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Tangkuban Perahu
Obe of the n»ost> interesting tourismi object in West Java is Gunung Tangkuban Pteirahu1 in Lemfoang — Baa-> dung!. jLeoifoang ifei 16 Km north! oif Bandung, oa the, way to Tangfoiban Perahu. Mbuntain. The city its also •ideal as there are cotnfertable stop owsti points to j'cwa the nearbyi hills and mountain/ Thie marcMOg ailr can be quite cold1 bieoauise of its height of more than 1400 metres. Thte views and) the eoolld .cli--miate, treefe and shrubs, the masses of flowers, and' well' oird»nsd gardens and marvel* lous firuit market, makes.1 The viieiws and the cool cli-visitoiTS will enjoy it befcause' the writer* has1 K'Ved ia Lem-bang fan 16 yeta*.-
Have you heard, about the folk tale of Tangkuban Pe-iraWu which is still an active volcanic crater? If you. have never hefa.rd; of' it, the writer Would likfe to- write a short sto'ry about it Which she has beard from hear say when, she was ifci west Java. This, story is' especially f on foreign, eirs who can't speak Sunda-nese oj- Indonesian and' want to know this story Wetause— the Taglkuban Perahu' oir Sang kurianig story usually is writ-tea in the Local, language (Sundawesie) on fcid'ontesian.
Once there wa's a king who Was hunting in the forest with his soldiieirs. They wanted to hunt dieeir as in onesi the Kinig*5, hobby. Tfrtey looik erf, for it every where bolt' until they felt tlnred' they) failed' to findi it. There' wasn't any anilmtal at that time.; So heiy dbcidtefl to go home.. When cm theiffi way the King wanted tto urinate sk>, he went, to a bush. When he was u'ri-nating the urine fell into a CjOiconut shell whibh was lying there,. Afltej- the finished; he went away. Now the forest became silent again. Sud: dfealy there was' a big p5g which came out from' it's . hiding. She Loojkeki very hung my and1 thfursly, when she t saw water in the "coconut!
shell she drank* ilt dp. Time paused1, th'e pig became pre-: gwant. One day she gave birtb, the baby was very strange for, heir because in was a human, beiiag not ani-i mal. So, the .first! time it was1 very difficult flow the baby; to, suckle but it became! easier and1 ebsiec.
One d'ay, the weathefr took ed veiry clear With1 btee sky,i it wa?1 a time floir the King! and hisi soldiers to hunt in; the forest again. As usual he went with his soM'ers'. Along, the way, they Welre, very happy especially because one; of th« sowers whose name was Lengser was, a joker. He always made the King and1 his soldlieirs laugh and laugh again.
But sudd'enly they heard a baby — crying in the bush, They stopped lauighling and hearing it seriously, they were surprised there t&at Was1 a baby in thie forest; Thc King oirdbreid Leingsei So search fioir it. 'Most of the soldiers were afraid whether it was a real baby Oir a ghost but no,t few — Lengs<e,r, he passed tibrouglh a diitfficu'lt patih tlo search for it. In fact in the bush he saw that a baby Was crying. Then he wejnt back to the Kilng) and1 said' that there was a real; baby in tote bush.. The King o.rdtell the baby to be brought' to the Kingdom and adopted) her as his daughter.
Time passed:, the baby became a beautiful girl. Th® 'King loived he.T very much, hte name,d heir, "Dayang Sum-bi," lx% of Kingp and1 princes cam'e to the Kingdom to propose to Dayanig Sum-Wi but no one wafei received by her. So, the K'i'ng was ve'ry ccmBuse'd1; hie forced her to receive one of theim but Day|an@- Sum-bi always refused evemy proposal To avoid them Dayang Sumbi asked for permission
fitcxai the, King that shte Wanteld to live in thelforest. At' first the Kingi didn't agree but aftar Dayang Sum-bii stated' heir reason that sine was afnaid1 that there would be a wair between thte1 Kingldtoms because of !he,r refflused. Thareforie, sihe wanted to hide herseilfi. Finally the King agreed. He ordered his soldiers to have a little hiOlu'se bui'lt in tWo forest and gave hter some material for making clothes in ordiClr that she migiht not became bored living in the forest. Dayanig Sumfoi made the' clothes every day to sltend Heir tdmie.
Oale d!ay when was making cjothes, one of hler material for making it (tero-pomgO ftelil dloiwn «o the gro^ und'. SSie wate veiry tlired and' lazy to bring it backi andl ttoen slhe mumbteld i¥ th0re' wiais someone who would! he^ip her brling thle teropongl black to her, if she were a! 'gi.rl she1 would! become her; slisiteir b'ut if he were a boy: the wwra'ld1 bfeeome he,r hiusi-Wanid. This Was heard1 by a djag, then the dio'g brought, t!hiei teropong and gave it to Dayang Stoirnlbii. She was sur-pnised Whten she saw that it. wias. a dlag With her tero-i pomgf She remembered' that she had to make the dog heir.
