Pernahkah mengamati perubahan yang terjadi di lingkungan rumahmu? Mulai dari kebiasaan orang-orang yang tinggal hingga suasana yang kalian rasakan, kenyamanan, kedamaian atau sebaliknya kebisingan, keegoisan, kekasaran dari penghuni yang ada. Kamu terbawa lingkungan kah? Artinya lingkungan itu membawa kamu, mewarnai bahkan merubah karaktermu, atau perubahan seperti apa yang kamu rasakan? Nah, sobat semua jika hal-hal tersebut menginternalisasi hingga masuk dalam perubahan sikap dan karakter maka berarti kita adalah tipe orang yang mudah terbawa suasana, kurang memiliki pendirian, mudah diwarnai lingkungan atau lebih parahnya mudah terbawa arus. Mungkin tidak masalah jika lingkungan baik yang mewarnai diri kita, yang jadi polemik adalah jika ternyata lingkungan yang kita tinggali adalah tempat yang tidak kondusif sama sekali, tempat yang tanpa aturan, buruk dalam tatakrama, tanpa etika, penuh kejahatan dan kecurangan-kecurangan. Ada peribahasa yang menarik mengenai kondisi tempat terhadap pribadi orang, yakni jadilah seperti ikan di laut yang tidak ikut asin meskipun air lautan itu memiliki kadar garam yang tinggi. Diharapkan kita itu menjadi seseorang yang memiliki prinsip hidup, tidak mudah terbawa arus kehidupan, tidak mudah terjebak pragmatisme jaman, jangan kehilangan nilai-nilai luhur di tengah-tengah lingkungan yang mungkin saja sudah rusak.
Jadilah Agen Kebaikan
Film animasi berjudul Paddington 2, menceritakan seekor anak beruang yang diberi nama Paddington telah berhasil merubah kondisi lingkungan dimana ia tempati. Yang ia rubah bisa jadi tidak besar secara fisik maupun visual, namun yang ia tularkan adalah rasa kesadaran menjaga nilai-nilai baik, menurut Paddington adalah nasehat (ajaran) bibi Lucy. Ia menjadi agen kebaikan, sehingga banyak orang yang mulai dekat dengannya, tidak hanya dekat namun tumbuh rasa saling menyayangi, saling membantu dan memiliki karakter sebagai orang baik. Bahkan ketika kondisi sulit yaitu manakala si paddington di dakwa bersalah atas tuduhan pencurian sebuah buku, sehingga harus masuk jeruji besi, ia tetap menjaga nilai-nilai kebaikan itu ada dalam dirinya. Mampu merubah lingkungan penjara menjadi tempat yang lebih nyaman dibandingkan sebelumnya. Ia melakukan perubahan kecil dimulai dari dapur. Ia menularkan sikap kebaikan pada si koki yang bernama Knuckles. Dari sanalah bersemi benih persahabatan yang tulus didasari oleh sikap menjaga dan menghormati. Film animasi yang cukup bagus untuk mengajarkan nilai-nilai kepedulian sosial.
Agen kebaikan itu pada dasarnya harus mampu bertahan di segala kondisi dan segala tempat. Ia tetap tegar dan memiliki peran yang nyata untuk mewarnai lingkungannya. Ia memiliki misi besar merubah lingkungan dan penghuni yang tinggal di dalamnya. Ia menanamkan kesadaran akan pentingnya berbuat baik, akan manfaat saling membantu, keuntungan dari terwujudnya kondisi yang nyaman, tentram dan penuh kedamaian. Memberikan sumbangsih besar itu dimulai dari berpartisipasi akan hal-hal yang kecil. Lompatan yang besar dan tinggi sebaiknya diawali dengan lompatan-lompatan yang kecil, selain berguna sebagai praeksekusi juga bermanfaat untuk menyiapkan kondisi tubuh. Hal ini berarti lompatan besar yang terjadi dalam hidup kita akan benar-benar optimal manakala kita terlatih (terbiasa) melakukan lompatan-lompatan kecil. Amal yang besar bisa saja dilakukan tanpa ada awalan amal yang kecil, namun alangkah baiknya jika kebiasaan untuk melakukan amal kebaikan meskipun skalanya kecil senantiasa rutin dilakukan sehingga apabila berhasil melakukan amalan yang besar mampu dijaga keistiqomahannya. Kita tidak berharap air banjir yang datang sekaligus namun sungai yang mengalir terus menerus meskipun debit airnya sedikit, sungai alami yang tetap mampu bertahan di kemarau panjang sebagai mata air sumber kehidupan bagi lingkungan sekelilingnya. Maka kebermanfaatan yang dirasakanpun lebih optimal jika ada keistiqomahan di dalamnya.
