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The Story of Sangkuriang

In ancient times, in West Java there lived a princess called

Dayang Sumbi. She had a son named Sangkuriang. The kid was

very fond of hunting in the forest. He was always accompanied

by a pet dog named Tumang when he went for hunting. Tumang

was actually an incarnation of God, and was also the real father

of Sangkuriang, but Sangkuriang did not know it and his mother

was deliberately kept it a secret.

One day, as usual Sangkuriang went to the forest for hunting.

After arriving in the forest, Sangkuriang began to look for game.

He saw a bird perched on a branch, then without a second

thought Sangkuriang immediately shot on a target. Sangkuriang

then ordered Tumang to chase his quarry earlier, but Tumang

kept silent and did not want to follow the order of Sangkuriang.

He was very annoyed. Then he expelled Tumang and did not

allowed him to go home again.

Arriving at home, Sangkuriang told the incident to his mother.

Upon hearing the story of his son, Dayang Sumbi was very angry.

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