THE
ORIGIN OF THE CITY OF SURABAYA
Formerly, in the vast ocean frequent fights between Shark Sura with
Crocodile. They fight over prey scramble. Both are equally strong, equally
competent, equally smart, equally ferocious and equally greedy. Already many times
they fight nobody ever wins or lose. Eventually they entered into the
agreement. The deal is to divide the territory into two. Sura ruled supreme in
the water and had to find their prey in the water, while crocodiles power on
land and prey must be located on the mainland. As the boundary between land and
water, is reached by sea water at low tide. The deal was approved by both.
With the division of the territory, it is no
longer a fight between Sura and Crocodile. Both have agreed to respect each region.
But one day, Sura Shark prey in the river. This is done in secret so as
crocodiles do not know. At first it did not get caught. But one day Crocodile
caught deeds this Shark Sura. Sure, just very angry crocodile sharks Sura broke
his promise. Shark Sura who feel no guilt calm. "I violated the agreement?
Was not this river watery . I've told you, that I was a ruler in water?
Now, the river is right there is water, so it also includes regional
power," Shark said Sura. "What? River right place on the ground,
while the area of your power in the
sea, meaning the river is area of my power!" Crocodile insisted. "Can
not. I did not tell you that the water
was only sea water, but also the river" said Sharks Sura? "You
deliberately asking for trouble, Sura?" "No, I think the reason is
quite strong and I was on the part of the right!" Sura said. "You
deliberately palming. I'm not as stupid as you think!" Crocodile said
getting angry. "I do not care you stupid or clever, which importance of
river water and sea water are my power!" Sura did not want to lose.
Because no one wants to budge, then fierce battle between Sura and Crocodile
Shark happen again.
The fight this time more fun and awesome. Jump
and pounce on each other, biting and hitting each other. In an instant, the
water around it becomes red by the blood from the wounds of the two animals.
They continue to fight tooth and nail without a break. In this fierce battle,
Crocodile Shark Sura got bites right at the base of its tail. Furthermore, its
tail was forced to always bend to the left. While fish Sura also bitten her
tail until almost severed, and Sura fish back into the ocean. Crocodiles have
been satisfied to maintain the area.
The battle between fish shark called Sura and
Crocodile is very memorable in the hearts of the people of Surabaya. Therefore,
the name of Surabaya has always been linked to these events. From events is made that the symbol of Surabaya picture "sura fish and
crocodiles".
THE ORIGIN OF THE CITY OF PALEMBANG
In ancient times, the area of South Sumatra, Jambi Province and part of a
unique wilderness and beautiful. Dozens of large and small rivers
originating from the Bukit Barisan, the mountains around Mount Dempo, and the Lake
Ranau flows in the region. Thus, the area is known as the Batanghari
Nine. Large river that flows in the region including Komering River, River
Lematang, Ogan River, Rawas River, and several river which empties into the
River Musi. There are two Musi River which empties into the sea in the
adjacent area, namely that through the Musi River in Palembang and the Musi
River Banyuasin slightly to the north.
Because
many large rivers, lowland circular from the area of Jambi, South Sumatra,
Lampung province to an area that has many small lakes. The origin of small
lakes that are flooded swamp ocean tide. While the city of Palembang, known now
by history is a river island in Malay. The small island was a hill named
Bukit Seguntang Mahameru.
The
uniqueness of the place other than rimbanya dense forests and many small lakes,
and many flowers that grow fast, as long as the area was inhabited by a goddess
with the ladies in her ladies. Goddard was called Princess
Goda. Actually, she named Princess Ayu Sundari.Dewi and her ladies were
ladies in the jungle forest inhabit, slope, and the peak of Bukit Barisan and
the islands now known as Malaysia. They liked to come to the area
Batanghari Nine to mingle and bathe in the lake, crystal clear rivers, or
coastal area, ramps, and length.
Because
of the large river which empties into the sea, the voyagers of that era easily
fit through the rivers to the deep, even to the foot of the mountain, which was
fertile and prosperous area. Then there was communication between the traders,
including traders from China with the local population. The area became
crowded by locals with trading between dealers. Consequently, the
goddesses of heaven feel annoyed and look elsewhere.
Meanwhile,
many people come around the Musi River to make a home there. Because of
South Sumatra is a swampy lowland, the inhabitants make a house called the
raft.
