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The Origin of the Blue Lake

A long time ago, in the area of Garela north Halmahera,north Maluku, there was a hamlet called Lisawa, this hamlet was classified as almost the entire area consists of rocks.

In this village, there was a handsome young man called with Ujang and a beautiful girl named nyi Ronggeng. Because he wanted to marry nyi Ronggeng, he migrate to look for work after he was successful he would immediately propose to her.He also meets his lover.

"Nyai, I have something to say" said ujang

"What's the matter, kang?" said nyi Ronggeng.

"I want to go overseas to prepare for our future,I promise to propose to you if I am successful" said Ujang.

"I will be faithfully waiting for you", Said Nyi Ronggeng 2 years later there was a ship sailing, Nyi Ronggeng thought that there was Kang Ujang on the boat, finally he asked the crew.

"Excuse me, sir! may I ask?" said Nyi Ronggeng

"Yes, what's up?" asked the crew

"Sir, I want to meet my lover? which one is ujang?

"Ooo...he is the poor handsome young man" replied the crew. Nyi Ronggeng was surprised to  hear this.

A month later, she got married with the man. On the day of their marriage, then the spirit of Ujang came to appear, nyi Ronggeng thought it was Ujang, she followed the spirit of Ujang to a dirty and cloudy lake.
Because nyi Ronggeng had been looking forward to meeting him, in that place, the spirit of Ujang disappeared, instead of going back home, nyi Ronggeng jumped into the lake because she still loved him.

The water which was originally dirty becomes clear and bluish. That is the reason it has been finally called the Blue Lake because she loved someone too much, she even sacrificed her own life.

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Kebo Iwa

Once upon a time in Bali, lived a wealthy man and his wife. They have been married for a long time but did not have any children. They prayed to God to give them a child. They prayed and prayed. God finally answered their pray. The wife 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. That’s why people called him Kebo Iwa, it means uncle buffalo. Because of his eating habit, Kebo Iwa’s parents spent a lot of money to buy his food. They finally went bankrupt. They had no other choice but to ask 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. After a few months, the villagers also couldn’t afford to cook him the food anymore. 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 help built a dam, dug wells, and he also protected the villagers from animals and people who wanted to attack their village. It was easy task for him since he also had incredible strength.

Meanwhile, the kingdom of Majapahit was 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. The Maha Patih 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 water. Kebo Iwa did not know the plan, so he went to Majapahit to help them. When Kebo Iwa was busy digging a well, the Majapahit 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 Bali.*

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Biwar and the Dragon

One day, the people from the village of Mimika were very busy. They prepared twelve boats and set off on a journey to find sago (traditional food of the people in the island of Papua). After three days, their boats were filled with sago. But on their way back to the village, they were attacked by a dragon. The dragon’s tail caused a big wave in the river. Most of the villagers were drown, but there’s a woman who managed to save herself. She was hanging to a tree log and finally arrives in a land.

The woman was the only survivor from the incident. She was pregnant. Her boat was broken so she couldn’t go back to the village. The woman then lived in the forest near the river. Later she gave birth to a son. She named her son Biwar. He grew up as a skillful hunter. He can make various weapons, set traps to catch animals, and provided sufficient food for both of them.

One day he brought some fish for their food. When his mother saw him bringing fish, she asked where Biwar got them. He said it was from the river. The mother was still afraid of the dragon, so she forbade Biwar to go near the river again. She also told him about his father and the villagers that were killed by the dragon, "Your father was killed by the dragon. I'm the only one survived from the incident. That's why we live alone here, Son."

Biwar then decided to hunt the dragon so that he and his mother could go back to the village. He set traps near the river. Then he made some noise by playing the tifa (traditional drums). Attracted by the noise, the dragon came to Biwar. When the dragon started to attack, Biwar pulled the rope that linked to his traps, releasing spears that hit the dragon’s head directly. The dragon died instantly.

Biwar then came to his mother and told her about the death of the dragon. The next day, he built a boat and set sail to return to the village. When they arrived in the village, all the people were so happy to hear the news about the dragon’s death. Thanks to Biwar, they are not afraid to sail in the river anymore.

