Orientation
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.
Complication
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.
Resolution
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.
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