Jun 8, 2009

The Legend of Sangkuriang

The Sangkuriang

In the days of old, have a daughter of the king of the story in West Java called Dayang Sumbi.Ia have a son who is named Sangkuriang. Children are very fond hunting.

He was accompanied by hunting with Tumang, dog pet palace. Sangkuriang do not know, that dog is the bead and also the father of the gods.

On a day Tumang not want the command to pursue prey animals. But dogs are diusirnya into the forest.

When returned to the palace, told Sangkuriang incident was her mother. Extraordinarily angry Dayang Sumbi heard the story so that. He accidentally hit the head with a spoon of rice Sangkuriang the dipegangnya. Sangkuriang injured. He was very disappointed and went rogue.

After that incident, Dayang Sumbi extremely regret themselves. He was always very diligent to pray and be imprisoned. On a when, the gods gave him a gift. He will be forever young and has a lasting beauty.

After many years itinerate, Sangkuriang eventually intends to return to the ground water. Sesampainya there, the kingdom has changed total. There dijumpainya a lovely girl, who is not Dayang Sumbi. Dazzled by the beauty of the woman, Sangkuriang melamarnya. Because the youth was very handsome, very Dayang Sumbi also stunned him.

On a day Sangkuriang ask farewell to hunt. He requested help Dayang Sumbi to tidy bundle head. Would terkejutnya Dayang Sumbi see the scar for the candidate in her husband. Injury is just as children who have been injured to go wander. After a long diperhatikannya, the youth face is very similar to face his son. He became very terrified.

But then he seek power to thwart the efforts of the proposal. He put the two terms. First, he asks for the youth to stem the Citarum river. And second, he requested Sangkuriang to make a large boat to cross over the river is. The two requirements that must be met before the morning break.

That night Sangkuriang do Tapa. With it rally kesaktiannya-sentient supernatural being to help complete the job. Dayang Sumbi also secretly snoop job. Once the work is almost complete, Dayang Sumbi ordered pasukannya to the red silk cloth, in the east of the city.


When witnessed the ruddy color in the east of the city, Sangkuriang think the day is morning. He also stopped work. He was very angry because it means he can not meet the requirements requested Dayang Sumbi.

With strength, he was a dam dibuatnya. There were big floods engulf the entire city. He also boat and then kick a big dibuatnya. The boat drift and fall into a mountain called "Tangkuban Boat."


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