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Tadulako Bulili
Once upon a time, King Sigi was attracted by the beauty of a girl who lived in the village of Bulili. King Sigi then married her. After getting married, King Sigi then lived for a few days in Bulili village. Not long after, the King said goodbye to leave because he had to take care of his kingdom, while his wife, who was pregnant, stayed behind in Bulili village.

King Sigi's wife relented, even though in fact she was very disappointed with the attitude of King Sigi who left her pregnant. After the death of King Sigi, finally the king's wife gave birth to a baby girl. Despite knowing that his wife had given birth, King Sigi never came to meet and support his wife. This caused the leaders and community leaders in Bulili village to feel sorry for him. They could not bear to see the wife of a king but live in poverty. The King's wife had to support her child alone. Finally they decided to send Tadulako named Makeku & Bantaili to the kingdom of Sigi to hold the King of Sigi accountable.

"Poor king's wife, she has to support her child alone even though she is very poor. We have to hold King Sigi accountable for being insolent." said a community leader in Bulili village.

"We just send Makeku & Bantaili to the kingdom of Sigi. How about Makeku & Bantaili, are you two willing to go to the kingdom of Sigi to ask the King of Sigi to be accountable?" asked other community leaders to Makeku & Bantaili.

"Fine, the two of us will go to the kingdom of Sigi." said Makeku
Makeku & Bantaili immediately went to the kingdom of Sigi. Arriving at the kingdom of Sigi, they both immediately went to the King of Sigi to convey the intent of their arrival. After conveying the intention of their arrival to the King, King Sigi scolded them. The king of Sigi challenged them to take the granary behind the palace if they could.

"Pardon me, my majesty, your wife has given birth to a daughter. The elders in the village sent us to ask you to support your wife's children. You know yourself, your wife is a poor person." Makeku said.

"What! You dare to come here and then tell me off! You insolent! Go back and forth to your village!" snapped the King of Sigi.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, please support your wife and children who are in dire need." Makeku said again.

"Don't be impudent! I won't! If you can afford it, bring the granary behind the palace to your village. That's more than enough to support my wife. That is, if you can." King Sigi actually challenged the Tadulako.

Hearing King Sigi's answer, one of the Tadulako, namely Bantaili, immediately issued his magic to retrieve the granary. After successfully lifting the rice barn, the Tadulako Bullili immediately left the Sigi kingdom. Knowing this, King Sigi became very angry. The king then immediately ordered the royal troops to pursue the Tadulako. The Tadulako continued running towards Bulili village. Arriving at a large river, they issued their magic to cross the river. Meanwhile the king's army could not cross the great river. Finally, the Tadulako of Bulili village, using their supernatural powers, managed to bring a rice barn to the king's wife in Bulili village.

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Princess Mandalika

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Lombok Island that was ruled by a king named Raja Tonjang Beru. He was a wise king. He had a queen named Dewi Seranting. He also had a beautiful daughter named Princess Mandalika. It is said that princess Mandalika was the prettiest girl in the whole island. Everybody knew about Princess Mandalika’s beauty and kindness, even the people from other kingdom around the island.

Princes from all over the place wanted to marry her. One by one, they came to propose her. Princess Mandalika was a kind girl. She hated to make people sad. So, when those princes came to propose her, she was very confused. She could not decide, and she didn’t want to make them sad. She also didn’t want to cause a war to happen because of her.

To solve the problem, Raja Tonjang Beru then held a competition in Seger Kuta beach. He asked all the princes to take part in archery competition. The rule was simple; whoever shot the target perfectly will be accepted as Princess Mandalika’s future husband. One by one, all participants tried their best. After some time, there was no winner. All the participants were great in archery.

Because there was no a winner, all the participants started to argue. They claimed to be the best. The argument was getting hotter. Finally, they all were fighting. Soon, the fighting got bigger. It was like a war, because all the princes brought their soldiers in the archery competition. Princess Mandalika was really worried. She did not want the war to get bigger and hurt many people. Finally, she had an idea. "Everybody, listen up! I know you all love me and want me to be your wife. But I don't want you to fight because of me. And I don't want you to be sad either. I want you all to have me, but not as your wife. I want to be someone that everybody can have," said Princess Mandalika.

