Viral hoax narrative that mentions Ken Arok as the inventor of lato-lato. Actually, who is Ken Arok? Why can it be associated with the viral lato-lato game?
The first thing that needs to be argued is that Ken Arok was not the inventor of lato-lato. Everything is a hoax made by a fad by juxtaposing a photo of the Bima statue with lato-lato. This hoax was confirmed by Hari Setyawan, an archaeologist from the Borobudur Conservation Center. So, don't fall for the hoax let alone spread it again.
Next, let's get to know who Ken Arok himself is. Launching the official website of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Saturday (14/1/2023) Ken Arok is the name of the king in the Singosari Kingdom. Ken Arok, also called Sri Ranggah Rajasa, was a man born in East Java in 1182 and died in 1227.
Ken Arok was born to a poor farming family, his mother was named Ken Ndok and was the wife of a duke's assistant in the Kingdom of Kediri. Ken Arok was then abandoned by his mother after birth, with the hope that his son could get a better life. But it turns out that Ken Arok had to live a hard life, until one day he met Mpu Lohgawe who believed that Ken Arok was the incarnation of Wisnu.
Long story short, Ken Arok met Ken Dedes who later became his wife -- after Ken Arok killed Tunggul Ametung who was previously Ken Dedes' husband using a dagger from Empu Gandring.
At that time, Tunggul Ametung was the leader of the Kingdom of Kediri. After the death of Tunggul Ametung, the Kingdom of Kediri was led by King Kertajaya, but in the end the kingdom was successfully taken over by Ken Arok. Since then, all of the Kediri regions were united in the Singosari Kingdom.
Meanwhile, Singosari is a Hindu kingdom. Initially, Singosari was named Tumapel which had the capital Singosari. His territory includes Sunda, Bali, parts of Kalimantan, parts of Sumatra, and the Malacca Straits area.