THE STORY OF RORO JONGGRANG
Once upon a time, there was a
kingdom named Prambanan. The people lived peacefully. However, soon their happy
lives were disturbed by Pengging Kingdom. The king, Bandung Bondowoso, wanted
to occupy Prambanan. He was a mean king.
The war between Prambanan and
Pengging could not be avoided. Prambanan lost the war and led by the new king,
Bandung Bondowoso. Pengging could win the war because Bandung Bondongwoso had a
supernatural power.
His soldiers were not only humans
but also genies. Those creatures always obeyed Bandung Bondowoso. They always
did whatever Bandung Bondowoso asked them to do. The king of Prambanan had a
beautiful daughter. Her name was RoroJonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso fell in love
with her and wanted to marry her.
"If you want to marry me, you
have to build a thousand of temples in just one night," said
LoroJonggrang. She hated Bandung Bondowoso because he made the people of
Prambanan suffered. "What? Impossible! You just gave me an excuse for not
marrying me!" said Bandung Bondowoso. But he did not give up. He asked the
genies to help him.
Then all those genies worked hard to
build the 1.000 temples. Meanwhile, RoroJonggrang heard from the lady-inwaiting
that the building of 1.000 temples was almost finished. She was so scared; she did not want to marry Bandung
Bondowoso. And then she had a great idea. She asked all the ladies-inwaiting to
help her.
"Please prepare a lot of straw
and mortar. Come on! Hurry up!" said RoroJonggrang. All those
ladies-in-waiting were confused. They did not know why RoroJonggrang asked them
to prepare a lot of straw and mortars in the middle of the night.
"Listen, all those genies are building
the temples, right? We have to stop them by burning the straw and make some
noise by pounding the mortar. The genies will think that sun is going to rise
and they will run away. Genies are afraid of sunlight." It worked! All
those genies thought that sun rose. They did not know the light was from the
fire that burning the straw. And the noise from pounding the mortar was like
the start of a new day.
Bandung Bondowoso was angry. He knew
RoroJonggrang just tricked him. "You cannot fool me, RoroJonggrang. I
already have 999 temples. I just need one more temple. Now, I will make you the
one-thousandth temple." With his supernatural power, Bandung Bondowoso
made RoroJonggrang a temple. Until now, the temple is still standing in
Prambanan area, Central Java. And the temple is named RoroJonggrang temple.
*Setting :
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Place : The kingdom is
very interesting because in today's day and age where the can notfinda place like that. And the kingdom in this story (Jonggrang), the kingdom so interesting because until nowis aheritage of Indonesia.
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Atmosphere : Tense,
the war, the curiosity of
the feud, end of story.
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Time : Agesago, to find out what happened in
the past/old.
*Pemeran/tokoh :
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Roro Jonggrang
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Bandung Bondowoso
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Spirit
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Lady
*Amanat :
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Dendam tidak menyelesaikan masalah (Revenge does not solve the
problem).
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Jangan berbuat curang/tidak jujur (Do not cheating / dishonest).
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Hati seseorang belum tentu sama dengan penampilannya (Be a person is not necessarily
the same as the appearance).
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Jangan memaksakan hati (Do not force the heart).
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Air susu dibalas air tuba
(The milk of the water returned tuba).
