Roro
Jonggrang
Long time ago, there was a kingdom
named Prambanan. All the people of Prambanan lived peacefully. But then,
Prambanan kingdom was attacked and occupied by the Pengging kingdom. Prambanan
then was ruled by Bandung Bondowoso of Pengging kingdom. He was a mean king. He
also had great supernatural power. His soldiers were not only humans, but also
genies.
The king of Prambanan had a
beautiful daughter named Loro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her
and wanted to marry her. “You’re very beautiful. Would you be my queen?” asked
Bandung Bondowoso. Loro Jonggrang was shocked. She didn’t like Bandung
Bondowoso because he was a mean person. She wanted to refuse, but she afraid
that Bandung Bondowoso would be angry and endangered the people of Prambanan.
Then, she came up with a plan. “If you want to marry me, you have to build a
thousand temples for me in just one night,” said Loro Jonggrang. “What? That’s
impossible!” said Bandung Bondowoso. But he did not give up. He consulted with
his advisor. “Your Majesty can asked the genies to help built the temples,”
said the advisor.
So, Bandung Bondowoso summoned his
entire genies soldier and commanded them to help him built a thousand temples.
The genies worked in unbelievable speed. Meanwhile, Loro Jonggrang heard from
her servant that the building of a thousand temples was almost finished. She
was so worried. But again, she came up with a great idea. She asked all of her
servants to help her. “Please prepare a lot of straw and mortar. Please hurry
up!” said Loro Jonggrang. “Burn the straw and make some noise pounding the
mortar, quickly.” All those servants did what Loro Jonggrang ordered them;
burning straw and pounding the mortar, making the genies think that the sun is
going to rise.
“It’s already dawn. We have to go,”
said the leader of the genies to Bandung Bondowoso. All the genies immediately
stopped their work and ran for cover from the sun, which they afraid of. They
didn’t know that the light was from the fire that burning the straw, not from
the sun.
Bandung Bondowoso can’t stop the
genies from leaving. He was angry. He knew Loro Jonggrang had just tricked him.
“You cannot fool me, Loro Jonggrang. I already have 999 temples. I just need
one more temple. Now, I will make you the one-thousandth temple.” He pointed
his finger to Loro Jonggrang and said some mantras. Magically, Loro Jonggrang’s
body turned into stone. Until now, the temple is still standing in Prambanan
area, Central Java. And the temple is called Loro Jonggrang temple.
Sangkuriang
Long time ago in West Java, lived a
beautiful girl named Dayang Sumbi. She was also smart and clever. Her beauty
and intelligence made a prince from the heavenly kingdom of Kahyangan desire
her as his wife. The prince asked permission from his father to marry Dayang
Sumbi. People from Kahyangan could never live side by side with humans, but his
father approved on one condition, when they had a child, the prince would
transform into a dog. The prince accepted the condition.
They get married and lived happily
in the woods until Dayang Sumbi gave birth to a baby boy. The prince then
changed into a dog named Tumang. Their son is named Sangkuriang. He was very
smart and handsome like his father. Everyday, he hunted animals and looked for
fruits to eat. One day, when he was hunting, Sangkuriang accidentally killed
Tumang. His arrow missed the deer he was targeting and hit Tumang instead. He
went home and tells her mother about the dog. “What?” Dayang Sumbi was
appalled. Driven by sadness and anger, she grabbed a weaving tool and hit
Sangkuriang’s head with it. Dayang Sumbi was so sad; she didn’t pay any
attention to Sangkuriang and started to cry.
Sangkuriang feel sad and also
confused. How can his mother love a dog more than him? Sangkuriang then decided
to go away from their home and went on a journey. In the morning, Dayang Sumbi
finally stopped crying. She started to feel better, so she went to find
Sangkuriang. But her son was no where to be found. She looked everywhere but
still couldn’t find him. Finally, she went home with nothing. She was
exhausted. She fell asleep, and in her dream, she meets her husband. “Dayang
Sumbi, don’t be sad. Go look for my body in the woods and get the heart. Soak
it with water, and use the water to bathe, and you will look young forever,”
said the prince in her dream. After bathing with the water used to soak the
dog’s heart, Dayang Sumbi looked more beautiful and even younger.
And time passed by. Sangkuriang on
his journey stopped at a village and met and fell in love with a
beautiful girl.He didn’t realize that the village was his homeland
and the beautiful girl was his own mother, Dayang Sumbi. Their love grew
naturally and he asked the girl to marry him. One day, Sangkuriang was going on
a hunt. He asked Dayang Sumbi to fix the turban on his head. Dayang Sumbi was
startled when she saw a scar on his head at the same place where she, years
ago, hit Sangkuriang on the head.
After the young man left, Dayang
Sumbi prayed for guidance. After praying, she became convinced that the young
man was indeed her missing son. She realized that she had to do something to
prevent Sangkuriang from marrying her. But she did not wish to disappoint him
by cancelling the wedding. So, although she agreed to marry Sangkuriang, she
would do so only on the condition that he provides her with a lake and built a
beautiful boat, all in one night.
Sangkuriang accepted this condition
without a doubt. He had spent his youth studying magical arts. After the sun
went down, Sangkuriang went to the hill. Then he called a group of genie to
build a dam around Citarum River. Then, he commands the genies to cut down
trees and build a boat. A few moments before dawn, Sangkuriang and his genie
servants almost finished the boat.
Dayang Sumbi, who had been spying on
him, realised that Sangkuriang would fulfill the condition she had set. Dayang
Sumbi immediately woke all the women in the village and asked them to wave a
long red scarf. All the women in the village were waving red scarf, making it
look as if dawn was breaking. Deceived by false dawn, the cock crowed and
farmers rose for the new day.
Sangkuriang’s genie servants
immediately dropped their work and ran for cover from the sun, which they
feared. Sangkuriang grew furious. With all his anger, he kicked the unfinished
boat. The boat flew and landed on a valley. The boat then became a mountain,
called Mount Tangkuban Perahu (Tangkuban means upturned or upside down, and
Perahu means boat). With his power, he destroyed the dam. The water drained
from the lake becoming a wide plain and nowadays became a city called Bandung
(from the word Bendung, which means Dam).***
Sumber:
https://feradesliaahyar.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/10-cerita-rakyat-dalam-bahasa-inggris/
Nama : Nita Priyani
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: Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2
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