It was Hill Seguntang Mahameru be the center of human attention as the soil is
fertile and various interest bodies in the area. Malay River Hill Seguntang
Mahameru place is also famous.
Therefore, people who have lived in the Malay River, especially the town of
Palembang, now calling themselves as residents of Sungai Melayu, which later
turned into a pen sat Malay.
According to the old Malay language, the word means the lowland valley which
flooded many, sometimes drowning sometimes dry. Thus, the population of
the highlands who want to Kilkenny will often say to me Lembang. So
did the immigrants who entered the River Musi said it would to Lembang.
Once
when Princess Ayu Sundari and retinue were still in Bukit Seguntang Mahameru,
there is a ship that crashed in South Sumatra coast. Three of the sisters
there was the king's son Iskandar Zulkarnain. They survived the crash and
stranded on Mount Seguntang Mahameru.
They were greeted Princess Ayu Sundari. The eldest son Raja Iskandar
Zulkarnain, Sang Sapurba then married to Princess Ayu Sundari and his two
brothers married to the daughter's family.
Because
Hill Seguntang Mahameru dwells Malay River, then the Sapurba and his wife claim
to be a Malay. Their offspring later developed and participate in local
activities Lembang. Lembang name more famous.Then when people want to
Lembang always said it would be to Kilkenny.The word pa in old Malay language
indicates the place or location.Economic growth is increasingly
crowded. Musi River and the River Musi Banyuasin be a strong point known
as trade to other countries. Lembang name was changed to Palembang.
THE ORIGIN OF THE CITY OF BANYUWANGI
Long
time ago Banyuwangi was called Blambangan. It was a kingdom under a wise king
who had a handsome and smart son. Raden Banterang was his name. He liked
hunting very much. He often went to forest around Blambangan to hunt for
animals. One day when he was in a forest he saw a deer. He chased it and the
deer ran deeper into the forest. His horse was so good and strong that he left
his guards behind. Unfortunately he lost the deer. As he took a rest under a
big banyan tree suddenly a lovely lady appeared in front of him. Raden
Banterang was very surprised to see a beautiful girl alone in the forest. He
was suspicious that she was not a human being. So he asked her.
‘Excuse
me lovely lady, do you live around here?’
‘No,
I don’t. I’m from Klungkung, Bali. My name is Surati. I’m a princess, the
daughter of the king of Klungkung. I need your help’
‘I
will gladly help you, but please tell me what your problem is’
‘I’m
in danger. There was a rebellion in Klungkung. The rebel killed my father but I
could escape.
My guards took me here but I lose them. Now I’m alone. I don’t
know where to go. I have no relative here. Please help me’
‘You
are coming to the right person. I’m prince Banterang from the kingdom of
Blambangan. I will protect you. Please come with me.’
Then
Raden Banterang took Surati home. He fell in love with her and then several
months later he married her. One day when Surati was in the street he met a
man. The man called him.
‘Surati, Surati’
She
was surprised to realize that the man was her brother Rupaksa. Rupaksa told her
that it was Raden Banterang who killed their father. He came to Blambangan to
take revenge and asked surati to join him. Surati was shocked but she refused
to join.
‘I’m really shocked to hear the news. But I’m not sure. Raden Banterang is now
my husband. He’s very kind to me. He never hurts me. He’s protecting me. As a
good wife I will never betray him. It is my duty to serve him.’
‘But
he killed our father’.
‘It
is hard for me to believe it. When I met him he was here, not in Klungkung’
Rupaksa was disappointed with her sister. He was also very angry to her.
‘OK then. I have to go now. But please keep my head dress. Put it under your
pillow’
Rupaksa gave his head dress to his sister Surati. To respect her older brother
Surati put it under her pillow. Several days later Raden Banterang was hunting
in a forest when he met a man that looked like a priest. The man greeted him politely.
Then he said something.
‘Your
life is in danger. Someone has an evil intention to you’
‘Who is he?’
“Your
wife Surati’
“Surati?
How do you know?’
‘I
am a priest. I have clear spiritual vision. I just want to save you. Search her
room. If you find a head dress under her pillow then my words are correct. It
is from a man who will help her kill you’
‘Thank
you your Holiness’
Raden
Banterang was shocked. He was very angry to his wife then he immediately went
home. When he got to the palace he immediately searched Surati’s bed room. As
he found the head dress under her pillow he was sure that the priest was right.
‘You are unfaithful wife. I know that you want me dead. This is the evidence.
