Legend of West Java.
In ancient times, there was the story of a princess in West Java called Dayang Sumbi. He has a son named Sangkuriang. The child was very fond of hunting He was hunting accompanied by Tumang, beloved dog palace. Sangkuriang do not know, that the dog was an incarnation of the god and father.
One day Tumang not want to follow his orders to pursue the prey. The dog then the sending off into the woods. When he returned to the palace, Sangkuriang recounted the incident to her mother. Dayang Sumbi not playing angry when I heard that story. He accidentally hit the head Sangkuriang with a spoon in his hand. Sangkuriang injured. He was very disappointed and went wandering.
After the incident, Dayang Sumbi deeply regret her. He was always very diligent in prayer and penance. At one point, the gods gave him a gift. He will be forever young and has a timeless beauty. After years of wandering, Sangkuriang eventually intends to return to his homeland. Arriving there, the kingdom has changed completely. There he met a beautiful girl, who is none other than Dayang Sumbi. Fascinated by her beauty then, Sangkuriang proposed. Therefore it is very handsome young man, Dayang Sumbi was very fascinated him.
One day Sangkuriang asked permission to hunt. He asked for help Dayang Sumbi to spruce up the headband. Dayang Sumbi was surprised when I saw the scar on her husband's head. The cut was exactly like his injury that has been away from home. After a long noticed, turned out to be the boy's face is very similar to his face. He became very frightened. So then he looked for efforts to thwart the process of making a proposal. He filed two terms. First, he asked the young man to stem the Citarum. And second, he asked Sangkuriang to make a big boat to cross the river. The second condition that must be met before dawn.
That night Sangkuriang do penance. With his power he exert magical creatures to help finish the job. Dayang Sumbi was secretly peek at the work. Once the work was almost complete, Dayang Sumbi ordered his troops to hold a red silk cloth in the east of the city.When watching redness in the east of the city, Sangkuriang thought it was late morning.He also stopped work. He was very angry because it means he can not fulfill the requirements requested Dayang Sumbi.
With his strength, he made his break through the dam. There was a major flood hit the entire city. He was later kicked a large canoe made. Canoe was floated and crashed into a mountain called "Maras."
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