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A bronze mural of Hang Tuah that exhibited at the National Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.. Hang Tuah (Jawi: هڠ تواه , from /tuha/ or /toh/ (توه); born c. 1431 – c. 1444), according to the semi-historical Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu), was a warrior and Laksamana (equivalent to modern-day Admiral) who lived in Malacca during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah in the 15th century.
Pocong ( Indonesian pronunciation: [pɔ't͡ʃɔŋ] poh-chong; from Javanese: ꦥꦺꦴꦕꦺꦴꦁ, romanized: pocong, lit. 'wrapped-in-shroud') is a ghost that looked like person who is wrapped in a funeral cloth. [1] In Islamic funeral, a shroud called a " kain kafan " (in Indonesian and Malays) used to wrap the body of the dead person.
Jalesveva Jayamahe. The Jalesveva Jayamahe Monument ( Indonesian: Monumen Jalesveva Jayamahe, abbreviated Monjaya) is a monument located in Semampir, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia near the Port of Tanjung Perak. It is a statue of an Indonesian Navy officer wearing a Ceremonial Service Dress, complete with his sword of honor.
The Star of David ( Hebrew: מָגֵן דָּוִד, romanized : Magen David, lit. 'Shield of David') [a] is a generally recognized symbol of both Jewish identity and Judaism. [1] Its shape is that of a hexagram: the compound of two equilateral triangles. The Star of David featured in the oldest complete copy of the Masoretic text.
The Malay Annals ( Malay: Sejarah Melayu, Jawi: سجاره ملايو), originally titled Sulalatus Salatin ( Genealogy of Kings ), [1] is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and demise of the great Malay maritime empire, the Malacca Sultanate. [2] The work, which was composed sometime between the 15th and ...
Hirohito [a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, [b] was the 124th emperor of Japan, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world, with his reign of 62 years being the longest of any Japanese emperor. Hirohito was born in Aoyama, Tokyo, during the ...
The Jakarta History Museum ( Indonesian: Museum Sejarah Jakarta ), also known as Fatahillah Museum or Batavia Museum, is located in the Old Town (known as Kota Tua) of Jakarta, Indonesia. The building was built in 1710 as the Stadhuis ( city hall) of Batavia. Jakarta History Museum opened in 1974 and displays objects from the prehistory period ...
The History and Ethnography Museum ( Malay: Muzium Sejarah dan Ethnografi) is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It is located inside the Stadthuys building, built during the Dutch Malacca administration period in 1650. [1] [2] The historical section of the museum displays the history of Malacca from its establishment in 1400 until ...