Sangkuriang

In ancient times, there was the story of a daughter of the king in West Java called Dayang Sumbi.she have a son named Sangkuriang. Children are very fond of hunting.

He was accompanied by hunting with Tumang, dog palace. Sangkuriang do not know, that dog is the incarnation of gods and also his father.

On a day Tumang not want to follow his orders to pursue game. So the dissipating of dog into the woods.

When he returned to the palace, Sangkuriang told it to his mother. What a Dayang Sumbi angry when he heard the story. He accidentally hit his head with a spoon rice Sangkuriang held. Sangkuriang wounded. He was very disappointed and went wandering After incident, Dayang Sumbi very sorry for himself. He was always very diligent to pray and meditate. At one time, the gods gave him a gift. He will be forever young and everlasting beauty.

After years of wandering, Sangkuriang eventually intends to return to his homeland. When we got there, the kingdom has changed completely. There he met a beautiful girl, who was none other than Dayang Sumbi. Fascinated by the beauty of these women, Sangkuriang proposed. Therefore very handsome young man, Dayang Sumbi also very fascinated him.

On a day Sangkuriang ask goodbye to hunt. He asked for help to straighten Dayang Sumbi headband. Dayang Sumbi surprise after seeing the scars on her husband's head. The wound was just like a wound that has left her child wander. After a while he noticed, was the boy's face is very similar to his son's face. He became very frightened.

So then he sought to thwart the efforts that the process of making a proposal. He filed two conditions. First, he asked the young man to stem the Citarum river. And second, he asked Sangkuriang to make a big boat to cross the stream. Both conditions must be met before dawn.

Night Sangkuriang do tapa. With his power he mustered supernatural beings to help finish the job. Dayang Sumbi secretly peeked job. Once the job was almost complete, Dayang Sumbi ordered his troops to spread out a red silk cloth in the east of the city.

As I watched the red color in the east of the city, Sangkuriang thought it was late morning. He also stopped work. He was very angry because it meant he could not meet the required conditions Dayang Sumbi.

With his strength, he made the dam break. There was a great flood swept through the city. He was then kicked the big boat made. The canoe was floated and fell into a mountain called "Tangkuban Perahu"( Tangkuban Boat).