ruled their people for years before putting themselves into history books. Retrieved from various sources, here are some of them:
5. Banyumas Regent Raden Adipati Tjakra Negara and his son, circa 1863.
via Woodbury & Page(brl/red)
