Once, there was a kingdom in Priangan Land. Lived a happy family. They
were a father in form of dog,his name is Tumang, a mother which was
called is Dayang Sumbi, and a child which was called Sangkuriang.
One
day, Dayang Sumbi asked her son to go hunting with his lovely dog,
Tumang. After hunting all day, Sangkuriang began desperate and worried
because he hunted no deer. Then he thought to shot his own dog. Then he
took the dog liver and carried home.
Soon Dayang Sumbi found out that
it was not deer lever but Tumang's, his own dog. So, She was very angry
and hit Sangkuriang's head. In that incident, Sangkuriang got wounded
and scar then cast away from their home.
Years go bye, Sangkuriang
had travel many places and finally arrived at a village. He met a
beautiful woman and felt in love with her. When they were discussing
their wedding plans, The woman looked at the wound in Sangkuriang's
head. It matched to her son's wound who had left severall years earlier.
Soon she realized that she felt in love with her own son.
She
couldn't marry him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She
needed a lake and a boat for celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang
had to make them in one night. He built a lake. With a dawn just moment
away and the boat was almost complete. Dayang Sumbi had to stop it.
Then, she lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of light. It made the
cock crowed for a new day.
Sangkuriang failed to marry her. She was
very angry and kicked the boat. It felt over and became the mountain of
Tangkuban Perahu Bandung.
Legend of Tangkuban Perahu
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