01-04-2024, 03:12 AM
This page states, "Surakarta is purported to be from Java in Indonesia, but this claim may have been a marketing ploy by Ravensberger when the game was first published in Germany in 1971.". This paper by Eric Armayuda, an author working in Indonesia, states that a version of the game is actually Indonesian and that at least some kids in Indonesia still know about that version even if the percentage of kids knowing it is small. Perhaps, with help from Eric Armayuda, you can confirm the game is actually from Indonesia.