kemaro island story

Kemaro Island is located in the middle of Musi River in Palembang, South Sumatera.
"Kemaro" is a word from Palembang which means "kemarau" in Indonesia, or "dry" in
English. According to Palembang people, the island is given that name because the island is
never getting wet, in other words, this island is always dry although the volume of water
in Musi River is getting greater.
There is a legend from Palembang about Kemaro Island. Once upon a time, the king which
was leading in Sriwijaya kingdom had a daughter, who was called Siti Fatimah. She was very
beautiful. She fell in love with a trader from Tiongkok, Tan Bun Ann. Both Siti Fatimah and
Tan Bun Ann loved each other. One day, Tan Bun Ann wanted to marry Siti Fatimah. Siti
Fatimah’s father, the king of Sriwijaya kingdom, offered some requirements for Tan Bun
Ann before married with Siti Fatimah. The king asked him to bring 9 bags of gold. Tan Bun
Ann’s families agreed with the requirements.
Tan Bun Ann’s families put the gold in the bag, and they covered it with some vegetables to
avoid some pirates at that time, but Tan Bun Ann didn’t know about it. When the King
wanted to see the gold, Tan Bun Ann was surprised because he saw the vegetables in the bag
instead of the gold. The King was angry and Tan Bun Ann was extremely shy, then he kicked
the bag into the river. He jumped into the river afterwards.
Siti Fatimah was disappointed. She also jumped into the river, but before that she said,
“Somedays, there would be a land in the middle of the river, and it would be known as my
grave.” Today we can see that what Siti Fatimah had said becomes true. Many people
believe thatKemaro Island is the grave of Siti Fatimah.

Pulau Kemaro terletak di tengah Sungai Musi di Palembang , Sumatera Selatan . " Kemaro " adalah
kata dari Palembang yang berarti " Kemarau " di Indonesia , atau " kering " dalam bahasa Inggris
. Menurut masyarakat Palembang , pulau ini mengingat bahwa nama karena pulau ini tidak
pernah basah , dengan kata lain , pulau ini selalu kering meskipun volume air di Sungai Musi
semakin besar .
Ada sebuah legenda dari Palembang sekitar Pulau Kemaro . Sekali waktu , raja yang terkemuka di
kerajaan Sriwijaya memiliki seorang putri , yang disebut Siti Fatimah . Dia sangat cantik . Dia
jatuh cinta dengan seorang pedagang dari Tiongkok , Tan Bun Ann . Kedua Siti Fatimah dan Tan
Bun Ann saling mencintai . Suatu hari , Tan Bun Ann ingin menikahi Siti Fatimah . Ayah Siti
Fatimah , raja dari kerajaan Sriwijaya , menawarkan beberapa persyaratan untuk Tan Bun Ann
sebelum menikah dengan Siti Fatimah . Raja memintanya untuk membawa tas 9 emas . Keluarga
Tan Bun Ann setuju dengan persyaratan .
Keluarga Tan Bun Ann menempatkan emas di kantong , dan mereka menutupinya dengan beberapa
sayuran untuk menghindari beberapa bajak laut pada waktu itu , tapi Tan Bun Ann tidak tahu
tentang hal itu . Ketika Raja ingin melihat emas , Tan Bun Ann terkejut karena melihat sayuran di
 kantong bukan emas . Raja marah dan Tan Bun Ann sangat pemalu , maka dia menendang tas ke
sungai . Dia melompat ke sungai setelah itu .
Siti Fatimah kecewa . Dia juga melompat ke sungai , tapi sebelum itu ia berkata , " Somedays , akan
ada tanah di tengah sungai , dan itu akan dikenal sebagai kuburan saya . " Hari ini kita dapat
melihat bahwa apa yang dikatakan Siti Fatimah menjadi benar . Banyak orang percaya
thatKemaro Island adalah makam Siti Fatimah .
KEMARO
Amid the Musi river there is an island called Pulau Kemaro name means island that was never under
water, although a big tide, the island will be visible from a distance floating above the waters.
This island has a legend about the love story of King's daughter Siti Fatimah's Palembang Chinese
spoken by the child king named Tan Bun Ann. Terms of Siti Fatimah filed on Bun Tan Ann is
providing nine jars of gold, Tan Bun Ann's family accept the terms proposed. To avoid pirate when
diperjalanan China took the gold from the gold in the jar was topped with pickles and vegetables,
when the ship arrived in Palembang Tan Bun Ann checked the jar was covered with pickles and
vegetables with flavor, angry and disappointed, the whole jar was thrown into the river Musi, but at the
last jar slammed on the vessel wall and shattered so saw the gold pieces in it.
His regrets about making China the king's son took the decision to deploy themselves into the river
and drowned Seeing this, Siti Fatimah come dropping into the river, saying if there is land to grow on
the banks of this river so that's where my grave.
This island there is a Buddhist temple that was always visited adherents, especially on Cap Go Meh
celebration which not only Tiong Hoa descendant communities in the city of Palembang, but from
various regions in Indonesia and even foreign countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, China and
others we can to this island with use water transportation like Gete, Speed Boat, from the tourist pier
Fort Kuto Besak (BKB) or from plant Intirub.