Long time ago in West Java, lived a beautiful girl named
Dayang Sumbi. She was also smart and clever. Her beauty and intelligence made a
prince from the heavenly kingdom of Kahyangan desire her as his wife. The
prince asked permission from his father to marry Dayang Sumbi. People from
Kahyangan could never live side by side with humans, but his father approved on
one condition, when they had a child, the prince would transform into a dog.
The prince accepted the condition.
They get married and lived happily in the woods until
Dayang Sumbi gave birth to a baby boy. The prince then changed into a dog named
Tumang. Their son is named Sangkuriang. He was very smart and handsome like his
father. Everyday, he hunted animals and looked for fruits to eat. One day, when
he was hunting, Sangkuriang accidentally killed Tumang. His arrow missed the
deer he was targeting and hit Tumang instead. He went home and tells her mother
about the dog. “What?” Dayang Sumbi was appalled. Driven by sadness and anger,
she grabbed a weaving tool and hit Sangkuriang’s head with it. Dayang Sumbi was
so sad; she didn’t pay any attention to Sangkuriang and started to cry.
Sangkuriang feel sad and also confused. How can his mother
love a dog more than him? Sangkuriang then decided to go away from their home
and went on a journey. In the morning, Dayang Sumbi finally stopped crying. She
started to feel better, so she went to find Sangkuriang. But her son was no
where to be found. She looked everywhere but still couldn’t find him. Finally, she
went home with nothing. She was exhausted. She fell asleep, and in her dream,
she meets her husband. “Dayang Sumbi, don’t be sad. Go look for my body in the
woods and get the heart. Soak it with water, and use the water to bathe, and
you will look young forever,” said the prince in her dream. After bathing with
the water used to soak the dog’s heart, Dayang Sumbi looked more beautiful and
even younger.
And time passed by. Sangkuriang on his journey stopped at a
village and met and fell in love with a beautiful girl.He didn't realize that
the village was his homeland and the beautiful girl was his own mother, Dayang
Sumbi. Their love grew naturally and he asked the girl to marry him. One day,
Sangkuriang was going on a hunt. He asked Dayang Sumbi to fix the turban on his
head. Dayang Sumbi was startled when she saw a scar on his head at the same
place where she, years ago, hit Sangkuriang on the head.
After the young man left, Dayang Sumbi prayed for guidance.
After praying, she became convinced that the young man was indeed her missing
son. She realized that she had to do something to prevent Sangkuriang from
marrying her. But she did not wish to disappoint him by cancelling the wedding.
So, although she agreed to marry Sangkuriang, she would do so only on the
condition that he provides her with a lake and built a beautiful boat, all in
one night.
Sangkuriang accepted this condition without a doubt. He had
spent his youth studying magical arts. After the sun went down, Sangkuriang
went to the hill. Then he called a group of genie to build a dam around Citarum
River. Then, he commands the genies to cut down trees and build a boat. A few
moments before dawn, Sangkuriang and his genie servants almost finished the
boat.
Dayang Sumbi, who had been spying on him, realised that
Sangkuriang would fulfill the condition she had set. Dayang Sumbi immediately
woke all the women in the village and asked them to wave a long red scarf. All
the women in the village were waving red scarf, making it look as if dawn was
breaking. Deceived by false dawn, the cock crowed and farmers rose for the new
day.
Sangkuriang’s genie servants immediately dropped their work
and ran for cover from the sun, which they feared. Sangkuriang grew furious.
With all his anger, he kicked the unfinished boat. The boat flew and landed on
a valley. The boat then became a mountain, called Mount Tangkuban Perahu
(Tangkuban means upturned or upside down, and Perahu means boat). With his
power, he destroyed the dam. The water drained from the lake becoming a wide
plain and nowadays became a city called Bandung (from the word Bendung, which
means Dam).***
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