TANGKUBAN PERAHU
nce upon a time in west Java, Indonesia lived a wise
king who had a beautiful daughter. Her name was DayangSumbi.
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. DayangSumbi 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 DayangSumbi 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 DayangSumbi 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
DayangSumbi. At the time DayangSumbi 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 DayangSumbi 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 DayangSumbi 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 DayangSumbi 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 TangkubanPerahu. It
means boat upside down. From a distant it looks like a boat upside down.
Sekali waktu di Jawa barat, Indonesia tinggal
seorang raja yang bijaksana yang memiliki seorang putri cantik. Namanya
DayangSumbi. Dia menyukai tenun sangat banyak. Setelah dia menenun kain ketika
salah satu alat nya jatuh ke tanah. Dia sangat lelah pada waktu itu sehingga
dia terlalu malas untuk mengambilnya. Kemudian dia hanya berteriak outloud.
'Adakah orang di sana? Ambilkan alat saya. Saya akan
memberikan hadiah khusus. Jika Anda perempuan, saya akan menganggap Anda
sebagai adikku. Jika Anda laki-laki, aku akan menikahimu
Tiba-tiba seekor anjing jantan, namanya adalah
Tumang, datang. Dia membawanya alat jatuh. DayangSumbi sangat terkejut. Dia
menyesali kata-katanya, tapi dia tidak bisa menyangkalnya. Jadi dia harus
menikah Tumang dan meninggalkan ayahnya. Kemudian mereka tinggal di sebuah desa
kecil. Beberapa bulan kemudian mereka memiliki seorang putra. Namanya
Sangkuriang. Dia adalah seorang anak laki-laki tampan dan sehat.
Sangkuriang menyukai berburu sangat banyak. Dia
sering pergi berburu ke hutan menggunakan panahnya. Ketika ia pergi berburu
Tumang selalu bersamanya. Di masa lalu ada banyak rusa di Jawa sehingga
Sangkuriang sering diburu untuk rusa.
Suatu hari DayangSumbi ingin memiliki jantung rusa
jadi dia meminta Sangkuriang berburu rusa. Kemudian Sangkuriang pergi ke kayu
dengan panah dan anjing yang setia Tumang. Tapi setelah beberapa hari di hutan
Sangkuriang tidak bisa menemukan rusa apapun. Mereka semua menghilang.
Sangkuriang lelah dan putus asa. Dia tidak ingin mengecewakan ibunya sehingga
ia membunuh Tumang. Dia tidak tahu bahwa Tumang adalah ayahnya. Di rumah ia
memberi hati Tumang untuk ibunya.
Tapi DayangSumbi tahu bahwa itu adalah hati Tumang
itu. Dia begitu marah karena dia tidak bisa mengendalikan emosinya. Dia memukul
Sangkuriang di kepalanya. Sangkuriang terluka. Ada bekas luka di kepalanya. Dia
juga ditolak anaknya. Sangkuriang meninggalkan ibunya dalam kesedihan.
Bertahun-tahun berlalu dan Sangkuriang menjadi
seorang pemuda yang kuat. Dia berjalan di mana-mana. Suatu hari ia tiba di
desanya sendiri tapi dia tidak menyadari hal itu. Di sana ia bertemu
DayangSumbi. Pada saat itu DayangSumbi diberi kecantikan abadi oleh Allah
sehingga dia tinggal muda selamanya. Keduanya tidak saling mengenal. Sehingga
mereka jatuh cinta dan kemudian mereka memutuskan untuk menikah.
Tapi kemudian diakui DayangSumbi bekas luka di
kepala Sangkuriang nya. Dia tahu bahwa Sangkuriang adalah putranya. Itu tidak
mungkin bagi mereka untuk menikah. Dia mengatakan dia tapi dia tidak percaya
padanya. Dia berharap bahwa mereka segera menikah. Jadi DayangSumbi memberi
kondisi yang sangat sulit. Dia ingin Sangkuriang untuk membangun sebuah danau
dan perahu dalam satu malam! Dia bilang dia membutuhkan itu untuk berbulan
madu.
Sangkuriang setuju. Dengan bantuan jin dan roh
Sangkuriang mencoba untuk membangun mereka. Pada tengah malam ia selesai danau
dengan membangun bendungan di sungai Citarum. Lalu ia mulai membangun perahu.
Itu hampir fajar ketika ia hampir selesai. Sementara itu DayangSumbi terus mengawasi
mereka. Dia sangat khawatir ketika dia tahu ini. Jadi dia membuat lampu di
timur. Kemudian roh berpikir bahwa itu sudah fajar. Sudah waktunya bagi mereka
untuk pergi. Mereka meninggalkan Sangkuriang sendiri. Tanpa bantuan mereka ia
tidak bisa menyelesaikan perahu.
Sangkuriang sangat marah. Dia menendang perahu.
Kemudian perahu ternyata Gunung Tangkubanperahu. Ini berarti perahu terbalik.
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