Once upon a time, a happy family lived in a kingdom in Priangan Land.
They were a father in
the form of a dog, his name was Tumang, a mother who was called Dayang Sumbi, and a child
who was called Sangkuriang. One day, Dayang Sumbi asked her son to hunt with his lovely dog,
Tumang. After hunting all day, Sangkuriang became desperate and worried because he hunted no
deer. Then he thought of shooting his dog. After that, he took the dog's liver and carried it home.
Soon, Dayang Sumbi found out that it was not deer lever but Tumang's dog. So, She was furious
and hit Sangkuriang's head. In that incident, Sangkuriang got wounded, and a scar was cast away
from their home.
Years passed, and Sangkuriang traveled to many places and finally arrived at a village. He met a
beautiful woman and fell in love with her. When they were discussing their wedding plans, the
woman looked at the wound on Sangkuriang's head. It matched her son's wound, who had left
several years earlier. Soon she realized that she had fallen in love with her son.
She couldn't marry him, but how to say it? Then, she found the way. She needed a lake and a
boat to celebrate their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them one night before sunrise. He
built a lake. With dawn just a moment away, the boat was almost complete. Dayang Sumbi had
to stop it. Then, she lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowded for
a new day.
Sangkuriang failed to marry her. He was outraged and then kicked the boat. It felt over and
became the mountain of Tangkuban Perahu Bandung.
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