Prinsip Berkesinambungan
Istimroriyah, kontinyuitas, tak lelah beramal, tak berhenti berkarya adalah prinsip agen kebaikan. Besarnya masalah yang dihadapi justru membuatnya gigih beraktivitas, memompa kobaran semangat, tertantang dirinya untuk menaklukan permasalahan. Semakin besar masalah atau semakin tinggi tingkat kesulitan dari ujian yang datang, maka berbanggalah karena saat itu kita berada pada level tertinggi. Logika sederhananya seperti level dalam sebuah game di hp, komputer, internet dsb. Level 1 memiliki kesulitan tingkat 1, semakin bertambah levelnya bisa jadi musuhnya semakin bertambah dan kesulitan menjadi dua kali lipatnya. So, buat apa sedih, mengeluh, protes, marah-marah yang tidak berujung gara-gara masalah hidup yang dihadapi bertambah banyak, justru yang dilakukan semestinya adalah bersemangat untuk menghadapi masalah.
Kembali kedalam cerita Paddington tadi, ia tertuduh dan di penjara, namun masalah tersebut tidak membuatnya terpuruk, ngambek bahkan menghilangkan jati dirinya sebagai agen kebaikan, ia juga tidak berputus asa atas tuduhan sebagai pencuri yang tidak ia perbuat. Alih-alih mengelak dari tuduhan, ia malah mampu membangun kekuatan persahabatan dan menebarkan nilai-nilai kebaikan.
Dalam film saja banyak nilai kehidupan yang kita petik, apalagi kita sebagai pemeluk agama Islam yang dengan predikat (label) "muslim" seharusnya berbangga, kok kenyataannya malah kitalah yang terpuruk, terbelakang, mungkin termiskin. Memang kadar ketakwaan tidak ditentukan miskin kaya, pintar bodoh, maju ataupun terbelakang. Namun dibalik yang terjadi kebanyakan saat ini adalah tidak adanya kesadaran diri bahwa muslim itu adalah predikat terbaik, artinya manusia terbaik. Pribadi yang unggul tentunya mampu membawa kedamaian, kebermanfaatan dan juga pencerahan kepada lingkungan beserta orang-orang yang tinggal di dalamnya.
Agen muslim mampu mewarnai masyarakat dan lingkungan yang kusam, menjadi lebih terang dan indah. Dengan apa kita mewarnai dunia? Dengan ajaran islam itu sendiri, jika masing-masing pribadi muslim melakukan tuntunan yang sesuai syariat maka pribadi unggul itu benar-benar melekat secara penuh. Bukan cap teroris, bukan cap plagiat, bukan cap bodoh, ataupun cap-cap yang lainnya yang diarahkan pada muslim. Ada 2 kemungkinan cap (julukan) itu muncul karena di framing (sengaja dilakukan oleh pihak yang anti Islam) dan cap itu muncul karena memang tingkat kesadaran umat yang rendah. Di Indonesia sepertinya alasan kedua yang lebih dominan. Kita jumpai orang yang ngakunya muslim namun shalat fardunya saja gak lengkap, sholat subuhnya gak pernah, dhuhurnya sering ditinggalkan apalagi kalo masalah baca Quran, bermacam-macam alasan yang mendorong untuk enggan membaca Al Quran. Nah ini tipe umat Islam yang mana? Kok masalah ibadah pribadinya saja banyak yang rapuh, urusan kewajiban dengan sang khaliqnya saja banyak yang diingkari, gimana mau juara, letak hebatnya dimana coba? Maka wajar saja kata unggul untuk umat ini masih jauh, pemeluknya saja kurang layak dijuluki muslim sejati. Islam terlihat jelek itu bisa jadi karena umatnya yang payah. Saat ini Islam mungkin kalah bukan karena musuhnya yang kuat, namun umat musllimnya saja yang lemah, loyo, mereka belum punya prinsip dasar Islam yang bagus.
