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KEMARO ISLAND

Kemaro IslandIn the middle of the Musi river there is an island called Kemaro Island. The name means the island is never stagnant water, although the tide of the island will not be flooded and will be visible from a distance floating above the waters of the Musi river.
This island has a legend about the love story princess of Palembang who named Siti Fatimah proposed by the child king of China who named Tan BunAnn’.
The proposed requirements and Siti Fatimah Tan Bun Ann is offering 9 jars of gold, Tan Bun Ann’s family to accept the terms proposed. To avoid pirate gold when in travel brought from China the gold in those jars that have been covered with pickles and vegetables, with anger and disappointment then throw away all those jars into the Musi river, but on the last jar of crashes on the side of the boat and shattered so that the gold pieces have seen that contained.
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