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rakyat Loro Jonggrang bahasa inggris
Long time ago, there was a kingdom named
Prambanan. All the people of Prambanan lived peacefully. But then, Prambanan
kingdom was attacked and occupied by the Pengging kingdom. Prambanan then was
ruled by Bandung Bondowoso of Pengging kingdom. He was a mean king. He also had
great supernatural power. His soldiers were not only humans, but also genies.
The king of Prambanan had a beautiful daughter
named Loro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her and wanted to
marry her. “You’re very beautiful. Would you be my queen?” asked Bandung
Bondowoso. Loro Jonggrang was shocked. She didn’t like Bandung Bondowoso
because he was a mean person. She wanted to refuse, but she afraid that Bandung
Bondowoso would be angry and endangered the people of Prambanan. Then, she came
up with a plan. “If you want to marry me, you have to build a thousand temples
for me in just one night," said Loro Jonggrang. “What? That’s impossible!”
said Bandung Bondowoso. But he did not give up. He consulted with his advisor.
“Your Majesty can asked the genies to help built the temples,” said the
advisor.
So, Bandung Bondowoso summoned his entire
genies soldier and commanded them to help him built a thousand temples. The
genies worked in unbelievable speed. Meanwhile, Loro Jonggrang heard from her
servant that the building of a thousand temples was almost finished. She was so
worried. But again, she came up with a great idea. She asked all of her
servants to help her. "Please prepare a lot of straw and mortar. Please
hurry up!" said Loro Jonggrang. “Burn the straw and make some noise
pounding the mortar, quickly.” All those servants did what Loro Jonggrang
ordered them; burning straw and pounding the mortar, making the genies think
that the sun is going to rise.
“It’s already dawn. We have to go,” said the
leader of the genies to Bandung Bondowoso. All the genies immediately stopped
their work and ran for cover from the sun, which they afraid of. They didn’t
know that the light was from the fire that burning the straw, not from the sun.
Bandung Bondowoso can’t stop the genies from
leaving. He was angry. He knew Loro Jonggrang had just tricked him. "You
cannot fool me, Loro Jonggrang. I already have 999 temples. I just need one
more temple. Now, I will make you the one-thousandth temple." He pointed
his finger to Loro Jonggrang and said some mantras. Magically, Loro Jonggrang’s
body turned into stone. Until now, the temple is still standing in Prambanan
area, Central Java. And the temple is called Loro Jonggrang temple.***
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