Raja Tonjang Beru and all other people in the beach did not understand what she meant. The king then came to her. But suddenly, Princess Mandalika jumped to the sea. She disappeared in the big waves. Everybody was surprised. It was chaos on the beach. All the princes tried to swim to find the princess, but they found nothing.

After several hours trying to search the princess, suddenly they found a lot of colorful sea worms on the beach. Raja Tonjang Beru then realized that his daughter had returned as sea worms. The worms were then called nyale. Until now, people in Lombok always try to catch nyale. Nyale is very delicious and that is why a lot of people come to Lombok to catch it. However, they can only find it once a year, in February or March. The tradition to catch the sea worms is called Bau Nyale.***

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Mentiko Betuah

A long time ago, there was a kingdom in Simeulue, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. The king and the queen had a son, Prince Rohib. They loved the prince very much and they always gave him anything he wanted. That’s why the prince grew as a spoiled young man. The prince was then sent to study in a school. The King told him to study seriously. But because the prince was used to be spoiled, he couldn’t finish his study in time. The King was so angry. He realized his mistake. He wanted to give the prince a lesson. He then ordered the prince to leave the palace and became a merchant. "I will give you some money. Use the money only for trading. Don't come back until you are rich!" said the king.

Prince Rohib was sad. He knew his father was angry with him because he was a spoiled boy. He then promised himself that he could become a great merchant. After he left the palace, he went to a village. While he was walking, he saw some kids were trying to shoot a bird using their slingshots. “Stop… Don't hurt the bird!” Rohib tried to stop the kids. “Hey, it’s none of your business,” replied one of the kids. “I'll give you some money if you stop hurting the bird," said Rohib. After that, he gave some money to those kids.

Later on his journey, Rohib saw some men were torturing a snake. Again, he asked them to stop hurting the snake. He also gave them some money. He kept on giving some money to people who tortured animals. Finally he ran out of money. He was so worried. He knew he could not become a merchant without any money in his pocket. He was also scared of going home. He knew that his father would be very angry at him.

The prince then went to the forest because he didn’t know anywhere to go. He was so tired, so he took some rest. While he was sitting under a big tree, a giant snake came to him. He was so scared. “Don't worry, young man. I will not eat you,” said the giant snake. “You…you can talk? Who are you?” Rohib asked. “I am the king of snakes in this jungle. I heard you helped many animals from being tortured. Now, I want to give you a gift. This is Mentiko Betuah. This magical stone can give you anything you want." Then the snake went deep into the forest. The prince was very happy. He asked the Mentiko Betuah to give him a lot of money. Then he went home and told his father that the money was from his business as a merchant.

Rohib kept the Mentiko Betuah carefully. He then went to a goldsmith and asked him to make the magical stone as a ring. But the goldsmith stole the Mentiko Betuah. Luckily Rohib had made friends to the animals. He asked a cat, a dog, and a mouse to help him find Mentiko Betuah. The dog followed the smell of the goldsmith, and they found his hideaway. However they could not enter his house because it was locked. Only the mouse was small enough to enter through a small hole in the door.

After waiting for a moment, the mouse came out of the house. He said he could not find the magical stone. After that they all went back to the palace. The cat and the dog did not know that the mouse actually had found the magical stone. He was hiding it in his mouth. The mouse then gave the Mentiko Betuah to the prince. Rohib was so happy and said that the mouse was the hero. The cat and the dog were jealous and angry. They knew that the mouse had tricked them. According to the local people, that’s why until now cats and dogs always tried to catch mice.

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Ning Rangda

A long time ago in the southern area of Borneo Island, lived a beautiful girl named Rangda. She had excellent weaving and sewing skills. Her beauty was known in the whole area. Many young men fell in love with her.

One day, the prince who had heard about Rangda’s beauty, came to her house to order a dress from her. The prince was amazed by Rangda’s beauty and her humbleness. He fell in love with her. After he got his dress, the prince immediately went back to the palace. He wanted to tell his father that he already found his future wife. However, right after the prince arrived at the palace, he suffered a terrible illness. He was unconscious and got high fever. Every night in his sleep, he always whispered a name, "Rangda... Rangda... Rangda."

