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Cindelaras || East Java Folklore

Once there was a kingdom named Jenggala. Jenggala kingdom was ruled by a king named Raden Putra. Raden Putra lived with his beautiful wife, the queen of the kingdom and also with his concubine. The king’s concubine was so jealous of the life of the queen. All of her time was spent by thinking on how to get rid of the queen and become the only queen in the kingdom. One day, the desire of being a queen filled the concubine’s heart and blinded her. She was coming to the kingdom physician to set a plan to get rid of the queen. With all the wealth promised by the concubine, the physician agreed to join her. As the agreement made, the queen walked back to her room with a self-satisfied smirk on her face. Cindelaras via https://i.ytimg.com The next day, the concubine was lying unmoved in her bed screaming for help. Of course it was her trick to fool all people in the kingdom. The king that heard the scream rushed to the concubine’s room. As he checked the state of his second w...

Batu Badaong || Maluku Folklore

In a small village situated in Tanibar Island, Maluku, there live a very rich man with his wife and a daughter and a son that had become young girl and boy. Since kids, they had been spoiled by their parents and it was no wonder that they were growing having a lazy and boastful attitude. "O..Stonem open your body and let me in" whisper the mother   One day, bad thing happened in the family. The father, the one supporting the family passed away. Instead of changing their attitudes after the death of their father, the kids still had the same manner. They still treated their servants bad. And because of bad treats they had from the kids, all the servants decided to stop working on the family. With all the servants gone, now all the housework had to be done by the mother. The kids? They didn’t bother to voluntarily help their mom, and even when asked, they will rudely refuse it. The mother now had to clean the house, wash the clothes and dishes, and prepare for t...