This is from a man who will help you kill me. Tell me who he is’
Surati
was shocked and cried.
‘It
is my brother’s head dress. I met him several days ago when you went
hunting. He gave me his head dress and told me to put it under my pillow. So I
put it there to respect him. It is him who want to kill you, not me’
But
Raden Banterang did not trust her. He gave her a death sentence. He took his
wife to a river bank as he would stab his wife and throw her body into the
river.
‘Before I die, let me say a few words’
‘Please
do’
‘After
I die, just throw my body into the river. If the water become dirty and smelly,
it means that I am guilty. But if the water become clear and fragrance come out
of it, it means that I am innocence’.
Then
as Raden Banterang would stab her wife with a kris Surati threw herself into
the river. Amazingly the water became clear and fragrance came out of it.
Surati was innocent! Raden Banterang regretted his emotional behavior. Since
then on he changed the name of his kingdom into Banyuwangi. Banyu means water
and Wangi means fragrance.
THE ORIGIN OF THE CITY OF SALATIGA
Salatiga
is small city in Central Java, Indonesia and located between Semarang and
Surakarta city. It situated at the foot of Merbabu and Telomoyo Mount,
and has a relatively cool climate due to its elevated position. This city has a
history of why it is called Salatiga. And this is the story …
Once
upon a time, there was a king his name is Adipati Pandanarang II, who governed
Semarang as regent. His people loved him very much because he was honest and
wise but he loves to his exuberant wealth. The character of Adipati was heard
by Sunan Kalijaga, he is a wise wali. Sunan wants to remains Pandanarang II
through passing off as seller of grass and sell it to the king with very low
price. Adipati just gives him 5 sen for his grass. Everyday, the king ask to
the seller to put the grass into the stable but the seller inserts his money
from the king between the grass. The money was found by the servant of the king
and he told to his employer.
And
what has done by the seller of grass makes the king angry, he felt that the
seller mock him
and
ask to the seller why he doesn’t received the money. The seller said that he
doesn’t need the wealth because it never lasting. And he also said that there
was gold and diamond in the palace yard. The seller prove it to the king and
the result there was gold and diamond inside it. Finally, the king knows that
the seller is Sunan Kalijaga. He asks apologize to Sunan and Adipati ask to
become his follower. Sunan Kalijaga agree of his idea but he must leaves his
wealth.
Adipati’s
wife joined with her husband. But, she doesn’t willing to leaves her wealth and
give it to the poor people. She asks to her husband to goes earlier. After
that, this women saves her gold and diamond into her bamboo stick.
The
king and Sunan Kalijaga walk together but in their way they meet with three
robbers.
“If
you want the wealth, just wait the old women. She brings her gold and diamond
in her bamboo stick,” Said Sunan Kalijaga.
Then,
the queen come with her stick. Three robbers ask the women’s stick and carry
away from her. The queen just cry. When she met with her husband and Sunan, she
told the story to them about what happened to her.
Sunan
said “ You doesn’t hear what your husband said. if you want to follow me just
leave your wealth”.
To
remain that tragedy, Sunan Kalijaga named the place “Salah Tiga” which
literally meant three mistakes. Salah is mistake and tiga is three.
Sunan
Kalijaga said that there were three mistakes in that place, the first is
king’s mistake because he is very loves of his wealth, second is the queen’s
mistake, and the last is the robbers. Day by day Salah Tiga become Salatiga.
Nowadays, this city become the busy city.
THE ORIGIN OF
THE CITY OF MALANG
History Malang City Indonesia preceded by a wise king and very scared,
Dewasimha name. He keeps a glittering palace and sanctified by the holy fire
Putikewara (Ciwa). Blessed is the King Dewasimha because the gods have bestowed
on her a son as heir to the crown. Son who later became the royal patron named
Liswa or also known as Gajayana. Gajayana a king who was so loved by his
people, virtuous and in doing good to the pastor and verily, verily devoted to
the sage Agastya.
As a sign of sincere devotion to the
sage, the King Gajayana had built a gorgeous temple to mahresi well as to be an
antidote to all diseases and plagues the kingdom. If his ancestors had made
Agstya of sandalwood statues, the king Gajayana as expressing devotion and
respect has ordered the famous carvers throughout the kingdom to make a statue
of Agastya beautiful black stone, so that all can see it. Agastya statue
Kumbhayoni called it, on the orders of the virtuous king was inaugurated by the
Regveda, the Brahmins, the leading priests and the people of the land who are
experts, in Saka, Nayana-Vava-Rase (682) month right Magasyirsa on Friday, halflight.
