There is a tomb which I have long wanted to visit but it was only today ( Sunday 16/09/2012) I had the opportunity.
In Kampung Tembioh, close to the riverbank, we can find the tomb of Cik Siti Aminah. Cik Siti Aminah was a famous lady whose reputation for beauty and intelligence remains until today. She is believed to have come from the family of dignitaries, whose father held the rank of Temenggung or Bendahara. Unfortunately for Cik Siti Aminah, her life was littered with trials and what many would leave at bad luck.
Throughout her life, Cik Siti Aminah was met with the demise of her husbands. This strange but sad fate befell her an incredible total of 99 times, as her first 99 husbands died one after another, as though a curse or spell has been casted upon her. But despite the sad outcome of her marriages, Cik Siti Aminah bravely pushed on and finally found a happy life with her 100th husband. Her strength, faith and perseverance were virtues that serves as a lesson to others.
Along the road to Makam Cik Siti Aminah, you might also notice two pillboxes - important concrete structures built by the British during the Second World War which houses machine guns.
We hope that in future, local museum at Kota Tinggi could preserve this site as a heritage site for future generations.
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ReplyDeleteWhat an experience! My family and I went for a visit! We braved ourselves..walking in tall grasses...in case to reach her tombstone. The local told us...once the place was reachable...if you dare...go and visit the isolated spot now...but I heard that some tourists just couldn't find it by following the 'arrow'....Well...it's to no one wonder that there might be some place of interest 'in there'...bushes and long grasses...but we managed with the help of Puan Maznah who brought along with her a 'parang'..telling us that who knows there appear a snake... she cycled in convoy with us to the outskirt of the historical spot.
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