Putri Kemuning and her mother live in a
jungle. They are poor. Putri Kemuning always helps her mother collect woods in
the jungle and sell them in the market.
In the jungle, Putri Kemuning has animal
friends. One day, Putri Kemuning's mother is ill. Putri Kemuning is very sad
because she does not have enough money to buy medicine. She then collects many
woods and plans to sell them. She wants to spend the money to buy medicine.
While She collects the woods, Putri
Kemuning meets her animal friend, the rabbit. He is worried because Putri
Kemuning looks very sad. Putri Kemuning tells the problem to the rabbit.
"I can help you. Take this ring and then sell it," says the rabbit. "Is
this your ring?" asks Putri Kemuning. "No. This is the King
Ngarancang Kencono's ring. I fell when he was hunting here." Putri
Kemuning hesitates. She really needs the money but it is not her ring. Finally
she says, "No, I have to return this ring to the king."
Putri Kemuning then goes to see the king
at his palace. "What is your name and what is your purpose here?"
says the king. "My name is Putri Kemuning. I want to return your
ring," says Putri Kemuning. "Thank you very much. Now, I want to give
you something. What do you want?" "I don't anything. I just want to
go home. My mother is very ill," says Putri Kemuning. "You are a very
kind girl. Now, take this gift,"
Putri Kemuning goes home. When she
arrives, Putri Kemuning tells her mother about the king's ring. Her mother is
very proud of her. When they open the gift, they see a bag full of gold coins.
They are very happy because they can buy medicine.
A long time ago, lived a very rich family
in Bali. The father was Sidi Mantra. He was very famous for his
supernatural power. He lived happily with his wife and his only child Manik
Angkeran. Manik Angkeran was a spoiled son. He also had a bad habit. He liked to
gamble. Because of his bad habit, his parents soon became poor. They always
advised Manik Angkeran to stop his bad habit, but he never listened to them.
Instead he kept on begging to his parents to give him a lot of money. The
parents then did not have the heart to see him begging.
Sidi Mantra then went
to Agung Mountain. There lived a mighty dragon with his great
supernatural power. He could provide jewelries to those who could say the right
prayers and ring the bell. Sidi Mantra had the bell and he also knew the
prayers. "My name is Sidi Mantra. I have a problem. My son likes to
gamble. He made me poor. And now he asks a lot of money. I want to give him
some, but now I want him to promise to stop his bad behavior," explained
Sidi Mantra after he met the dragon. Sidi Mantra then said the prayers and rang
the bell. Suddenly, jewelries came out from the dragon's body. He was very
happy and immediately brought the jewelries home. This time Sidi Mantra wanted
Manik Angkeran really to stop gambling. The son then promised.
But soon he broke the promise and he did
not have some money again. He heard that his father got the jewelries from the
dragon living in AgungMountain. So he stole his father's bell then went
there. After arrived in AgungMountain, Manik Angkeran rang the bell. The
dragon knew him. "I will give you anything you want but you have to
promise to stop gambling. Remember the karma!" then the dragon gave him
the jewelries. Manik Angkeran was very happy.
Suddenly he had a bad idea. He wanted to
kill the dragon and stole all his jewelries. The dragon knew his plan and with
his great power he killed Manik Angkeran. Sidi Mantra was very sad. He asked
the dragon to bring his son back to life. The dragon agreed but they had to
live in different places. After few moments, Manik Angkeran lived again.
Then Sidi Mantra used a stick to make a
big line between them on the ground. From the line, water flowed. Soon it
became a river. Finally it became a strait. It separated Java and Bali.
People then named the strait as Bali Strait.
Once upon a time in Bali, a man and
his wife were praying. They have been married for a long time but did not have
any children. They asked God to give them a child. They prayed and prayed. God
finally answered their pray. The wife, then, got pregnant and they had a baby
boy. They were very happy.
The baby was extraordinary. He was very
much different from other babies. He ate and drank a lot. Day after day he ate
more and more. His body was getting bigger and bigger. And by the time he was a
teenager, his body was as big as a buffalo. People then started to call him
Kebo Iwa.
Because of his eating habit, Kebo Iwa’s
parents spent a lot of money to buy his food in large amount. They finally went
bankrupt. They gave up and asked the villagers to help them provide the food.
The villagers then worked together to cook
and build a big house for Kebo Iwa. He was like a giant. He could not stay in
his parents’ house anymore because of his big body. Sadly, after a few months,
the villagers also could not afford to cook him the food. They then asked Kebo
Iwa to cook his own food. The villagers just prepared the raw materials.
Kebo Iwa agreed and as an expression of
his gratitude to the villagers, he built a dam, dug wells, and he also
protected the villagers from animals and people who wanted to attack their
village. He did those things by himself.
Meanwhile, the troops of Majapahit were
planning to attack Bali. They knew about Kebo Iwa. And they also knew that
they could not conquer Bali with Kebo Iwa there. Kebo Iwa was more
powerful than they were.
Gajah Mada, the Maha Patih (Chief
Minister) of Majapahit then planned something. They were pretending to invite
Kebo Iwa to Majapahit to help them dig some wells. They said that Majapahit was
suffering from a long dry season and needed much water. Kebo Iwa did not know
the plan, so he went to Majapahit.
When Kebo Iwa was busy digging a very big
well, the troops covered the well. Kebo Iwa had difficulty in breathing and
buried alive. He died inside the well.
After the death of Kebo
Iwa, Bali was conquered by Majapahit. Until now, people still
remember Kebo Iwa because he had done a lot for Majapahit andBali. The stone
head of legendary Kebo Iwa can be found in Pura Gaduh temple in Blahbatuh.
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