Wednesday, March 15, 2017

THE LEGEND OF TANGKUBAN PERAHU


The legend of Tangkuban perahu



Long ago in the land of Sundanese, West Java, there is a beautiful heavenly goddess. His name Dayang Sumbi. He lived in a shack in the woods with a faithful dog, Tumang.
One day, while weaving the fabric, she lost one of the tools. Being tired looking everywhere, Dayang Sumbi said to himself, "Anyone who can find a lost and give it back to me, if he was a man, I would make a good husband and if she is a woman, I would make her sister "
To the shock, Tumang find tools and return it to him. Inevitably, Dayang Sumbi must fulfill its own promise to marry Tumang, who had been a person who has been cursed by the evil witch into a dog.

Incidentally Dayang Sumbi gave birth to a baby boy and named him Sangkuriang. Sangkuriang grow into healthy adolescents who like to hunt animals in the forest. Dayang Sumbi never told Sangkuriang that Tumang is his father.
One day, Sangkuriang and Tumang hunting deer in the woods. Soon they met with wild boar. Sangkuriang wondered, "Why is not there a deer today? But I thought the boar will not make any different." Sangkuriang Tumang shouted, "Go and fight the wild boar. Kill for me!"

Surprisingly, Tumang not kill the boar as the boar actually the mother Dayang Sumbi. Wild boar go safely. This makes Sangkuriang very angry, he kills Tumang. Then, he took the dog liver and give it to Dayang Sumbi.
After eating the liver, Dayang Sumbi Sangkuriang asked, "By the way, where Tumang?
I have not seen him since you came back from hunting. "

"Mother," said Sangkuriang quietly. "I killed Tumang for disobedience. The liver you eat really careful Tumang."
"You! You are an ungrateful child!" Dayang Sumbi shouted, hitting a soup spoon to Sangkuriang head hard until his head was bleeding. "Get out of my face, you're a killer. How dare you kill your own father? You are a tad useless!"

Bleeding in the head, Sangkuriang fled into the woods and up the hill. Years passed, Sangkuriang turned into a handsome and skilled hunter. He had forgotten all bitter past because he has lost his memory. He even forgot his name.
One day, Sangkuriang met a beautiful woman in the woods with whom he fell in love. Dayang Sumbi The woman, who can not be older because she is a goddess. Sangkuriang not recognize his own mother, but Dayang Sumbi recognize Sangkuriang of old scar on his head.
Lovesick, Sangkuriang propose to marry. To avoid a forbidden marriage between a mother and a son, Dayang Sumbi asked him to make a lake and a boat in one night as a wedding gift for her. With the help of magical creatures of the forest, lake and boat building Sangkuriang. Dayang Sumbi know about it and he outwit Sangkuriang so the job is not completely done. Knowing this, Sangkuriang so angry that he kicked the boat and the boat overturned. It became a mountain Tangkuban Perahu in West Java.

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