Fujianese Pioneers and Javanese Kings: Peranakan Chinese Lineage and the Politics of Belonging in West Java, 1890s–2000s

Abstract

On February 8, 2004, Tubagus (Tb.) Okkie Adhika Tirta Monterie gathered his family, along with the local religious and government officials of the district of Ciampea in Bogor, West Java, at the local Chinese cemetery for the unveiling of the recently re-discovered and refurbished tomb of his great-great-grandfather, Tb. Abdullah bin Mustofa, alias Babah Embun Thung Tiang Mih (1793-1856). 1 Shaped like a typical round-mounded Fujianese tomb, the Chinese-style tombstone was rebuilt without any fresh inscription added to it. Instead, Okkie erected a vertical rectangular tombstone on the side, which traced seven sultans and two pangerans

Gedong-Dalem” pickles: the ethnogastronomy of the peranakan Chinese, in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia

“…The Indonesia-China relationship itself has long been known to have a very long history [Yudhistira & Fatmawati, 2020] and the presence of the Chinese people in the city of Bogor had a strong in uence on the Gedong-Dalem pickles. Therefore, the presence of the Chinese people, especially from the Fujian (Hokkian) tribe in West Java -in this case, Bogor, and its relation to local rulers, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries [Seng, 2017] greatly in uenced the local life in Bogor, including its culinary or gastronomy. Seng's notion (2017) is supported by the results of this study, namely the Gedong-Dalem pickles culinary has very strong Fujian or Hokkien culinary nuances, from processing to a presentation (see Liao & He, 2018).…”

“…Over time, Gedong-Dalem eventually became the center of Chinese Peranakan culture and society in Bogor City (Seng, 2017). The fact that most of these Chinese Peranakan immigrants are from the Hokkian or Fujian tribes, they left traces of their existence ethnogastronomically in the pickles typical of the city of Bogor, the pickles served at "Gedong-Dalem", therefore, it named the Gedong-Dalem pickles.…”