The Queens of Langkasuka

The Queens of Langkasuka

The Plot

Queen Hijau (The Green Queen) of Pattani faces overthrow by the rebel Prince Rawai, who is allied with pirate captain Black Raven. The pirates attempt to capture some giant cannon invented by Dutchman Janis Bree and Chinese inventor Lim Kium, but the Dutch ship carrying the cannon blows up and the cannons sink into the sea.

Meanwhile, an orphan sea gypsy boy named Pari is raised in a fishing village, which is constantly under attack by Black Raven's raiding parties. The boy, gifted in the magical art of Du Lum, is taken by his uncle Anjar to learn more of the magical ways of the ocean from White Ray, but the sage refuses to teach the boy. Nonetheless, Pari is soon communicating with the marine life. He grows into manhood and becomes a fighter against Black Raven's pirates.

Black Raven, also a practitioner in the Du Lum ocean magical arts, has been trying to raise the cannons from the depths of the sea.

Queen Hijau wants her own large cannons and seeks the inventor Lim Kium, who has been living in the sea gypsy fishing village. She sends away her sisters, Princess Ungu (The Purple Princess) and Princess Biru (The Blue Princess). They will be under the protection of the queen's loyal commander, the fierce silat exponent Lord Jarang.

At the fishing village, Lord Jarang comes under attack. Pari aids Jarang in fighting off the pirates, and Jarang makes his escape. In the confusion, Princess Ungu is believed to have been killed, but she has actually been rescued by Pari and taken to White Ray's remote island.

There, a romance develops between Ungu and Pari, but neither are able to commit. Ungu is due to marry the Prince of Pahang, an important ally of Langkasuka. And Pari is still tortured by the death of his childhood sweetheart at the hands of Black Raven's men.

In a cave on the island, Pari encounters Black Ray, an evil, unstable alter ego of White Ray, and Pari begins to learn more about Du Lum and the conflict between the black and white sides of the practice.

Eventually, all the forces - the rebel prince, the pirates, the ocean sorcerers, the queen and the princesses - will battle for the big cannon.

The Prince of Pahang and The Purple Princess 

The Commander of Langkasuka - Laksmana Jarang

My Comments

This movie tells us a bit of The Nusantara History and the power of the ancient Malay Empire which includes the culture , the loyalty and bravery of a Malay warrior/Laksmana and the art of Malay's Silat which is their original self defence. In this movie also we can see that Keris is used by the Royal Family and their army as a important weapon to protect themselves from danger . This shows that the weapon 'Keris' is a uniform weapon throughout the Nusantara Land . As we can see, the malays also had used the modern equipment such as pistols , mauser rifle and canons .This prove that they do not depends entirely on traditionals and in capable of making ones unlike the English's historian write about the malays.

The Nusantara which is the 'spice route' and the gathering place of voyagers . It is also the centre of spice trade between India , European , Arab and China and the resting place of merchants during the Monsoon.

            

                 The Malay which is famous with their port in Malacca in 16th century

The Keris - the prime weapon in the Nusantara until today. It is the only weapon in the world that has curve blade . There no other weapon in the world that has this characteristics, which is strong prove that this weapon belong to the Malays.