The legend of Putri Pandan Berduri
Bintan Island is the largest island in the Riau Islands province (Kepulauan
Riau). Tanjung Pingang, the main town on this island is also the capital of
Riau Islands Province. The island is inhabited by various ethnicities such as
Malays, Tionghoa, Minang, Batak, Javanese and others. Previously in Bintan
Island also ever lived a group of tribal people known by the name of sampan
people or sea gypsies .
From this time there is a popular legend that until this day is still well know
among the people of the archipelago especially in Bintan. The legend tells
the story of Batin Lagoi, leader of the sea gipsy who found a baby girl
between Pandan trees along the beach. Batin Lagoi then adopted the baby
as his child and gave her the name Putri Pandan Berduri (Princess Pandan
Berduri)
Bintan History
Bintan is the largest of 3,200 islands in the Riau Archipelago, and is located
less than 40 kilometers from Singapore. The capital of Bintan is the
southwestern city of Tanjung Pinang. Despite being larger than Batam, Bintan
is less populated. Tourism is an and the island is popular both with overseas
tourists as well as weekend visitors from Singapore. Famous places in Bintan
include Trikora Beach, on the east coast, and the international Bintan Resort.
Bintan first became politically important when Sultan Mahmud of the fallen
Sultanate of Malacca fled to Bintan and created a resistance base there after
Malacca was taken by the Portuguese forces in 1511. The Portuguese
eventually destroyed the stronghold in 1526, and after a few years the
Sultanate founded a new capital back on the Malay Peninsula and developed
from there.
Bintan was also once the capital of the Sultanate of Johor that grew to
considerable political and cultural power from the 17th to the 19th century.
The island played a central role in Malay culture.
At the beginning of 18th century the Sultanate of Johor entered into political
turmoil and the capital moved back to Bintan as the Bugis took control of the
sultanate. In the hands of the Bugis, Bintan became a powerful trading port,
attracting regional, Western, Indian and Chinese traders as well as migrants
including Chinese much in the same way Malacca developed into a regional
power three centuries earlier.
The success of the port caught the attention of the European powers. The
British, who controlled Penang, were looking for a new settlement further to
the south of the Straits of Malacca that would contain the Dutch expansions
and considered Bintan as a possible location.
The Dutch, however, no longer accepted the competition from Bintan and
attacked and took control of the island at the end of the 18th century,
bringing to an end its local trading supremacy and delaying the British arrival
in the area for a few years until the internal power struggle within the
sultanate of Riau-Johor offered them the opportunity to take control of the
island of Singapore.
The island declined as a trading port but grew as a cultural center as a new
palace on Penyengat Island developed into the stronghold of Malay and
Islamic culture.
Bintan Island is the largest island in the Riau Islands province (Kepulauan
Riau). Tanjung Pingang, the main town on this island is also the capital of
Riau Islands Province. The island is inhabited by various ethnicities such as
Malays, Tionghoa, Minang, Batak, Javanese and others. Previously in Bintan
Island also ever lived a group of tribal people known by the name of sampan
people or sea gypsies .
From this time there is a popular legend that until this day is still well know
among the people of the archipelago especially in Bintan. The legend tells
the story of Batin Lagoi, leader of the sea gipsy who found a baby girl
between Pandan trees along the beach. Batin Lagoi then adopted the baby
as his child and gave her the name Putri Pandan Berduri (Princess Pandan
Berduri)
Bintan History
Bintan is the largest of 3,200 islands in the Riau Archipelago, and is located
less than 40 kilometers from Singapore. The capital of Bintan is the
southwestern city of Tanjung Pinang. Despite being larger than Batam, Bintan
is less populated. Tourism is an and the island is popular both with overseas
tourists as well as weekend visitors from Singapore. Famous places in Bintan
include Trikora Beach, on the east coast, and the international Bintan Resort.
Bintan first became politically important when Sultan Mahmud of the fallen
Sultanate of Malacca fled to Bintan and created a resistance base there after
Malacca was taken by the Portuguese forces in 1511. The Portuguese
eventually destroyed the stronghold in 1526, and after a few years the
Sultanate founded a new capital back on the Malay Peninsula and developed
from there.
Bintan was also once the capital of the Sultanate of Johor that grew to
considerable political and cultural power from the 17th to the 19th century.
The island played a central role in Malay culture.
At the beginning of 18th century the Sultanate of Johor entered into political
turmoil and the capital moved back to Bintan as the Bugis took control of the
sultanate. In the hands of the Bugis, Bintan became a powerful trading port,
attracting regional, Western, Indian and Chinese traders as well as migrants
including Chinese much in the same way Malacca developed into a regional
power three centuries earlier.
The success of the port caught the attention of the European powers. The
British, who controlled Penang, were looking for a new settlement further to
the south of the Straits of Malacca that would contain the Dutch expansions
and considered Bintan as a possible location.
The Dutch, however, no longer accepted the competition from Bintan and
attacked and took control of the island at the end of the 18th century,
bringing to an end its local trading supremacy and delaying the British arrival
in the area for a few years until the internal power struggle within the
sultanate of Riau-Johor offered them the opportunity to take control of the
island of Singapore.
The island declined as a trading port but grew as a cultural center as a new
palace on Penyengat Island developed into the stronghold of Malay and
Islamic culture.
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