Sources say he has even met with former president Suharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana.
For Siti the lack of trade doesn't mean she gives up life's little luxuries.
Siti earns 3, 000 rupiah a day -- 27 cents -- for herself and a daughter.
Siti Mila, Ratmoko's account manager at Bank Muamalat, says she has many non-Muslim customers.
When Siti left her village in Indonesia six months ago, the local economy was in shambles.
His eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana is chairwoman of the central board of ruling party, Golkar.
Of course, the losers were unhappy -- especially Rafidah, who refused to pose with victor Siti Zaharah.
Siti is a sixtyish woman who hawks cigarettes on a diesel-choked intersection in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
"A year ago 400 rupiah bought enough to fill me up, " says Siti.
Suharto's son Sigit Harjojudanto and daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, also known as Tutut, are rumored to be selling their shares.
Other members of the Suharto clan have joined the fray, including his eldest daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, known as Tutut.
Dhani laughed again when I asked him if the story of Siti Jenar's death is true, and if he's been compared to the prophet.
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In the notes for his latest album, Dhani thanks Syekh Lemah Abang ("Reddish-brown earth") -- a reference to the town where Siti Jenar once lived.
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Siti Maisa, the bride's mother, said she did not mind spending money on the show because it was what her children wanted for their special evening.
Siti worked for six months--often 18 hours a day, for employers who wouldn't allow her a weekly day off--but she wasn't able to send one cent back to Blitar, her home in East Java.
In a neat historical parallel, Dhani's savior and mentor, Mr. Wahid, is a direct descendant of Siti Jenar, a 16th-century Sufi prophet who also preached tolerance in the face of a militant Islamic group in Java.
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Eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana may have sold her Boeing 747-200 jumbo jet, but the family's fleet of planes included, at least until recently, a DC-10, a blue-and-red Boeing 737, a Canadian Challenger 601 and a BAC-111.
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