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 outloud.
‘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 wood 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 wood 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 him but he 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 he 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.
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