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The Legend of Lubuk Emas || North Sumatra Folklore

Cerita Rakyat · Sumatra Utara Lubuk Emas The Legend of Sri Pandan 8 halaman cerita · 10 kosakata · 10 soal latihan Ketuk kata yang bergaris bawah untuk melihat arti dan mendengar cara membacanya. Di akhir cerita ada latihan isi titik-titik. Mulai Membaca Ilustrasi: Thomas Kurniawan Once upon a time, in a place called Teluk Dalam, North Sumatra, there lived a king named Raja Simangolong. The king lived with his beautiful wife and their beautiful daughter, Sri Pandan. Sri Pandan was a strikingly beautiful girl. Not only was she beautiful, but she also had pleasant manners. She liked to help other people even though she was a princess. Everyone liked her, and they were really grateful to have such an adorable princess. The beauty of Sri Pandan was well known in the neighboring kingdoms. As a father and a king, Raja Simangolong really hoped that his daughter would marry a prince from ...

The Life of Princess Kembang Dadar || Palembang Folklore

Thousand years ago, in Southern Sumatera, there were two kingdoms that were always in fight. The kingdoms had never been in peace since they were built. There were always problems happened between the kingdoms. Those kingdoms’ name were Hulu kingdom and Hilir kingdom. One afternoon, in a bright day, the king of Hilir kingdom together with his trusted people walked to one building called Pendopo. There, in Pendopo, the king and his people were planning to have an important meeting discussing about their plan “Are we really ready?” asked the king to open the discussion The commander of the kingdom stood then bend to show some respect to the king and the he said “My majesty, our troop are ready to deploy!” The commander said in a very promising voice and his hand pointed at the hundreds of soldiers that were training at the palace’s yard at that time. “Hmm” said the king. He, then, walked outside the Pendopo to look how well his soldiers training by himself. Behind him, the co...

No Mom, I Have Turned into a Bird || Jambi Folklore

Long time ago, in a village of Pelalawan situated in Jambi Province, there lived a couple of husband and wife with their only son named Bujang. The couple lived in poverty but their love had never been less to their son. They worked hard to feed him and also they prayed hard to God, asked Him that one day his son would be growing up to be a great, good and smart man. Every day, the couple would go to their rice field and also to the river for fish. The fish they caught from the river would be sold in the market. The market was across the town, they would walk for miles to reach it. It wouldn’t be an easy journey as there would be a lot and heavy fish to be carried with them as they went to the market. Nevertheless, they had never complained about it, instead they had always been grateful. The money they got from the sale would be saved for their son’s future. A day became a month, a month became a year, and a year became years, Bujang seemed to grow quite fast. Bujang ...