Once upon a
time, there was
a kingdom named
Prambanan. The people
lived peacefully. However, soon
their happy lives
were disturbed by
Pengging Kingdom. The king,
Bandung Bondowoso, wanted
to occupy Prambanan.
He was a
mean king.
The war between
Prambanan and Pengging
could not be
avoided. Prambanan lost
the war and led by
the new king,
Bandung Bondowoso. Pengging
could win the
war because Bandung
Bondongwoso had a
supernatural power.
His soldiers were
not only humans
but also genies.
Those creatures always
obeyed Bandung Bondowoso.
They always did
whatever Bandung Bondowoso
asked them to
do. The king
of Prambanan had
a beautiful daughter.
Her name was
Roro Jonggrang (Rara
Jonggrang). Bandung Bondowoso
fell in love
with her and
wanted to marry
her.
"If you want
to marry me,
you have to
build a thousand
of temples in
just one night,"
said Roro Jonggrang.
She hated Bandung
Bondowoso because he
made the people
of Prambanan suffered.
"What? Impossible! You just
gave me an
excuse for not
marrying me!" said
Bandung Bondowoso. But
he did not
give up. He
asked the genies
to help him.
Then all those
genies worked hard
to build the
1.000 temples. Meanwhile,
Roro Jonggrang heard from the
lady-inwaiting that the
building of 1.000
temples was almost
finished.
She was so
scared; she did
not want to
marry Bandung Bondowoso.
And then she
had a great idea. She
asked all the ladies-inwaiting to
help her.
"Please prepare a
lot of straw
and mortar. Come
on! Hurry up!"
said Roro Jonggrang.
All those ladies-in-waiting were
confused. They did
not know why
Roro Jonggrang asked
them to prepare
a lot of
straw and mortars
in the middle
of the night.
"Listen, all those
genies are building
the temples, right?
We have to
stop them by
burning the straw
and make some
noise by pounding
the mortar. The
genies will think
that sun is
going to rise
and they will
run away. Genies
are afraid of
sunlight."
It worked! All
those genies thought
that sun rose.
They did not
know the light
was from the
fire that burning
the straw. And
the noise from
pounding the mortar
was like the
start of a
new day.
Bandung Bondowoso was
angry. He knew
Roro Jonggrang just
tricked him.
"You cannot fool
me, Roro Jonggrang.
I already have
999 temples. I
just need one
more temple. Now,
I will make
you the one-thousandth temple."
With his supernatural
power, Bandung Bondowoso
made Roro Jonggrang
a temple. Until
now, the temple
is still standing
in Prambanan area,
Central Java. And
the temple is
named Roro Jonggrang
temple.
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