MOUNT of TANGKUBAN PERAHU

Mount of Tangkuban Perahu

The story began when King Sungging Purbangkara went for hunting in the jungle with his men. He could not hold his bladder control and urinated under the coconut tree. His urine was accidentally accommodated in a piece of coconut shell. Just a few meters from the place, a female pig was looking for water to drink. When she saw king’s urine in the coconut shell, she drank it. Apparently, the pig was not just a pig. She was reincarnation of a goddess called Wayungyang that being accursed. Then something magic was happened. The pig got pregnant. Therefore, after couple of months, Wayungyang gave birth to a baby girl. The baby was a human. Feeling could not foster the baby, she took her to place where King Sungging Purbangkara used to hunt. When she heard the sound of horse's trot, she put the baby in the grass, covered her with a blanket and moved back slowly. The baby was crying when the troops was getting closer. When they saw a baby in the grass, they slowed down. Then the King got down from his horse. He took the baby. His eyes were looking around to find person who put this baby. However, neither he nor his men knew whose the baby was. King Sungging Purbangkara decided to adopt the baby. He took the baby to palace and named her Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi grew up in to a beautiful girl. She was very good in embroidery and weaving. Her beauty and skills were known through neighboring kingdom. Many kings from another kingdom asked her to be their wife. They fought each other for her. The king then isolated his daughter to forest. He built a house and a weaving stage for her.One day, Dayang Sumbi was weaving. Accidentally, she dropped teropong (tool for thread made by bamboo). The teropong was rolling around then falling from stage. Dayang Sumbi tried to pick the teropong but her hand could not reach it. She looked around for help but there was no one there. Then she said, “If there’s a man can help me, I will take him to be my husband and if a woman, I will take her to be my sister.” That time, she didn’t know there was a dog under the stage. The dog picked the teropong and gave it to Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi was shocked. She remembered her words. She could not cancel the words. And since the dog was male, so Dayang Sumbi had to marry the dog. The dog then called Tumang. Tumang and Dayang Sumbi had a son called Sangkuriang.. Sangkuriang grew up to be a smart and cheerful kid. The kid liked hunting. He and Tumang always went for hunting. They went for couple of days and got home with deer or pig meat in his hands. In one morning, like always, Sangkuriang and Tumang went for hunting. When he saw a pig, he ordered Tumang to chase the pig. Tumang knew the pig was Wayungyang. He got scared so he was just circling around Sangkuriang’s feet and made him felt. When he got up, the pig was already gone. Sangkuriang was very angry. Tumang made him lost his meat target. So he stretched his arch and pointed it to Tumang. Sangkuriang killed Tumang. When he realized what he did, it was too late to feel sorry. Tumang was already dead. Sangkuriang then disemboweled Tumang and took its heart. He wrapped it with banana leave and put it inside his bag. He buried Tumang then he got home. In the house, he gave the heart to his mother. He said it was a deer heart. Dayang Sumbi cooked the heart and served it with hot rice. They then ate together. When Dayang Sumbi did not see Tumang, she asked his son “where is Tumang?”His son did not answer anything. He just stood up and kept silent his mouth. Dayang Sumbi felt something was wrong. Her eyes looked his son sharply then asked him carefully “whose heart is that?” Her hand pointed to the food that she cooked. Sangkuriang looked his mother and said frightened “it’s Tumang’s heart”. Suddenly her legs became so week and could not hold her body. Dayang Sumbi was shocked and furious. She griped a ladle and hit Sangkuriang with it. Sangkuriang’s head was bleeding. He was afraid with his mother. He ran to the forest. He ran and ran and did not stop until his leg got stack on a root. Sangkuriang lost his balance and felt to the ground. His head hit the ground and made him fade out. When Sangkuriang woke up, he did not recognize his surrounding. He could not even remember his name or his house. Apparently, the hitting was very hard and made him lost his memory. Sangkuriang then continued walking with a confused mind. Dayang Sumbi regretted for evicting her son. She hoped Sangkuriang would come home. But he never came home. Dayang Sumbi prayed to Gods. She did penance and only ate leaves for years. And that made her face looked always young and beautiful. One day there was a man passed by at Dayang Sumbi’s house. When he saw a beautiful woman came out from the house, he could not take his eyes of her. He felt in love with Dayang Sumbi in his first sight. Dayang Sumbi felt familiar with the man’s face but she could not remember whose face was.The next day, the man came to Dayang Sumbi’s house again. Also the next day, and the day after. He always had reasons to visit her. One day, he could not hold his willing to marry Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi who also had feeling for him agreed to marry him.One day Dayang Sumbi accidentally saw a scar on the man’s head. She looked surprised knowing the scar was alike her son’s scar. She asked her fiance “who are you? How did you get that scar?”“I don’t remember my real name. I also don’t remember how I got this scar. I guessed it happened when I was a child. All I remember I was in the middle of jungle, my head was bleeding and then I met a company of thieves and their leader adopted me as his son. Why?” the man asked.Dayang Sumbi was surprised. Her eyes opened wide. She felt like got a shock from thousands volt of electricity. “You are my son. You are Sangkuriang.” She said tremble.“That’s rubbish. You are too young to be my mother” the man did not believe.“I looked young because my food and my penance. I’m the person who made that scar. I hit you with a ladle because you killed Tumang, your father” Dayang Sumbi explanted. “That’s a lie. I don’t believe you. You said it because you don’t want to marry me” the man argued. “You will marry me, Dayang Sumbi” the man said with an angry and threaten face. Dayang Sumbi couldn’t argue anymore. She was afraid with him but she couldn’t marry her own son. Her brain looked for a way to cancel the marriage. She said to the man “alright, I will marry you. But I have conditions for you”.“What are they?” the man asked.“I want you to dam up Citarum River and build a lake. Also, build a boat for me. All of them have to finish in one night before the rooster crowed in the morning” Dayang Sumbi gave her conditions. “Alright.” Sangkuriang accepted the challenges. He then gathered all his genie friends, asked them for a help to dam up the river. Their number was hundreds. They worked hard to dam the river, some of them made boat. And before sunrise, the work was almost done. Sangkuriang was glad to see his friends work. He smiled remembering Dayang Sumbi was going to be his wife in a few hours. Dayang Sumbi watched the work from a distance. She was panic knowing the boat was almost done. She was looking for an idea to fail it.She thought about an idea. She stretched a white cloth and waved it around the roosters. The roosters thought it was a sunrise. They started to crow. When the villagers heard the crow, they thought morning had come. They went to their barn and started to pound the rice. The crow and the pounding of rice came one to another. The voice was so noise. Sangkuriang and his genie friends heard the noise, they also thought the morning had arrived. His genie friends left the place. Sangkuriang was very disappointed. The work just need a little more. Sangkuriang was angry. He kicked the boat. The boat flung and turned up side down. Then the boat became a mountain. That’s why the mountain is called Tangkuban Perahu.