Yups, jangan mau kalah dengan nilai-nilai kebaikan dari sebuah film animasi. Sebagai muslim itu banyak yang bisa kita perbuat untuk agama ini, untuk umat, bangsa dan negara. Caranya berbenah diri dengan memperbagus hubungan dengan Allah swt, so pasti keunggulan secara pribadi bahkan umat mampu disandang dan direbut kembali yang selama ini hilang dari umat muslim. Umat Islam ini menjadi umat yang terbaik bagi semesta alam syaratnya yakni dengan menjalankan ajaran Islam secara kaffah, syamil mutakamil, menyeluruh, dari aspek ubudiyah, sosial bahkan segi politik, umat ini harus mampu memberi warna. Mewarnai atau terwarnai? That is the choice, every single choices has own consequences. Pilihlah jalan yang sudah dicontohkan oleh Rasul yakni jalan dakwah. Terlahir untuk mewarnai, terlahir untuk berkhidmat, terlahir untuk mencerahkan, berkontribusi memberikan manfaat untuk umat dan alam semesta.
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Selama ibunya dirawat, Dahlan kebingungan untuk mencari makan untuk dirinya dan adiknya, sementara dirumahnya tidak ada bahan makanan yang bisa dimakan. Melihat adiknya yang terus merintih karena kelaparan membuat dirinya semakin bingung. Hatinya teriris ketika ia melihat adiknya tidur dengan kedua tangan memegang perut karena lapar sambil menangis, terlebih Dahlan sangat khawatir dengan kondisi ibunya. Sampai malam harinya, pak mandor datang kerumah Dahlan untuk memberikan makanan kepadanya dan adiknya. Namun makanan itu hanya cukup untuk dimakan adiknya saja.
ReplyDeletePada pagi harinya, Dahlan mengikuti latihan volli. Ditengah permainan, Dahlan tiba-tiba pingsan. Hal ini bukan tanpa sebab, karena memang ia belum makan dari kemarin. Setelah ia sadar, ia langsung diberi makanan oleh gurunya untuk segera mengisi perutnya dan tenaganya kembali. Tidak lupa juga sang guru menitipkan makanan untuk adiknya pula yang dirumah. Dimalam harinya Dahlan hanya menghabiskan waktu dengan sang adik. Namun mereka harus dikejutkan oleh kedatangan ibunya dari rumah sakit dalam kondisi tidak bernyawa lagi. Ibunya telah meninggal dunia setelah beberapa hari dirawat dirumah sakit. Mereka sangat terpukul dan merasa kehilangan sosok ibunya itu.
Suatu pagi ketika diperjalanan akan berangkat sekolah Dahlan bertemu dengan Maryanti, temannya. Ia dibujuk oleh maryanti untuk berlatih sepeda. Namun ketika sedang enaknya berlatih, ia pun menabrak pohon didepannya sehingga mengakibatkan sepeda Maryanti rusak. Ayah Maryanti pun tidak terima dan meminta ganti rugi dengan mendatangi rumah Dahlan. Sesampainya disekolah, Dahlan mendapatkan kejutan dan hadiah dari teman dan gurunya. Ia mendapat hadiah sepatu bekas. Namun hadiah itu hanya diletakkan di lapangan dan ia lari menangis ke kelasnya. Ia teringat dengan ibunya yang sudah tiada.
Akhir dari kisah ini adalah tim dari Dahlan menang dalam pertandingan volli dan Dahlan diberikan hadiah sepatu oleh ayahnya seperti yang dijanjikan oleh ibunya semasa hidup. Hadiah yang diberikan oleh teman dan gurunya yang berupa sepatu pula diberikan pada adiknya.
TAMAT.
SEPATU DAHLAN
ReplyDeletePada suatu hari, di suatu pedesaan ada seorang anak kecil yang bernama Dahlan. Dia adalah seorang anak kecil yang periang. Dia berkehidupan sangat sederhana. Ketika akan berangkat sekolah, Dahlan selalu berjalan kaki bahkan sampai berlari, agar tidak terlambat masuk sekolah. Di sekolahan, Dahlan selalu memperhatikan pelajaran serta penjelasan dari gurunya. Suatu hari, sepulang sekolah sesampainya di rumah Dahlan sangatlah lelah sampai ia terbaring lemas di kursi yang ada didepan rumahnya.
Pada ke-esokan harinya, seluruh teman sekelas Dahlan di marahi oleh gurunya dikarenakan salah satu dari mereka ada yang berbuat kesalahan, karena membuat kerusuhan dengan bermain gitar dan bernyanyi. Salah satu dari teman nya pun ada yang suka membuat kelucuan dan keramaian di setiap harinya, yang bernama Kadir. Sepulang sekolah, Dahlan dimarahi oleh ayahnya dikarenakan selalu pulang terlambat bahkan sampai sore. Pagi itu, ada pemilihan pemain inti dan pemain cadangan permainan bola voli. Ia pun terpilih menjadi pemain inti dalam permainan tersebut. Sepulangnya dari sekolah, Dahlan melihat ibunya sedang memberi makan kambing. Karena tidak tega, ia pun langsung membantu ibunya itu.
