An edition of The Stranger-Kings of Sikka
(2010)
The Stranger-Kings of Sikka
by E. Douglas Lewis
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Table of Contents
List of figures, tables and abbreviations
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Preface
xix
Part 1 Hikayat Kerajaan Sikka; The chronicles of the Rajadom of Sikka
Introduction (E. Douglas Lewis)
I The people of Sikka and the Boer and Kondi manuscripts 1
The Ata Sikka 1
The provenance and ‘discovery’ of the Kondi and Boer manuscripts 11
The authors: Mo'ang D.D.P. Kondi Mo'ang Boer Pareira 18
Biographical Sketches of D.D.P. Kondi and A. Boer Pareira (Oscar Pareira Mandalangi) 26
Dominicus Dionitius Pareira Kondi 27
Alexius Boer Pareira 33
Description of the manuscripts 36
Dates of composition 38
The languages of the manuscripts 41
Notes on the translation of the texts 45
Ritual language and its translation 49
The recension of the manuscripts 51
II Structure and themes of the Hikayat Kerajaan Sikka 55
Structure 55
A note of the pairing of ancestral names and genealogical succession 63
A note on social groups in Sikka 70
Remarks on the narrative 71
III Summary notes and outline of the Hikayat 75
The first ‘dewasa’: The autochthons and the newcomers 75
Complexities and confusions in the texts of the first
‘dewasa’ 81
Mo'ang Bata Jawa
Mo'ang Baga Ngang and the usurpation of Old Hokor 88
Don Alésu da Silva, Augustinyu da Gama and Raja Worilla 89
The structure of the government of the early rajadom and
its contemporary significance 95
Ratu Dona Agnes Ines da Silva 101
The second ‘dewasa’; Raja Mbako I Kikir Hiwa and Raja Thomas Mbo I 104
The third ‘dewasa’; The modern Rajas 107
IV The sovereignty of Sikka’s stranger-kings 111
The motif of the stranger-king 112
The problem of sovereignty 118
Diarchy in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands and Sikka 120
The problem of sovereignty in Sikka 126
V Marriage, sovereignty, and the paths of ivory in Sikka 133
Ivory and marriage in Sikka 137
Marriage without bridewealth 142
Marriage in the Hikayat, I 146
The strangeness of the stranger 149
Marriage in the Hikayat, II 152
Hierarchized value 155
VI Stranger-Kings and myths of xenarchy in the Eastern Lesser
Sunda Islands 161
The occurrence of stranger-king myths in Sumba
and central and western Flores 167
Sumba 167
Manggarai 172
Ngada, Nage, and Keo 174
Ende and Lio 178
Stranger-king myths in Larantuka, the Lamaholot archipelago and Timor 181
Larantuka (East Flores) 181
Solor, Adonara and Lembata 182
Timor, Roti, Savu and Raijua 186
Mambai 186
Wehali (West Timor) 187
Atoni 188
Roti 192
Savu and Raijua 194
The occurrence of stranger-king myths in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands: Summary and conclusion 196
When did the stranger-kings of Sikka arrive on Flores and who were they? 197
Part 2
Hikayat Kerajaan Sikka; The Chronicles of the Rajadom of Sikka
An integrated text (D.D.P. Kondi and A. Boer Pareira)
Preface (D.D.P. Kondi)
207
VII The first period: The autochthons and newcomers 209
The autochthons 209
The newcomers 213
The verse of Raé Raja and Rubang Sina 215
Verse about Mo'ang Sugi Sao, who climbed a mountain to watch for Goanese ships 219
The discovery of the autochthons 219
The newcomers build a house and open gardens 220
Mo'ang Sugi marries Du'a Sikka; the birth of Mo'ang Sao 224
The travels of Mo'ang Sugi and Mo'ang Sao; Giving names to the places they visit; They discover the place of Natar Gahar 229
A plan to move to Natar Gahar 231
The ordinances of worship 232
The population grows; Disputes over boundaries 234
The marriage of Mo'ang Sao and Du'a Go'it 235
Kondi’s version of Sugi’s advice to Sao 236
Boer’s version of Sugi’s advice to Sao 236
Further advice to Mo'ang Sao and Du'a Go'it 238
The verse of Lupa Lejo Kedo Wirong Aman and Keder Lele Inang Datang 241
The birth of Mo'ang Saru 243
The travels of Mo'ang Sao and Mo'ang Saru; Concerning the settlement of disputes 243
VIII Boer: The life of Mo'ang Bata Jawa 245
Boer: The verse of Mo'ang Bata Jawa 246
Kondi: The life of Mo'ang Bata Jawa 247
Verse of Mo'ang Bata Jati Jawa’s gift of a wide plate and a black cup to the men of the foundation of the land (Ata Kaki) in Lio 250
Mo'ang Bata Jawa appoints tana pu'ang 252
The Verse of Mo'ang Bata Jawa when he visited the earth and went around the land 253
Mo'ang Bata Jawa visits the earth and goes around the land to buy spices 256
The history of the village of Baluk 260
IX The Life of Mo'ang Baga Ngang 265
The era of Mo'ang Baga Ngang 266
The usurpation of Hokor and the foundation of
Sikka Natar 272
The lamentation of the men 274
The lamentation of the women 278
Kondi’s summary of the lamentation of the women 281
Mo'ang Baga Ngang inhabits Sikka 282
X Don Alésu’s journeys to Malacca and through Flores 285
Don Alésu in Malacca 287
Don Alésu’s return to Sikka 290
Kondi’s account of Thomas Didimus da Gama 296
Boer’s version of the narrative of Thomas da Gama 298
Kondi’s version of the narrative of Thomas da Gama (continued) 300
Gifts of ivory masts and sails 302
The origins of the people of Sikka Natar 316
XI The reigns of Ratu Dona Maria, Mo'ang Samao da Silva, and
Ratu Dona Agnes Ines da Silva
319
Ratu Dona Maria and Raja Samao da Silva 319
The Life of Ratu Dona Agnes Ines da Silva 321
Bridewealth 321
Tada 322
The Ata Sikka and the Portuguese 324
The second period; The middle rajas: Raja Mbako Kikir Hiwa,
Raja Prispin da Cunha, Raja Thomas Mo'ang Bo I and Ornay da Costa
333
Raja Mbako I Kikir Hiwa 333
Raja Prispin da Cunha 343
The life of Raja Thomas Mo'ang Bo I da Silva 348
The life of Ornay da Costa 350
XIII The third period: The rajadom in the early twentieth century
(E. Douglas Lewis)
353
The rebellions in Sikka 354
Raja Mbako II and the Jawa Baoleng War 357
Boer’s account of the Jawa Baoleng War 357
The Teka insurrection and Raja Nai of Kangae 362
A chronology of Teka’s insurrection 371
The rajas of Larantuka 378
Sikka’s last raja: Don Thomas da Silva 381
Epilogue (E. Douglas Lewis)
383
Appendices
1 Map of place names in the Hikayat Kerajaan Sikka 390
2 Kondi on the origins of the peoples of the Rajadom of Sikka 392
3 Kondi’s List of Dutch administrators Stationed in Maumere 401
4 The Nô – Kleian version of the history of Sikka
403
Glossary
409
Bibliography
415
Index 427
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