GUNUNG TANGKUBAN PERAHU

Cerita itu dimulai ketika Raja Sungging Purbakala pergi untuk berburu di hutan dengan pengawalnya. Dia tidak dapat mengendalikan perkencingannya dan kencing di bawah pohon kelapa. Urinnya kebetulan menyesuaikan dengan sepotong kulit kelapa.

Hanya beberapa meter dari tempat itu, seekor babi betina melihat air untuk diminum. Ketika dia melihat urin raja di kulit kelapa. Terbukti, babi itu bukan sekedar seekor babi. Dia penjelmaan dari seorang dewi yang dikutuk bernama Wayungyang. Kemudian suatu keajaiban terjadi. Babi itu hamil.

Karena itu, setelah beberapa bulan, Wayungyang melahirkan seorang bayi perempuan. Bayi itu seorang manusia. Merasa tidak dapat memelihara bayi itu, dia meletakkannya di tempat dimana Raja Sungging Purbakala berburu.

Ketika dia mendengar suara lari kuda, dia meletakkan bayi di rumput. Menutupinya dengan sebuah selimut dan perlahan – lahan bergerak ke belakang. Bayi menangis ketika pasukan menutupinya. Ketika dia melihat seorang bayi di rumput, mereka perlahan – lahan turun. Kemudian raja turun dari kudanya. Dia mengambil bayi itu. Matanya melihat sekeliling untuk menemukan seseorang yang meletakkan bayi ini. Tetapi baik dia maupun pengawalnya tidak tahu milik siapa bayi itu.

Raja sungging memutuskan untuk mengadopsi bayi tersebut. Dia membawanya ke istana dan memberinya nama Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi tumbuh menjadi gadis cantik. Dia penyulam dan penenun yang sangat baik. Kecantikan dan ketrampilannya diketahui oleh kerajaan tetangga. Banyak raja dari kerajaan lain memintanya menjadi istri mereka. Mereka berkelahi satu sama lain. Raja kemudian mengasingkan anak perempuannya ke hutan. Dia membangun rumah dan tempat menenun untuk Dayang Sumbi.

