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 down.
Title : Contoh Narrative Text Bahasa Inggris"The Legend of SANGKURIANG"
Description : The Legend of "SANGKURIANG" Once upon a time in west Java, Indonesia lived a wise king who had a beautiful daugh...
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