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from Indonesia
On 3/6/06, suarta
suarta <
We are students of Senior High School 1
Bogor, Indonesia, would like
happily to answer your question about our famous folktale in our country. We have many folktales in
Indonesia since Indonesia consists of many islands and many tribes. Each island
has its own folktales. Because our
school is located in West Java Island, we decided to tell you one famous folktale from this island. The title is Sangkuriang. Here is the story:
Sangkuriang
The
legend of 'Tangkuban Parahu'
Once upon a time there was a prince named
Dayang Sumbi. In one afternoon,
Dayang Sumbi was weaving; suddenly her ball of thread fell down. Because she was too lazy to get it
herself, she declared that if there
was a man who could take it for her, he would make him her husband, but if it was a woman, she would
make her as her sister.
After she declared her announcement, a
male dog namely Tumang took
the ball of thread to her. She was very shocked to realize that she had to marry the dog. But the dog
transformed itself into a handsome man.
In fact, the dog is a god. So, they were married and had a boy namely Sangkuriang.