Suatu hari Dayang Sumbi menenun. Kebetulan dia menjatuhkan teropong ( alat untuk benang yang terbuat dari bambu ). Teropong berputar disekitar kemudian jatuh dari perancah. Dayang Sumbi mencoba mengambil teropong tetapi tangannya tidak dapat mencapainya. Dia melihat sekeliling untuk menolong tetapi disana tidak ada seorangpun. Kemudian dia berkata “Jika ada seorang laki – laki dapat menolongku, aku akan mengangkatnya menjadi suamiku dan jika perempuan, aku akan mengangkatnya menjadi saudara perempuanku.

Saat itu dia tidak tahu disana ada seekor anjing di bawah perancah. Anjing mengambil teropong dan memberikannya kepada Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi terkejut. Dia ingat kata – katanya. Dia tidak dapat membatalkan kata – katanya itu. Dan karena anjing itu laki – laki, sehingga Dyang Sumbi menikahi anjing itu.

Anjing itu kemudian dipanggil Tumang. Tumang dan Dayang Sumbi mempunyai anak laki – laki bernama Sangkuriang. Sangkuriang tumbuh menjadi anak yang cerdas dan periang. Anak itu senang berburu. Dia dan Tumang selalu pergi berburu. Mereka pergi untuk beberapa hari dan pulang dengan rusa atau daging babi di tangannya.

Suatu pagi, seprti biasa, Sangkuriang dan Tumang pergi berburu. Ketika dia melihat babi, dia memerintahkan Tumang untuk memburu babi itu. Tumang tahu babi itu adalah Wayungyang. Dia terkejut sehingga dia hanya mengintari di sekitar sangkuriang dan membuatnya berasa. Ketika dia bangun, babi sudah pergi. Sangkuriang sangat marah. Tumang telah membuatnya kehilangan sasaran makanannya. Sehingga dia membentangkan busurnya dan tepat pada Tumang. Sangkuriang memburu Tumang. Ketika dia sadar apa yang dia lakukan, dia telah terlambat untuk menyesali. Tumang sudah mati. Sagkuriang kemudian tidak membuang isi perut Tumang dan mengambil hatinya. Dia membungkusnya dengan daun pisang dan meletakkannya dalam tasnya. Dia mengubur Tumang kemudian pulang.

Di rumah, dia memberi hati itu untuk ibunya. Dia mengatakan bahwa itu adalah hati rusa. Dayang Sumbi memasak hati dan melengkapinya dengan nasi panas. Mereka kemudian makan bersama. Ketika Dayang Sumbi tidak melihat Tumang, dia bertanya kepada anak laki - lakinya,”Dimana Tumang?”.

Anak laki -lakinya tidak menjawab apapun. Dia hanya berdiri dan menjaga mulutnya diam. Dayang Sumbi merasa sesuatu yang buruk. Matanya melihat anak laki - lakinya dengan tajam kemudian bertanya kepada anak laki - lakinya dengan seksama”Hati apa ini?” Tangannya tepat pada makanan yang dia masak.

Sangkuriang melihat ibunya dan berkata dengan ketakutan “itu hati Tumang”. Tiba – tiba kakinya menjadi sangat lemah dan tidak dapat menguasai tubuhnya. Dayang Sumbi terkejut dan marah. Dia memegang sendok penyerok dan memukul Sangkuriang dengan itu. Kepala Sangkuriang berdarah. Dia takut dengan ibunya. Dia lari ke hutan. Dia lari dan lari tanpa henti hingga kakinya tertimbun pada sebuah akar. Sangkuriang kehilangan keseimbangan dan jatuh ke tanah. Kepalanya terpukul ke tanah dan membuatnya pingsan.

Ketika Sangkuriang bangun, dia tidak mengenali sekelilingnya. Dia tidak dapat ingat namanya dan rumahnya sama sekali. Terbukti, pukulan yang sangat keras dan membuat dia kehilangan ingatannya. Sangkuriang kemudian melanjutkan perjalanannya dengan hati bingung.

Dayang Sumbi menyesal telah mengusir anak laki - lakinya. Dia berharap anak laki - lakinya akan pulang. Tetapi dia tidak pernah pulang. Dayang Sumbi berdoa kepada Tuhan. Dia menebus dosanya dan hanya makan daun – daun untuk bertahun – tahun. Dan itu membuat wajahnya selalu kelihatan muda dan cantik.