The king was really worried. He asked his advisors about the Rangda's name. One of the king’s advisors, Wakil Mangkubumi was familiar with the name. “Rangda is a beautiful young girl who lives at the southern area. She had excellent weaving and sewing skill. All of the prince’s clothes were made by her,” explained Wakil Mangkubumi.

The king knew that his son had fallen in love with the girl. The next day, he ordered his soldiers to take him and the prince to Rangda's house. Wakil Mangkubumi went first to Rangda’s house. The king had ordered him to tell Rangda and her parents about the wedding proposal. Rangda was very happy because she also fell in love with the prince.

When the prince heard that he would meet with Rangda, he was very happy. His health improved significantly. Then the prince, the king, and the soldiers went to Rangda's house. But the trip was very tiring and made the prince suffered his illness again. The illness was worse than the previous one. It was so bad that finally the prince died on the journey.

The king was so sad. He thought it was useless to continue the trip. Then he went back to the palace. Meanwhile, Rangda did not know that the prince had died. She was sewing a wedding dress for the wedding. She wanted to give the prince the best wedding dress. Everyday, she waited and waited for the prince, but he never came. She kept on sewing the wedding dress until she was old. People then called her Ning Rangda. She was called Ning because she was old and had a hunchbacked body.

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Sangkuriang

Some upon times ago, there was a family which lived in the palace of Priangan Land. They were happy family although a father was a dog”Tumang”, a mother was Dayang Sumbi and a son was Sangkuriang. One day, Dayang Sumbi asked her son to hunt a deer at the deer. He went the jungle but the fortune was not at him, He did not get a deer. He felt so bored so he decided to kill Tumang.

After getting at home, he gave Tumang’s liver but he told that it was a deer’s liver. But Dayang Sumbing did not believe that it was deer’s liver but Tumang’s Liver, because   she did not see Tumang at home.She was so angry so asked him to go out…

After some years later, Sangkuriang became a handsome teen. He like travelling many places, and finally he met a beautiful woman in a village. He felt in love with her, They loved each other and discussed bout their wedding plan. But Dayang Sumbi was shocked after looking at his wound on his head, she was sure that he was her son, Sangkuriang.

She tried to make him not to get marry her, she gave a wish that Sangkuriang could make a huge ship   and large lake for a night. Sangkuriang was not afraid , he tried as fast and strong as he could. In almost the ending of the finishing, Dayang Sumbi woke up the chicken to crow. Sangkurinag was so angry , he kicked the ship onto the lake, it became tobe a mount. It was called Tangkuban perahu mount.

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The Crying Stone
One upon a time, lived a poor old widow in a small village. She lived with her daughter. Her daughter was very beautiful but also very lazy and arrogant. She never helped her mother and didn’t want to know what problem her mother had. Everyday, she put make up and wears her best clothes. She always wanted to look rich and beautiful. One day, the mother and her daughter went to the market to buy some food. At first, the daughter refused to accompany her mother, but finally she agreed. “I’ll go with you, but you must walk behind me,” said the daughter. She didn't want to walk side by side with her mother. Although her mother was very sad, she agreed to walk behind her daughter. On the way to the market, everybody admired the girl's beauty. But they were also curious. Behind the beautiful girl, there was an old woman with a simple dress. The girl and her mother looked very different. “Hello, beautiful girl. Who is the old woman behind you? Is she your mother?" they asked. “No, she is not my mother. She is my servant,” the girl answered. Her mother was very sad to hear that, but she didn't say anything. She could understand that her daughter was ashamed. The girl and the mother met other people. Again they asked who the woman behind the beautiful girl. And again the girl answered that her mother is her servant. She always said that her mother is her servant every time people asked. At last, the mother cannot hold the pain anymore. She prayed to God to punish her daughter. Suddenly, the girl's leg turns into stone. Slowly, the process continues to the upper part of the girl's body. The girl was in panic. "Mother, please forgive me! Mother!" she cried and asked her mother to forgive her. But it's already too late. Her whole body finally becomes a big stone. Until now, people can still see tears falling down from the stone. People then call it batu menangis (it mean the crying stone)