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 askedpermission 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 thewomen 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).
PART
II
Exercise :
1. What
are the terms given by
the ladies Sumbi to sangkuriang so he can marry her?
2.
With the help of whom sangkuriang task that is
given Sumbiladies?
PART
III
Multiple choise :
1. who is mother
name of sangkuriang?
a.
Tumang
b.
Dayang sumbi
c.
Dewi sartika
d.
purbasari
2. Who is father name of sangkuriang?
a.
Gatot kaca
b.
Malin kundang
c.
Tumang
d.
Krisna
PART IV
1.
Tumang killed by sangkuriang
(True/false)
2. Sangkuriang story came from East
Java(True/false)
3.
Sangkuriang kick boat in
finished(True/false)
PART
V
Answer
key
Part II
1. B. Dayang sumbi
2. C. Tumang
Part III
3. providing a lake and built a beautiful boat, all in one night.
4. With
the help of the genie
Part IV
5. True
6. False
7. False
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