Suatu hari ada seorang laki – laki melewati rumah Dayang Sumbi. Ketika dia melihat wanita cantik pergi dari rumah itu, dia tidak dapat memalingkan matanya dari Dayang Sumbi. Dia jatuh cinta pada Dayang Sumbi pada pandangan pertama. Dayang Sumbi merasa kenal dengan wajah laki – laki itu tetapi dia tidak ingat wajah mana.

Hari berikutnya, laki – laki itu datang ke rumah Dayang Sumbi lagi. Hari berikutnya juga. Dan hari berikutnya. Dia selalu punya alas an untuk mengunjunginya. Suatu hari, dia tidak dapat menguasai keinginannya untuk menikahi Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi yang mempunyai perasaan padanya setuju untuk menikah dengannya.

Suatu hari Dayang Sumbi melihat bekas luka pada kepada laki – laki itu. Dia terkejut mengetahui bekas luka itu seperti bekas luka anak laki – lakinya. Dia bertanya kepada tunangannya”Siapa kamu?Mengapa kamu mendapatkan bekas luka itu?”.

“Aku tidak ingat sebetulnya namaku. Aku juga tidak ingat bagaimana aku mendapatkan bekas luka ini. Aku menerka itu terjadi ketika aku masih anak – anak. Yang ku ingat, aku di tengah hutan, kepalaku berdarah dan kemudian aku bertemu rombongan perampok dan pimpinan mereka mengangkatku menjadi anaknya.Mengapa?” Tanya laki – laki itu.

Dayang Sumbi terkejut. Matanya terbuka lebar. Dia seperti mendapat benturan ribuan volt listrik. “Kamu adalah anak laki – lakiku. Kamu adalah sangkuriang” Katanya gemetar.

“Itu bohong.Kamu terlalu muda untuk menjadi ibuku” Laki – laki itu tidak percaya.

“Aku terlihat lebih muda karena makananku dan penebusan dosaku. Aku orang yang membuat bekas luka itu. Aku telah memukulmu dengan sndok penyerok karena kamu membunuh Tumang, ayahmu” Terang Dayang Sumbi.

“Itu bohong. Aku tidak percaya kamu.Kamu mengatakan itu karena kamu tidak mau menikahiku”, Bantah aki – laki itu. “Kamu akan menikahiku, Dayang Sumbi”, Kata laki – laki itu dengan marah dan wajah mengancam.

Dayang Sumbi tidak dapat membantah lagi. Dia takut dengannya tetapi dia tidak dapat menikahi anaknya sendiri.Dia mencari akal untuk menggagalkan perkawinan itu. Da berkata kepada laki – laki itu,”Baik, aku akan menikah denganmu. Tetapi aku punya syarat untukmu”.

“Apa itu?” Kata laki – laki itu.

“Aku ingin kamu membendung sungai Citarum dan membuat sebuah danau. Juga membuat perahu untukku. Semua itu harus selesai dalam waktu satu malam sebelum ayam jantan berkokok dipagi hari” Dayang Sumbi memberikannya syarat.

“Baik” Sangkuriang menerima tantangan itu. Dia kemudian mengumpulkan teman – teman jinnya.Meminta mereka untuk menolong membendung sungai. Jumlah mereka ratusan. Mereka bekerja keras untuk membendung sungai, beberapa dari mereka membuat kapal. Dan sebelum matahari terbit, pekerjaan hampir selesai.

Dia senang melihat pekerjaan temannya. Dia tersenyum mengingat Dayang Sumbi akan menjadi istrinya dalam waktu dekat.

Dayang Sumbi melihat pekerjaan itu dari jauh. Dia panik mengetahui kapal akan selesai. Dia mencari ide untuk menggagalkannya.

Dia memikirkan sebuah ide. Dia membentangkan pakaian putih dan menggoyangkannya di sekitar ayam jantan. Ayam jantan mengira matahari sudah terbit. Mereka mulai berkokok. Ketika warga kampung mendengar suara kokok itu, mereka berfikir pagi sudah datang. Mereka pergi ke lumbung mereka dan mulai menumbuk padi.Suara kokok dan tumbukan padi datang satu dengan lainnya. Suara itu sangat berisik. Sangkuriang dan teman jinnya mendengar suara berisik, mereka juga berfikir pagi telah tiba. Teman jinnya meninggalkan tempat itu. Sangkuiang sangat kecewa. Pekerjaan hanya tinggal sedikit lagi. Sangkuriang sangat marah. Dia menendang kapal. Kapal terlempar dan terbalik. Kemudian kapal menjadi sebuah gunung. Itu mengapa gunung itu disebut gungung tangkuban perahu.

BY : INDAH FATONI
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