Malam harinya, ibu Dahlan sakit. Beliau mengalami batuk-batuk sampai merasa sesak nafas. Karena tidak tega melihat sang ibu mengalami kesakitan, Dahlan pun pergi kerumah pak mantri terdekat dengan berlari dan kehujanan karena memeang saat itu cuaca masih turun hujan dengan derasnya. Setelah mendengar penjelasan dari Dahlan, pak mantripun langsung menuju rumah Dahlan untuk memeriksa kondisi ibunya. Singkat cerita, ibu Dahlan mulai merasakan lebih baik dari sebelumnya meskipun tidak sepenuhnya merasa baik. Pada suatu hari, setelah bangun dari tidurnya, Dahlan terkejut karena melihat ibunya sudah terbaring dilantai dengan wajah sangat pucat. Dahlan pun pingsan seketika tidak tega melihat ibunya seperti itu. Ketika dahlan sadar, ia diberitahu bahwa ibunya kini telah dirawat dirumah sakit terdekat.
Selama ibunya dirawat, Dahlan kebingungan untuk mencari makan untuk dirinya dan adiknya, sementara dirumahnya tidak ada bahan makanan yang bisa dimakan. Melihat adiknya yang terus merintih karena kelaparan membuat dirinya semakin bingung. Hatinya teriris ketika ia melihat adiknya tidur dengan kedua tangan memegang perut karena lapar sambil menangis, terlebih Dahlan sangat khawatir dengan kondisi ibunya. Sampai malam harinya, pak mandor datang kerumah Dahlan untuk memberikan makanan kepadanya dan adiknya. Namun makanan itu hanya cukup untuk dimakan adiknya saja.
ReplyDeletePada pagi harinya, Dahlan mengikuti latihan volli. Ditengah permainan, Dahlan tiba-tiba pingsan. Hal ini bukan tanpa sebab, karena memang ia belum makan dari kemarin. Setelah ia sadar, ia langsung diberi makanan oleh gurunya untuk segera mengisi perutnya dan tenaganya kembali. Tidak lupa juga sang guru menitipkan makanan untuk adiknya pula yang dirumah. Dimalam harinya Dahlan hanya menghabiskan waktu dengan sang adik. Namun mereka harus dikejutkan oleh kedatangan ibunya dari rumah sakit dalam kondisi tidak bernyawa lagi. Ibunya telah meninggal dunia setelah beberapa hari dirawat dirumah sakit. Mereka sangat terpukul dan merasa kehilangan sosok ibunya itu.
Suatu pagi ketika diperjalanan akan berangkat sekolah Dahlan bertemu dengan Maryanti, temannya. Ia dibujuk oleh maryanti untuk berlatih sepeda. Namun ketika sedang enaknya berlatih, ia pun menabrak pohon didepannya sehingga mengakibatkan sepeda Maryanti rusak. Ayah Maryanti pun tidak terima dan meminta ganti rugi dengan mendatangi rumah Dahlan. Sesampainya disekolah, Dahlan mendapatkan kejutan dan hadiah dari teman dan gurunya. Ia mendapat hadiah sepatu bekas. Namun hadiah itu hanya diletakkan di lapangan dan ia lari menangis ke kelasnya. Ia teringat dengan ibunya yang sudah tiada.
Akhir dari kisah ini adalah tim dari Dahlan menang dalam pertandingan volli dan Dahlan diberikan hadiah sepatu oleh ayahnya seperti yang dijanjikan oleh ibunya semasa hidup. Hadiah yang diberikan oleh teman dan gurunya yang berupa sepatu pula diberikan pada adiknya.
TAMAT.
Jaka Tarub and Seven Angels
ReplyDeleteLong long time ago, there lived an old woman with her son in a small village in Java. The name of the boy is Jaka Tarub. He was a diligent boy. He always help his mother on the rice field. As he grew older, he became a strong and handsome man. He loves his mother so much and he was always kind to her. They lived happily together until one day the old woman passed away, leaving Jaka Tarub all by himself. Everything started to change after that, Jaka Tarub started to lose his spirit to work. He spent most of his time staring at the ceiling of his house and daydreaming.
