Kamis, 17 Januari 2008

LORO JONGGRANG

The event that happened to the statue of Loro Jonggrang in Prambanan Empire is just myth story. It was impossible if a princess or a person can changes into the statue. It is not reality but it is just an author’s imagination. Long ago, when I was still a child, I guessed that it was true but now I don’t think like that anymore because I have known that it is just myth story or imagination story that written by an author.

Actually, Prambanan temple was built in Mataram Hindu period that was lead by the Sovereign Rakai Pikatan in ninth century. It is located in Prambanan Village, Sleman Regency. All the temples and the statue of Loro Jonggrang really were built by people in that century. Therefore, the temples were not built by supernatural creatures and the statue of Loro Jonggrang was not a princess who was cursed to become this statue. At the end, now, we may not believe this myth story or the other myth stories in order that our way of thinking is not influenced by unreal things because it is not fact but only people’s result of imagination that can not be proved in real life.

Now, I will tell the myth story about Loro Jonggrang. Loro Jonggrang was a princess in Prambanan Empire. She was a daughter of the King whose name the Sovereign Baka in Prambanan Empire. The Sovereign Baka was a king who has great power. Nevertheless, he could be defeated by the King Pengging who is helped by Bandawasa. He used great power of his weapon in war in helping King Pengging opposed King Baka. Bandawasa weapon’s name was Bandung so that he became popular with the name of Bandung Bandawasa. Because of that, he became a King in Prambanan Empire.after that, he wanted Loro Jonggrang to be his wife but she didn’t easily receive his love. The Chief Minister gave advice to her in order that physically, she received his love but he had to build 1000 temples and two wells that were very deep and he had to finish this work for a night. He received what she asked. He, his followers, King Pengging, and supernatural creatures began to build the temples and the wells. What amazed it is, when it was at four o’clock AM, they could almost finished to build temples and the wells.

After that, one of Loro Jonggrang’s delegates reported to her that they have almost finished building the temples and the wells. They only needed to build a temple again. Knowing it, all people in empire were confused because the princess would become Bandawasa’s wife who has killed her father. Then, the chief minister woke up the young girls in around Prambanan Empire to go to lesung (the tools to pound the paddy) and as if they pounded the paddy. Besides it, each lesung was spread fragrant flowers.

Supernatural creatures who did their duties listened the sound of lesung and then immediately they stopped their works and left that place because they thought that it has been morning. Now, only a temple that has not been finished yet and the wells have also almost finished. It meant that the requirement that princess Loro Jonggrang asked has not fulfilled yet by him. After he had known about Loro Jonggrang ang the chief minister’s cunning, he was very furious and he cursed the young girls in around prambanan that they would not get husband before their age were old. On the other hand, he cursed Loro Jonggrang to become statue. Until now, this statue is in the big temple because the statue is Princess Loro Jonggrang. So, basing on this myth story, we call those temples as Loro Jonggrang Temple. Finally, we must always remember that this myth story is just unreal story so we may not believe with it.

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