The Story of Sangkuriang and Tangkuban Perahu Mountain
Once,
there was a kingdom in Priangan Land. Lived a happy family. They were a
father in form of dog,his name is Tumang, a mother which was called is
Dayang Sumbi, and a child which was called Sangkuriang.
One day,
Dayang Sumbi asked her son to go hunting with his lovely dog, Tumang.
After hunting all day, Sangkuriang began desperate and worried because
he hunted no deer. Then he thought to shot his own dog. Then he took the
dog liver and carried home.
Soon Dayang Sumbi found out that it was
not deer lever but Tumang's, his own dog. So, She was very angry and hit
Sangkuriang's head. In that incident, Sangkuriang got wounded and scar
then cast away from their home.
Years go bye, Sangkuriang had travel
many places and finally arrived at a village. He met a beautiful woman
and felt in love with her. When they were discussing their wedding
plans, The woman looked at the wound in Sangkuriang's head. It matched
to her son's wound who had left severall years earlier. Soon she
realized that she felt in love with her own son.
She couldn't marry
him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She needed a lake and a
boat for celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them in
one night. He built a lake. With a dawn just moment away and the boat
was almost complete. Dayang Sumbi had to stop it. Then, she lit up the
eastern horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowed for a new
day.
Sangkuriang failed to marry her. She was very angry and kicked
the boat. It felt over and became the mountain of Tangkuban Perahu
Bandung.
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