One day, Jaka Tarub dreamt of eating deer meat. So when he woke up in the morning, he decided to go to the forest to hunt a deer. He brought his blowpipe with him. He wandered in the forest from the morning till the afternoon but he didn’t find any deer or mousedeer. He didn’t realize that he got deeper into the forest until he was very tired and he decided to take a rest under a big tree near a small lake. It was windy at that moment and Jaka Tarub fell asleep right away.
A few moments later, Jaka Tarub woke up because he heard women laughing in a distance. He was curious about the voice, so he decided to check it. It turned out that the voice was coming from the lake, Jaka Tarub took a peek from a bush next to the lake and he saw seven beautiful women who turned out to be angels were having fun in the lake. Jaka Tarub was amazed by their exceptional beauty. He also saw some beautiful scarf near the lake. He thought that it must be their scarf so he decided to take one of it and hide it.
After that, Jaka Tarub kept watching the angels until they finish playing in the lake. The angels started preparing themselves to return to the sky, but one of them couldn’t find her scarf, her name was Nawangwulan. The other angels asked Nawangwulan to be hurry because they have to return to the sky right away. Nawangwulan cried because she still couldn’t locate her scarf and she couldn’t fly to the sky without it. Her sisters took pity on her but they couldn’t do anything and it was time for them to return to the sky, so they left Nawangwulan alone on earth.
Nawangwulan just stayed there alone and cried. Jaka Tarub who watched her from distance all this time tried to approach her. He pretended to ask her about what has happened to her so she cried like that. Nawangwulan who had no idea that Jaka Tarub was the one who hide her scarf tried to explain to him that her sister left her alone at the lake. Jaka Tarub offered her his help to be her companion. After that, Jaka Tarub invite her to his house and she agreed to go there.
The life of Jaka Tarub started to change. With the presence of Nawangwulan in his life, Jaka Tarub found his spirit back to work on the rice field. They filled each other life with happiness until a couple months later they decided to get married. Jaka Tarub became even happier after that. He loves his wife so much that it gave him energy to work double than he used to do. Their life became more complete when Nawangwulan gave birth to their first child. It was a girl and they named her Nawangsih.
Since they got married, Nawangwulan asked her husband to promise one thing to her. The promise was Jaka Tarub should never open the cooking pan whenever Nawangwulan was cooking rice. Jaka Tarub agreed to this request. But, one day when Nawangwulan left the kitchen for a while, Jaka Tarub opened the cooking pan and checked what was in it. He found out that his wife cooked a grain of rice and turned it into a pan full of cooked rice. It was actually Nawangwulan spiritual power. But, since Jaka Tarub broke the agreement, Nawangwulan spiritual power was disappeared.
Ever since that day, Nawangwulan had to cook just like any ordinary girl. This made their consumption on rice became so high and they spent their rice stock in their storage so fast. One day when their stock was about to run out, Nawangwulan found her scarf burried under the rice stock. She finally realized that her husband was the one who hide her scarf. She was very upset to her husband. She put on the scarf and went to confront her husband.
ReplyDeleteNawangwulan told her husband that she was disappointed with him because he was lying all this time. She also said that she will return to the sky right away. Jaka Tarub asked for her forgiveness and he also asked her to stay with him and their daughter. But Nawangwulan has made up her mind to return to the sky and nothing will be able to change that. Before she left, Nawangwulan asked to Jaka Tarub to build a small hut in front of their house and she also asked him to put their daughter in the hut every night so she could fed her and took care of her. After that Nawangwulan flew to the sky and left Jaka Tarub with their child. Jaka Tarub fulfill Nawangwulan’s request and he built the small hut as she instructed.
After that, Jaka Tarub can only watch his daughter and his wife playing at the hut from his house. Every night, Nawangwulan came to the hut to take care of Nawangsih until she fell asleep and then Nawangwulan returned to the sky after that. It happened every day until Nawangsih grew older. Although they never see each other again when Nawangsih has grown up, but every time they needed something, help will come right away, and they believe it was from Nawangwulan.
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ReplyDeleteOne day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how clever she was. 'Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,' she said.
'I know only one trick to get away from dogs,' said the cat. 'You should teach me some of yours!'
'Well, maybe some day, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones,' replied the fox airily.
