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Lutung Kasarung, The Untold Legend of a Talking Ape. || West Java Folklore || Part 1   Lutung Kasarung, The Untold Legend of a Talking Ape. || West Java Folklore || Part 2   Lutung Kasarung take Purbasari’s hand and he whispered something to Purbasari’s ears.  “Remain calm. I will help you as I promised before” whispered Lutung Kasarung. Then, Lutung Kasarung close his eyes and he put his two hands in fromt of his chest. Lutung Kasarung called the angels is Khayangan to come to the earth to help Purbasari. Lutung also asked them to stay invisible so that there was no one know that they were in the earth but he and Purbasari. Then, wind blew Purbasari hair. Purbasari turned her back and she saw seven beautiful angels were ready to help her. Magically, they did the cooking was so fast and Purbasari’s cooking was done earlier than Purbaarang’s. After testing the food, the judges then announced that the taste of Purbasari’s food was way better and more delicious. So t

Lutung Kasarung, The Untold Story of a Talking Ape || West Java Folklore|| Part 1   Lutung Kasarung, The Untold Legend of a Talking Ape. || West Java Folklore || Part 3   Lutung was walking closer and close and Purbasari got frightener. Then Lutung said to Purbasari . “Please don’t be afraid. I mean no harm” said Lutung. Purbasari was shocked as Lutung was able to speak like a human. Never had she met a talking ape like Lutung before. “Hi, who are you actually and where are you from?” asked Purbasari began to start a conversation. “My name is Guruminda, The son of Ambu from Khayangan. I committed a bad thing so that I was thrown to earth and my body turned to be an ape. I was lost in this forest actually” answered Lutung Knowing the reason why Lutung was there, Purbasari felt relief, there was no afraid feeling inside her toward Lutung anymore. Purbasari, then, introduced herself to Lutung and tell her story. Then, feeling that they had almost the same story of l

Lutung Kasarung, The Untold Story of a Talking Ape|| West Java Folklore|| Part 2 . Once, there was akingdom in West Java ruled by a wise king named Prabu Tapa Agung. The Kingdon name was Pasir Batang Kingdom. The king had seven daughters that were beautiful. They were Purbarang (the eldest). Purbadewata, Purbaendah, Purbakancana, Purbamanik, and Purbasari (the youngest). From those seven daughters, five of them had married, and they were Purbaarang, and Purbasari that hadn’t married yet. Lately, The king, Prabu Tapa Agung alsways sat in his throne and had a sad expression in his face. It looked like that he had a very big problem. Seeing what happened to the king, the queen tried to talk about the problem with the king. “My husband, you looked dampish lately, what happened? What had burdened your mind, my husband? Tell me, I may be able to help you to lighten your burden.” Said the queen “My wife, I was growing older and older each day. I felt that I can’t rule the

Pada Keong Emas akan dijumpai dua sejoli : Putri Galuh Condro Kirono, putri kerajaan Jenggala dan Raden Panji Inu Kertapati, Pangeran dari kerajaan Daha. Kebahagian pasangan ini terusik oleh kedatangan seorang Raja dari Kerajaan Antah Berantah yang berminat menyunting Putri Galuh secar paksa. Sang putri yang tak sudi dipersunting raja tersebut memutuskan untuk melarikan diri dan menyamar sengan nama Dewi Sekartaji.   (To read the story in English please click here! ) Petaka yang menimpa Dewi Sekartaji rupanya tak lepas dari pengamatan para penguasa kahyangan. Barata Narada menurunkan kesaktiannya dan membantu menyelamatkan Dewi Sekartaji yang terus dalam pelarian dengan mengubahnya menjadi seekor Keong Emas. Berdasarkan petunjuk dewa, mulailah Keong Emas mengembara. Tanpa kenal lelah ditelusurinya sungai dan lembah. Kemilau yang dipancarkan keong Emas memberikan kesan yang istimewa sehingga tangan lembut seorang janda tua tertarik untuk mengangkat dan membelainya. Janda itu, Mb

        Hundreds years ago, There live a couple of Putri Galuh Condro Kirono from Jenggala Kingdom, and Raden Panji Inu Kertapati from Daha Kingdom who loved each other so much.       Unfortunately, their joy of love was disturbed by the the arrival of a king from a “nowhere” kingdom who at that time visited Jenggala Kingdom and wanted to purpose Putri Galuh Condro Kirono as his wife. Putri Galuh who didn’t wanted to marry with that king then decided to escape from the palace, and she lived in the village. Then she disguised herself by changing her name to be “Dewi Sekartaji”.            The King of gods which was Barata Narada in the sky knew what happened to Putri Galuh. Then, by using his magical power he helped Putri Galuh or Dewi Sekartaji to disguise. He, then, turned her to be Keong Mas (gold snail). Then with a guidance from Brata Narada, the Gold Snail then continued her journey. The Gold Snail wandered along the river and the valley. One day in the river,