Asi Mbojo (Bima Sultanate Palace)

Kingdom Mbojo (Bima), which entered in one record the travel history of Indonesia up to now still leave a palace that had become the palace of the sultans’s of Bima. The available palace in the middle of the Bima city and was built by Sultan Salahudin Kahir in end of a year 1725 and 1727 was still showing its authenticity. Although experiencing renovation, but renovation that was carried out stayed gripping in his original architecture.

The Palace which was built at the period of Sultan Salahudin Kahir this continued to become the resident's pride Mbojo. As usual him palaces in the Javanese Island, the Mbojo palace also had the design was similar in fact possibly was the same as the palace in the Javanese island.

The palace was located in the middle of the city, in front was spread our the town square.All around the palace overgrown with banyan tree and in the other corner looks a mosque as the place of religious duties of Muslim group. "......Previously indeed had the very big banyan tree but now has collapsed....", said H. Umar - the Bima citizens.

Entered the palace with the design of the house on stilts, the visitor was offered various legacy sorts of the kingdom like the kris, the sword and symbols of the kingdom as well as jewellery. The visitor could also enter the sultan's office and the bed that still looked intact except the old meubeler with its distinctive design.

The unique of this palace, according to the guard there is one room as a place of the execution on people who were sentenced guilty. If capital punishment is carried out, the bodies of persons concerned will never be found in the room. "According to the story, there was the supernatural being that in the order to throw the bodies away," He explained.

Be finished followed corners of the palace, the visitor still was offered various original Mbojo works like herb or wood crafts Songgak. According to the brochure, wood Songgak had the usefulness cured several illnesses among them rheumatism and diabetes. "The method is, was kept pouring water in glasses songgak. Be waiting several times just his water was drunk”, explained the other guide.
Matter of taste should not be asked. For those of you who do not like the bitter taste if you want to drink water from wood glasses songgak should prepare sugar for the bitter taste or other bidders. Not believe ???!!!, please try it...........***