Once there was a carpenter called Geppetto. He made a wooden puppet and called him Pinocchio. “How nice it would be if it were a real baby!” sighed when he finished painting it. That night, a good fairy heard him and made his wish to become real. “Awake, wood inanimate, now you’ve got a soul!” she made her magic spell touching Pinocchio with her magic wand. “Pinocchio , be always a good , brave and a selfless boy , ” said the Fairy , ” and one day you’ll be a real boy ! ” Then, she addressed to Jiminy Cricket: “I appoint you to guide Pinocchio, ” she added, before disappearing in a thousand flashes of light.
ReplyDeleteImagine the delight of Geppetto when he discovered that his little man of wood could move and talk! The next morning he sent him to school like a real boy. “Goodbye, son, come back soon!”
Pinocchio was a little naughty so he disobeying her father went to the terrible Eater, a puppeteer who promised to make him famous. He enjoyed a lot of singing and dancing with the other puppets. But, when the show was over, Eater shut him in a cage. Suddenly, there appeared the Blue Fairy: “Why did not you go to school?” she asked. Pinocchio answered with a lie and his nose began to grow … Only when he told the truth, the Fairy freed him and his nose was back to normal. On the way home, Pinocchio saw a coach load of kids cheering. The coachman told him that he was directed to Toyland, where the kids could do whatever they wanted.
“Pinocchio, come back!” Jiminy Cricket ran after him. But the puppet would not listen to him. There Pinocchio met a new boy Candlewick. He soon discovered that in Toyland the lazy and rude kids were turned into donkeys. Pinocchio ran desperately, followed by his faithful friend. Jiminy Cricket Together, then returned to the house of Geppetto , but they found none. “Who knows what l happened to him!” At that moment, a dove brought them a message: while Geppetto was looking for Pinocchio everywhere, he was swallowed by a whale and now he was his prisoner. “I want to save him!” decided the puppet.
ReplyDeleteArriving at the sea, he dived an dived till he found his father in the belly of the whale. But how to get out of there? So he lit a fire and the smoke made the whale sneeze so strong that, she opened its mouth. Pinocchio and Geppetto escaped on a raft. The puppet helped his father to swim in the middle of the waves: and they finally reached the shore! But as soon as they arrived Pinocchio, for the great effort fainted. Grief-stricken, Geppetto took him home. The Blue Fairy, awoke him and, as promised, rewarded his courage and his goodness, by transforming Pinocchio into a real boy.
Long long time ago, there lived a great king in Bengkulu. His name is king Ratu Agung. He ruled Sungai Serut Kingdom for years and during those years, the people in the kingdom live peacefully and prosperous. The king has seven children. The last child was the only daughter in the family and her name is Putri Gading Cempaka.
ReplyDeletePutri Gading Cempaka was very beautiful and kind. There were so many noble man came to their kingdom to propose the princess but her father, king Ratu Agung, refused all of them because for him Putri Gading Cempaka was still too young to get married.
One day, the king summon all of his children into his room. At that moment he was so weak and he said to all of them “My children, I think my time has come to leave you. I hope you all can keep your relationship as brother and sister. I have two important message that I want to tell you before I die. First, I appointed Anak Dalam as my sixth son to be the next king of our kingdom. I hope you all can accept my decision. Second, if a big disaster ever happened on this land and you think that there is nothing you can do to save it, go to Bungkuk mountain and stay there. Wait until a great king came to propose my daughter”. All of his children listened to his message carefully. None of them complained about it. A couple days later, the king passed away.
All people in the kingdom mourned the king’s death. Putri Gading Cempaka and all of her brothers burried their father in a special place. A couple days after the burial ceremony, they started to carry out their father’s will. They held the crowning ceremony of Anak Dalam to replace their father as the new king. For some reasons, they decided to change the name of the kingdom into Bangkahulu kingdom. Just like his father, Anak Dalam lead the kingdom wisely and the people love him so much.
ReplyDeleteOne day, a prince of Aceh kingdom came to their land. He brought along with him so many people and present because he wanted to propose Putri Gading Cempaka. He sent some of his soldiers and counselor to the palace to see king Anak Dalam. When they arrived at the palace, the counselor stated their intention to the king. King Anak Dalam told the counselor that they couldn’t accept the prince proposal because they had to keep their promise to their father. After that the counselor and the soldiers returned to their ship and report the result to the prince.
The prince was so angry tohear the news from his counselor. He felt that king Anak Dalam and his brother had insulted him with their decision. So he challenged king Anak Dalam to a war. The big war was inevitable and it last for days with so many casualties. At that moment, king Anak Dalam and his brothers realized that this may be the right time to cary out their father’s second will. So they decided to bring anything they can and they flee to Bungkuk mountain with some survivors of the war.