•biKibanid. Then shei fai'nte'd. Wlheln she regfllined coasci-. ousn,e;ss she was aware the dbg; bad gone. '• Oace day Dayang Sumlb'i! felt ttoait she was pregnant.' During her pregnancy tlalef dog, Whiioh was named Tu-i mang, with hib1 loiyalty ali WBjyis> paid atteatioo to her..; After niattoi months she gavel toktlh'. When, the dog knew, ft, be, banked' as if he wast v«ry happy. Dayang Sumibi named heir son 'SanglkuriangP Sangkwiiang became a' handsome: bay, abd his hioil*-toy was huntikig animals in the1 forest. The dog a5iway4 took care of him, wheareever ixe went the dbg always went: with bita. One day Dayangk Sumbi warifed a heart oft deer- S!he oidtoiieUI Sangku-i
"•ffiang to hunt dee*. Sanku-dang agreed!. He went to the!
"tores! wvtfe his, dog. In thei Consist they looked for d'ees-but he coiuild noit find1 it unn til his Mt very timed. H© sat under a tree while his, dbg sat) beside Wim. Suddenly h« saw a big pig in the bush. The pig lodkeid' at him1. As fast a§, he could he strung tin's how but act one of h,ife.
arrows could hurt the pig., The|n he ordteredi the dogi tb.
•run after the pig, but the dog did not move. He* didn't: obfely Sangkuffiangl's oird'er. It: made! Sangkuriang very angry. Oa the, oithler hdnd the dog just kissed Sanefcurianig's feet. Finally in. anger he fciililedl the dog and bnoughtt ito heart to his house. Arrive ing botae. he gave Uhiei dog'rf heart to his mioithea- aad saidt that it was the deer's heart.* Hiis. mtatheir was very happy.)
•Wfceo she asiked about) thei dlog), Sangfcuiriiang aniswereidt that the dog was still ia thei forest. Then Dayang Sbnvbil went to the kitthon andt cooiked it fotf her dianer.r When she was elating it,/
Sanigikuriang lau.glheid a-ndi said that it wias notl thei defeirTs heart but the, dog's! heart. How surprised and» a'ngiry she w'as when she) heart, it, she1 cried and beat Sangk!u-rfla-ng!% h<e<ad. She said tfca/t the, doig was his fatheT., Hie had kilkld bis own fa-' tbei.
When SangJcWang hearid' it. he was confused why hris mother wag, so angry and said that the dog was: his' own father. Because he was; afraid of his mothe'r, he wetit away and d>ecided he! wokiJd not come1 back again* to msi mother. He went east/ Alter years, Sangkuriang be- : came a very sik'ong and bra» vfi mam His body was big •and he still looked hand-som*. One day he airrived av a place whew there wlis ai woman sitting and making dothes. She looted' very be-> autiful1. Sanglk'uriiang fell to low Wi'tfa he;r. He came near1 thfe Woiraan and greelbd hen, The wom'an gazed at him1,, and saw a handsome man, and she fell in love.
She stoke1 his hefed with] love. But suddenly she saw. a wound oil his head It reminded ietf o£ her own, son-who- had gone away fo>tf ye'airs', then she asked' him iS he knew Sangkur iangi"s nak me, and h« answeireid) that h« was Sang^uriiang. The wo<-man cried happiliy. She was _ gjadi tlhat she met again,' her? soin. for wiomani she hadi waited. But Sangkuriang did not' believe that the! beautiful Woman was his mother,1 he still waolbd to many her.1 Dayang SuinW 'relfused as' sfeei was1 awane that ilt Was: im'possiiWle fior he,r. to marry hier own, s'oii. Sangkuriang was wiry angry, he thought' thait Dlayiang Sumbi has dfe-i ceived him. Dayang Sumbi was very sad, she' prayed tb qcmi now to otveKtome S'angv kuriang proposal. Evemtually Dayang Sumbi made oondi-tiionsi whilch was impoissiblef for SJangkuriang to fullfiil.' Belfiore he could manry heir, Dayiang Sumbi wanted him! tb m'akie a big lake with a' ship. It had to bb finished1 in one Mightl before the sun1 <roSe. Sangkuring agreed1.1 With his magic power he worked hand all nigth, and\ thei distil helped him make' the lake. In a short ftme, a liakel was1 famished then he> started tb make! a shiip.i When. Dayang Sumib'l income ' aware that Saogikluriang co-< ul,d fuillffill her conditions'* she was very afiraid, sad and Corfus'eidl. She prayed' again., Whe'n t'rte ship wais a?aiosii finished, wiitb hfer. maglic po* weir she siprea'd a white) olottoi nalmeidl "Boeh Rarang" ia the: east, so it looked like thei sun rising. Sangkuir'iahg wasl surpnisied and angry. Withi biB mag'ic po,weir he knew* t*hatr it was1 justi a triict' firom' Dfayang Sumbi so hel ran af-te'r her. Dayang Sjunibli ran1 into' a moun,tain and was lost in it. Nlow it is narnted' "Gunwng Pui'.iri". Because-Sangikuoanig could not find! her, in his angeir he kictefli tlh.e ai'ni'osti flinlsh.ed' ship un-i til it was turned upsidtei diolwn. T'odlaly it has becomel The Tangkuban Pierabu Mo^. untialin and the, lake aftcir iit,l dricidi up and b'e'come ai btea-. cit'y named Bandung.1