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This is a story from Tangkuban Prahu.
The Legend of “SANGKURIANG”
Once upon a time in west Java, Indonesia lived a wise king who had a
beautiful daughter. Her name was Dayang
Sumbi. She liked weaving very much. Once she was weaving a cloth when one of her
tool fell to the ground. She was very
tired at the time so she was too lazy to take it. Then she just shouted out loud.
She shouted ‘Anybody there? Bring me my tool. I will give you special present. If you are female, I will consider you as my sister. If you are male, I will marry you’
Suddenly a male dog, its name was Tumang, came. He brought her the falling tool. Dayang Sumbi was very surprised. She regretted her words but she could not
deny it. So she had to marry Tumang and
leave her father. Then they lived in a
small village. Several months later they
had a son. His name was
Sangkuriang. He was a handsome and
healthy boy.
Sangkuriang liked hunting very much.
He often went hunting to the forest using his arrow. When he went hunting Tumang always with
him. In the past there were many deer in
Java so Sangkuriang often hunted for deer.
One day Dayang Sumbi wanted to have
deer’s heart so she asked Sangkuriang to hunt for a deer. Then Sangkuriang went to the forest with his
arrow and his faithful dog Tumang. But
after several days in the wood Sangkuriang could not find any deer. They were all disappeared. Sangkuriang was exhausted and desperate. He did not want to disappoint her mother so
he killed Tumang. He did not know that
Tumang was his father. At home he gave
Tumang’s heart to her mother.
But Dayang Sumbi knew that it was Tumang’s heart. She was so angry that she could not control
her emotion. She hit Sangkuriang at his
head. Sangkuriang was wounded. There was
a scar in his head. She also
repelled her son. Sangkuriang left her
mother in sadness.
Many years passed and Sangkuriang became a strong young man. He wandered
everywhere. One day he arrived
at his own village but he did not realized it.
There he met Dayang Sumbi. At the
time Dayang Sumbi was given an eternal beauty by God so she stayed young
forever. Both of them did not know each
other. So they fell in love and then
they decided to marry.
But then Dayang Sumbi recognized a scar on his Sangkuriang’s head. She knew that Sangkuriang was his son. It was impossible for them to marry. She told sangkuriang but sangkuriang did not
believe her. He wished that they marry
soon. So Dayang Sumbi gave a very
difficult condition. She wanted
Sangkuriang to build a lake and a boat in one night! She said she needed that for honeymoon.
Sangkuriang agreed. With the help of
genie and spirits Sangkuriang tried to build them. By midnight he had finished the lake by building a dam in Citarum
river. Then he started building the
boat. It was almost dawn when he nearly
finished it. Meanwhile Dayang Sumbi kept
watching on them. She was very worried
when she knew this. So she made lights
in the east. Then the spirits thought
that it was already dawn. It was time
for them to leave. They left Sangkuriang
alone. Without their help sangkuriang
could not finish the boat.
Sangkuriang was very
angry. He kicked the boat. Then the boat turned out to be Mount
Tangkuban Perahu. It means boat upside
down. From a distant it looks like a
boat upside dow
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