When king Anak Dalam and his people flee from the kingdom, the prince from Aceh also returned to his kingdom. This condition left Bangkahulu kingdom to be empty and unguarded. Hearing the news, some noble men from Lebong Balik Bukit came to the kingdom and tried to claim it. But, instead of combining their power to claim the throne, those noble men fight each other over the throne. A couple weeks later, a wise man by the name Maharaja Sakti came to the land and brought all of the noble men into an agreement.
ReplyDeleteThe noble men realized that they cannot be a king so they asked Maharaja Sakti to be their king and claimed Bangkahulu kingdom. Maharaja Sakti agreed to their idea so they held a crowning ceremony at the palace. On the day of the ceremony, a big storm suddenly appeared in the kingdom. They canceled the ceremony and they waited for the storm to be over. But the storm was not getting lighter.
ReplyDeleteMaharaja Sakti was curious about the storm, it was as if as he was not meant to held the crowning ceremony. So he decided to ask to his shaman about the unusual condition. The shaman told him that if he wanted to be the king of the kingdom, he should wed the descendant of the rightful king. After that, Maharaja Sakti asked the shaman to locate the princess whereabout. The shaman used his magical power and he found that the princess was in Bungkuk mountain with her brothers.
Maharaja Sakti sent some of his soldiers and his counselor to go to Bungkuk mountain to deliver his message to the princess and her brother. When they arrived at Bungkuk mountain, they went to Putri Gading Cempaka’s location right away and they stated their intention to her and her brother. Putri Gading Cempaka and her brothers realized that this was exactly the same as their father told them before he die, so they gladly accept the proposal.
After that, Putri Gading Cempaka and her brothers along with the soldiers which were sent to deliver the message from Maharaja Sakti returned to Bangkahulu kingdom. They held a big wedding party in the palace and they crowned Maharaja Sakti as the new king of Bangkahulu kingdom with Putri Gading Cempaka as the queen. Together, they rebuilt the kingdom and moved the palace into a new location at Kuala Sungai Lemau. When the construction process was complete, they changed the name of the kingdom into Sungai Lemau kingdom.
Once upon a time, there lived a sick poor farmer aid his three sons: Bill, Thomas, and john. Being on the point of death, the father bequeathed his things to them. Bill inherited his cow, Thomas got his plow, and john received his plant’s seeds. Soon afterward, their father died. Bill and Thomas decided to go out from their small hut and lived their life alone. When their little brother asked them to lend him their plow and cow, they refused to help and mocked him. Then they sold their cow and plow and spent the money without thinking of the future. John then couldn’t help but worked hard by himself to grow the seeds without any help from his brothers.
ReplyDeleteYears passed, john had gathered the sweet fruits of his sweats and hard works in the past and thus became a rich farmer. One day when he was buying some fruits in the market, somebody stole his wallet. As he ran to get his wallet back, the thief hit a beggar and fell down. John then realized that the thief and the beggar were his own brothers. Bill and Thomas then begged for their little brother forgiveness of being so arrogant and selfish. After listening to his brothers’ stories, john invited his brothers to live together with him. The three then worked together and became great and rich farmers.
A long time ago, there lived a beautiful woman namely Roro Anteng. She was a known for her beauty and had attracted the attention of an evil giant. Roro Anteng dared not reject the giant’s advances when he proposed to her. Roro thought of a plan to get away from the marriage without offending the giant. In order to get her and in marriage, the giant had to fulfill her wishes.
ReplyDeleteRoro Anteng then concocted a difficult request in hopes that the giant did not have the power to fulfill it. She had asked him to make her a sandy dessert in between the mountains in one night and before the break of dawn.
Unfortunately for he, the giant magically and swiftly begin to work his powers and was nearly completing her wishes. The fast thinking of Roro Anteng quickly thought of an idea to disrupt the completion, she made al sorts of noises that wake woke up the roosters. The roosters began to crow bringing dawn in.
On hearing of roosters’ calls, which signaled the break of dawn, the giant was shocked for having failed his tasks. Frustrated, he threw the coconut shell that he used to dig the desert. The shell fell to the ground beside mount Bromo, forming hat is now known as mount Batok. The sandy plain was to form the Tengger caldera.
Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy.
ReplyDeleteFinally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a lesung;, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, please remember, if there is a flood you must save yourself.
