Story Telling
Story Telling
Story Telling
Once upon a time, there was a young man living in West Sumatra
named Malin Kundang. He lived with a poor fisherman family. His
father went to sea to make a living for his family and he never came
back home. People made an issue about his father’s death. This issue
made his mother anxious every day.
Several months later, his mother chose to forget about his father. She
realized that she had to work hard. She did a lot of work all day and
night. Unfortunately, she still didn’t get enough money for her family.
Several years later, he became a rich sailor. He had many ships and
crews. He was married to a beautiful girl and had three children.
After finishing his business, he went sailing back with his wife and
children. On the sea, the sky instantly overcast. Heavy lighting and
rain was failing. Their ship hit the rocks and crashed. Malin swayed to
the shore. The magic happened. He turned into stone, like her mother
wished. It was known as Malin Kundang stone by people of West
Sumatra.
SANGKURIANG
In ancient times, there was a girl named Dayang Sumbi who lived in
West Java. She was also a clever and smart girl. The prince of the
heavenly kingdom of Kahyangan fell in love with her beauty and
intelligence. He wanted to make Dayang Sumbi as his wife. Prince
came to his father and asked for his permission to marry Sumbi. There
was a rule that people from Kahyangan could never live among
humans. But, his father gave the prince permission with one one
condition. When they had a child, the prince had to transform into a
dog. The prince accepted his father’s condition.
One day, the prince and Sumbi got married and lived happily in the
jungle. Then, Sumbi gave birth to a son. So, the prince kept his
promise to change into a dog named Tumang. Their son's name was
Sangkuriang. He was very handsome like the prince. Every day, he
went to hunt animals in the jungle. One day, when Sangkuriang was
hunting for the animals, he unintentionally killed Tumang. He missed
his shot and the arrow hit Tumang. Then, he went home and told his
mother about the dog.
“What did you do?” She was so angry and took a cooking tool. She hit
Sangkuriang’s head with it. She was so sad and cried a lot.
Looking his mother cried, Sangkuriang felt sorry to her. However, he
was confused. He thought his mother loved dogs more than him. Then,
he decided to leave his mother for a journey. In the morning, Sumbi
felt better and stopped crying. She went to the jungle to find
Sangkuriang. However, she could not find him. She was exhausted and
decided to go to house. In her dream, she met her husband.
“My love, don’t be sad. take my heart from my body. Then, soak it
with the water, use the water to bathe. You will look young forever.”
said her husband. She followed the prince’s order. So, she looked more
beautiful and younger.
After many years, Sangkuriang stopped in a village when he was on a
journey. In the village, he met a beautiful girl and fell in love with her.
He wanted to marry the girl he loved. He didn’t notice that the village
was his homeland. Even the beautiful girl he loved was his own
mother, Dayang Sumbi. One day, Sangkuriang asked Sumbi to fix his
turban on his head. Sumbi was so shocked when she found the scar on
Sangkuriang’s head. A scar was at the same place where she hit
Sangkuriang’s head years ago.
Then, Sumbi asked for guidance from God. After praying, she was sure
that the young man was Sangkuriang. She decided to prevent
Sangkuriang from marrying her. However, she didn’t want to hurt him
by cancelling the wedding. So, she had a condition for Sangkuriang.
Sangkuriang had to make a lake and a beautiful boat in one night.
Sangkuriang took her challenge without a doubt because he had
mastered some strong magic. After the sunset, he went to the hill. He
called many genies to help him. He commanded the genies to build a
lake. He also gave an order to geniuses to make a big boat from the
trees. In a short time, Sangkuriang and his genies almost finished
their work.
Dayang Sumbi realized that Sangkuriang would finish her order. She
immediately asked all the women in the village. She asked them to
make a wave from a long red scarf. It looked as if the sun would rise
immediately. This condition made the roosters crow. The farmer also
prepared to go to the paddy field.
The genies immediately stopped their work and left Sangkuriang
alone. Sangkuriang was so angry because he could not finish his work.
He failed to marry Sumbi. He kicked the unfinished boat with all of his
power. It flew and landed in a valley. After landing, the boat turned
into a mountain which is called Mount Tangkuban Perahu now. He also
kicked the lake. The water drained from the lake and became a wide
plain area. The area became a city which is called Bandung.
RORO JONGGRANG
Once upon a time, there lived a king and queen who had a baby daughter
named Rapunzel. Their baby had golden hair which contained magical
healing powers. A selfish old woman named Gothel heard the news and
kidnapped Rapunzel. She raised her in a tower somewhere hidden.
Meanwhile, a young thief named Flynn Rider had stolen a crown from the
King’s castle, and the guards chased him. He managed to run away and
found a tower to hide and he climbed it.
When Flynn climbed into the tower, Rapunzel knocked him out with a frying
pan. Then she took the satchel he carried and secretly hide it. Flynn Rider
awoke and found himself tied to a chair with Rapunzel’s golden hair.
Rapunzel promised to return it if he could take her to see the outside world.
Flynn agreed to help and let Rapunzel go on an adventure with him. Now,
they were chased by Mother Gothel and the guards but they always
managed to escape.
Days passed, Rapunzel finally realized that she was the lost princess when
she was in the town. Later, Flynn and Rapunzel were separated. Alas, Mother
Gothel captured her.
At last, Flynn arrived to rescue Rapunzel. But Mother Gothel hurt him badly.
Flynn found out her weakness and cut off Rapunzel’s hair, which lost its
magic. Without it, Mother Gothel quickly aged and turned into dust.
Rapunzel was now free, but Flynn was dying.
Seeing him, one of Rapunzel's tears fell on Flynn. It began to glow and
healed him. Then, Flynn brought Rapunzel back to the castle. The King and
Queen were really happy to get their lost princess back. That night, the
entire kingdom celebrated Rapunzel’s return.