SEMAR
SEMAR, a famous and faithful ponokawan (servant) escorting the ksatrias of Pandawa to fight for justice and truth. Although a servant, in fact Semar is the elder brother of Guru, the supreme god. Panokawan means a wise companion (kindly see the sub-title Wayang Kulit or Leather Puppet under the section of SEMAR and other PONOKAWANS)
It is our hope, the name JOGLOSEMAR could bless the region of people of Jogyakarta - Solo - Semarang to live in prosperity materially and spiritually.
MATARAM
The present regions of JOGLOSEMAR is more or less the same regions under the sovereignty of both Mataram kingdoms, The Hindu Javanese kingdom of the 8th century and the Islam Javanese kingdom born in the 15th century (kindly refer to sub-titles The MATARAM KINGDOM and ROYAL PALACES). The Mataram kingdom had given a very valuable and fantastic heritage in the form of magnificent temple monuments, ancient palaces as well as precious culture, tradition and way of thinking and life.
Mataram is from the words of mata and arum. Mata means eyes, vision and arum means fragrance as perfume or famous. So, Mataram is a country where its people had a vision to accomplish some actions perfectly for the progress of mankind. The precious words of vision and action are still relevant nowadays, in the era of information and globalization.
JOGLOSEMAR is interelated with Mataram, we hope all the best for JOGLOSEMAR.
