PRAMBANAN TEMPLE
Roro
Jonggrang was a very beautiful princess from a Javanese kingdom, Prambanan
Kingdom hundred years ago. Her famous beauty was known throughout the country,
and princes from far and different land and kingdoms came to propose her.
However, her beauty didn’t make her humble, instead she grew her arrogance even
more. She refused all proposal, and sometime in harsh as well. Many returned
brokenhearted.
There was
a famous prince by that era, Prince Bandung Bondowoso. He was famous by his
strength, power, and good looking. He owned a big kingdom with a thousand of
soldiers. He too heard of Roro Jonggrang’s amazing beauty that he set up to the
kingdom to propose her.
Having
heard that Prince Bondowoso was coming to marry her, Roro Jonggang grew
worried. She disliked the idea of getting married, however, she too understood
the consequence if she refused the proposal. She knew that Bondowoso had
thousands of soldiers that could attack her kingdom if she disappointed him. So
when Bondowoso arrived and proposed her, she was willing to accept it with one
condition.
Bondowoso
had to make her 1000 temples in one night time. If he failed, then Roro
Jonggrang would not marry him. Now, Bondowoso was not only strong, he had
thousands of men working for him, and not only men, he owned the power to
control the genies as well. He agreed to fulfill Jonggrang’s wish and started
to work it immediately. He used his power to call all the genies and asked them
to keep on working until they completed 1000 temples by the time the rooster
crowed the next morning.
The
genies worked without stop any second. They would only stop by the time the
rooster crowed. Soon hundreds of temples were completed. This made Roro
Jonggrang restless. She could not sleep or even closed her eyes. She tried to
think any way to fail Bondowoso. Finally, she got an idea. She cut paper in the
shape of a circle and glued it in front of a candle holder. She lit the candle
and carried it to the chicken coop where the rooster slept. When the rooster
saw the candle, it thought that it was almost dawn and the sun was going to
rise soon. The rooster quickly got up and in a second, it crowed.
The
working genies heard the rooster and thought that the morning had come.
Instantly, they stopped working and disappeared leaving the undone temples.
There were 999 temples that completed. One more to be built. Bondowoso was
disappointed to see this. He was very mad. When he found out that it was the
work of Roro Jonggrang, he came to her and cursed her into a stone.
Uptill
now, we can still see the statue of Princess Roro Jonggrang in one of those
temples that Bondowoso built for her. The temples are now named Prambanan.
Difficult Words
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Throughout
= sepanjang
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Humble =
rendah hati
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Immediately
= segera
Moral Value
Don’t
cheat to other cause it will be repaid later
sure.... cheating is bad behavior so avoid it please....
BalasHapus