Use this lesung; as a boat;. The lesung; was happy and thanked the old woman.The little boy continued his journey. While he was passing through the village, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. Can I try?; asked the little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody was dumbfounded.
Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he used the lesung; as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village became a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.
Once, there was a beautiful Javanese princess whose name was Rara Jonggrang. Rara Jonggrang whose beauty was very famous in the land was the daughter of Prabu Baka, and evil king.
ReplyDeleteOne day, a handsome young man with super natural power named Bandung Bondowoso defatted and killed Prabu Baka. On seeing Princess Rara Jonggrang’s beauty, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love wither and wantted to marry her.
Meanwhile, Princess Rara jonggrang felt sad due to her death father. She did not want to marry Bandung because he had killed her father. But she was also afraid of Bandung. So to refuse politely, she made a condition. “I will marry you but you have to build one thousand temples in one night as a wedding gift” requested Rara Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso agreed with the condition. Helped by the spirit of the demons, Bandung Bondowoso started building the temples. Approaching midnight, the work would nearly be done. Rara Jonggrang knew and thought, “What shall I do? Bandung Bondowoso is smarter than I. I would lose against Bandung.”
Suddenly she got an idea. She woke up all the women in the palace and ordered them to make the noisy sounds of grinding rice so that the rooster thought at had already been dawn. Bandung Bondowoso got frustrated because he failed completing the thousandth temple.
ReplyDelete“The Princess has deceived me!” Following his anger, he cursed Roro Jonggrang, “You have been cheated. Now, the thousandth temple is you!”
At once, the Princess turned into a statue. knowing this, Bandung Bondowoso regretted and he went away into a farm land. From then people called the temple Prambanan Temple and the Princess statue Rara Jonggrang statue.
Hundreds years ago, the last king of Majapahit had a young princess from one of his wives. The princess was named Roro Anteng. Later, Roro Anteng married Joko Seger, who came from Brahman caste.
ReplyDeleteBecause of unfortunate situation the couple was forced to leave the kingdom. They settled in the mountain area. They ruled the area and named it Tengger, which was derived from their names, Roro Anteng and Joko Seger.
After several years of reign, the region flourished in prosperity, but Roro Anteng and Joko Seger were sad because they did not have a child. They climbed the top of mountain and prayed there night and day hoping that the God would listen. The prayer was heard and Betoro Bromo promised to give them many children. However, they had to promise that they would sacrifice their youngest child in return.
Roro Anteng gave birth to a child, then another and another. In the end, Roro Anteng and Joko Seger had 25 children. Soon it was time to sacrifice the youngest child , Kusuma, but the parents could not do it. They tried to hide him, but an eruption happened and Kusuma fell into the crater. There was silence before they heard a voice. “I have to be sacrificed so that you will all stay alive. From now on, you should arrange an annual offering ceremony on the 14th of Kesodo (the twelfth month of Tengerese calendar)”. It was Kusuma’s voice. Kusuma’s brothers and sisters held the offering ceremony every year. Instead of human being, they collected fruits, vegetables, rice, and meat to be off to the Gods. And this has been done generation after generation until today.
It was a beautiful day. Everybody in the Kawar village was happy. The farmers had just had their best harvest. The villagers were planning to hold a party to celebrate the good harvest. On one beautiful day, all the villagers gathered in a field. They wore beautiful dresses and made delicious food. Everybody was having good times! They were singing, laughing and, of course, eating delicious food.
ReplyDeleteDid everyone go to the party? Unfortunately, there was one old woman still staying at her house. She was too old and weak to go to the party. Her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandchildren all went to the party. At home, the old woman felt very sad and lonely. She was very hungry too. She tried to find some food in the kitchen, but she was very disappointed. Her daughter-in-law did not cook that day. At the party, the son asked her wife, “Why don’t you take some food from the party and give it to my mom? Ask our son to deliver it.” Then the little boy brought the food to her grandmother. The old woman was so happy. But her happiness turned into sadness when she saw the food was not in a good condition. It seemed that someone had eaten the food. She just got little rice and fish bones.
The old woman was very sad. She thought bad things about her son. The old woman did not know that it was her grandson who had eaten the food on the way from the party to the house. She cursed her son. Then, a terrible thing happened. There was a great earthquake! Thunders struck the village. And heavy rains started to fall. All the villagers were so scared. They wanted to save themselves. They tried to find shelters. Slowly, the field turned into a lake. The lake was getting bigger and bigger, and finally the whole village turned into a big lake. People then named the lake Lau Kawar