Senin, 27 Februari 2012

cerita legenda tangkuban perahu dalam bahasa inggris

the legend of tangkuban perahu
Once, there was a kingdom in priangan land lived from a happy family. The were a father in from of dog. His name is tumang, a mother which was called is dayang sumbi, and a child which was called sangkuriang.
            One day, dayang sumbi asked her son to go hunting with his lovely dog. Tumang after hunting all day, sangkuriang began desparate and worried because he hunted no deen then he throught to shot his own dog. Then to took the dog liver and carried home.
            Soon dayang sumbi found out that it was not deer lever but tumang`s, his own dog. So, she was very angry and hit sangkuriang `s head scat then cast away from their home.
            Years go bye, sangkuriang had travel many place and finally carived at the village. He met a beautiful women and fell in love with her. When they were discussing their wedding plans. The women looked at the wound in sangkuriang`s head. It matched to her son`s wound who had left several year earlier. Soon she realized that she felt in love with her own son.
            She couldn`t marry him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She needed a lake and a bout. Faor celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them in one right. The built a lake. With a down just moment away and the boat  was almost complete. Dayang sumbi had to stop it. Then, she lit up the easterm horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowed for a new away.
            Sangkuriang realized that he failed to finish the boat. Whit all his anger, he kicked the unfunished boat upside – down. The boat is now known as the mount takuban perahu in sundaness. Takuban mean boat. With the dam forn asunder, the water drained off the lake and made the lake a wide plain. It is now called bandung form the word “ bending “ which mean dam.

Minggu, 26 Februari 2012

cerita roro jonggrang dalam bahasa inggris

RORO JONGGRANG
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 Roro 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. Roro 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 Roro 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, Roro 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 Roro 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 Roro 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 Roro Jonggrang temple