Dipati Pakal Cemetery Site - Situs Makam Depati Pakal

By : Tun Jang

This is the stonegrave of Dipati Pakal cemetery. This is carved stone. In one side at peak carving with a man riding a horse with traditional weapon at right hand. This possible simbolic for Depati Pakal at history ride horse with brave in war. The Depati Pakal Cemetery located at Kutei Giri Cemetery complex Site, at Lawang Agung Village, Sindang Belitu Ulu district, at Rejang Land. This is the important Rejang lembak anchestor Cemetery. But many Rejang Lembak people not recognise they anchestor cemetery as their etniq origin history :(. We try to introduce you, due this cemetery site minim publication for public. So let us recognize now together with us.

Depati Pakal tomb are using two gravestone decorated with paintings. There is a headstone on the first ornament in the form of the four sides with horse rider, spiraling plant, and triangel form. While only the second gravestone decorated on both sides with a spiraling plant and circle.

Makam Dipati Pakal menggunakan dua nisan yang dihias dengan lukisan. Pada nisan pertama terdapat hiasan di keempat sisinya berupa kuda dengan penunggangnya, sulur-suluran, dan tumpal. Sedangkan nisan kedua hanya dihias pada kedua sisi dengan sulur-suluran dan lingkaran.

Carving stone as decorated gravestone with horse rider relief. Relief orang menunggang kuda dengan senjata di tangan pada puncak batu nisan

Dipati pakal cemetery tomb site

View the head tomb

Relief decorated at tomb

Relief at other tomb (Second tomb)

Relief at second tomb behind

The head tomb relief

July 29, 2009