He is the mighty King Gajayana it is a
very religious respect for the clergy. Awarded to their land and their cows are
fat, some buffalo, slave men and women, as well as the various necessities of
life such as bathing soaps, material presentation ceremony, big houses full of
survival supplies such as: the Brahmins and in guests, complete with clothes,
bedding and rice, barley. Those who obstruct the will of the king to give gifts
like that, good brothers, the sons of kings, and the First Minister, then they
will be harmed by bad thoughts and will go to hell and not going to gain power
in world or in another world. He, on the contrary always pray and hope that his
descendants rejoice in the gifts, pay attention to the holy spirit, respect for
the Brahmans and devout worship, to do good, to run the victims, and study the
Vedas. Hopefully they keep the empire’s incomparable as the King has been
keeping.
Gajayana king had a daughter who would
continue Vamcakula Uttejena wise father. The above story is the history of
Malang city Indonesia, lifted from one inscription called “inscription Dinaya or Kanjuruhan” according to the name
of the village is mentioned in the charter. As noted therein, this inscription
contains elements dating in candrasengkala which reads: “Nayana-vaya-rase” Çaka
worth 682 years or 760 years after Christ. If the inscription was issued by
King Gajayana in the year 760 AD, then at least the inscription is the oldest
written source about the facilities that the political establishment Kanjuruan
empire in Malang. The place is now known as Dinoyo located 5 miles west of
Malang city Indonesia. In this place according to residents there, still found
Dewasimha sculpture set amid the market despite missing almost sank into the
ground.
Malangkucecwara derived from three words,
namely: Mala, which means everything is dirty, fraud, falsehood, or falsehood,
Angkuca which means destroying or destroy and Icwarayang means God. Thus
Malangkucecwara means “a false DESTROY GOD”. In the unfortunate history of the
city of Indonesia, Malang name has been ingrained for its residents. But the
name is still a question mark. While historians continue to explore the sources
to get the right answers to the above statement. Until now it has acquired
several hypotheses regarding the origin of the name of Malang.
Malangkucecwara
symbol is written in Malang city Indonesia, according to one hypothesis is the
name of a sacred building. The name of the sacred building itself is found in
two inscriptions of King Balitung of Central
java which Mantyasih inscription in 907, and the 908 inscriptions found in one
place between Surabaya-Malang.
However, where the location of the actual shrine Malangkucecwara, historians
still get the deal. The building where the suspected party is in the holy
mountains Buring, one that ran in the mountains east Malang city Indonesia
where there is a mountain peak named Malang.
History is full of Malang City Indonesia
puzzle, proving the truth of these allegations is still ongoing as it turns
out, to the west of Malang city Indonesia there is also a mountain named
Malang. The other party actually suspect that the location of the sacred
buildings of the region, Overlapping, one place in the northern city of Malang,
Indonesia. To date in the area there are a village named Malangsuka, which some
historians, probably derived from the spoken word Malankuca reversed.
The above
opinion is also corroborated by a number of ancient buildings that were
scattered in the area, such as temples and temple Jago Left, both of which
Singasari royal relic. Of the two hypotheses mentioned above is also uncertain
Which is presumably earlier known by the name derived from the name of Malang
shrine Malangkucecwara it. Is the area around Malang now, or do both mountains
are named Malang around that area. A copper inscription found at the end of
1974 banh plantation, Wlingi, southwest of Malang, in the written part as
follows: “………… taning sakrid Malang-akalihan wacid opponent spur pasabhanira
dyah Spleen Makanagran I ………”. The meaning of the above sentence is: “…….. in
the east where hunting around Malang with wacid and Mancu, rice Dyah Spleen is
……… ”
From the sound of it turns Malang
inscription is one place in the east of the places mentioned in the inscription
tiu. Of the inscription is obtained evidence that the use of the name of Malang
has existed at least since the 12th century AD. Previous hypotheses, may differ
with the opinion that the suspect Malang name comes from the word “Denied” or
“hinder” (in Javanese means Malang).
Once Sunan Mataram who wants to spread its
influence to the East Java have tried to occupy the area of ?? Malang.
Residents of the area to fight a great war. Sunan Mataram therefore assume that
the people of the area to obstruct, deny or poor on purpose Sunan Mataram.
Since then, the area was named Malang.
