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“
JOKO SEGER AND RORO ANTENG “
Once upon a
time ago there lived a couple in the village near the top of mount Bromo.
JokoSeger is his name. He lived peacefully with his wife RoroAnteng. But they
were not happy because after some time they did not have any children. Then
JokoSeger meditated in mount Bromo asking for god to give them children.
Some times later
JokoSeger had a dream. In his dream he was told that he would have descendants
but on one condition. The god asked him to sacrifice his children to the crater
of mount Bromo. If he refused to sacrifice, then the god will be angry. Without
thinking twice JokoSeger agreed to the condition.
After that every year RoroAnteng gave birth to twenty five children. They were
very happy and they loved their children so much that they were reluctant to
sacrifice them to the crater. They did not give anything to the crater. Then
something happened.
One day there was a big eruption of mount Bromo. Smoke, fire, hot cloud of ash
came out of its crater. The earth was trembling. The sky was dark. Animals ran
away from the mountain. People were very scared since some of them became
victims of the hot cloud.
JokoSeger and RoroAnteng remembered their promise to god. He realized that god
was very angry. So he decided to sacrifice one of his sons. Then he went to the
crater with his youngest son Kusuma. Because JokoSeger did not really want to
sacrifice his son to the crater, he tried to hide him. But suddenly an eruption
began and made Kusuma fall. Afterwards, Kusuma, who had fell to the crater,
gave a voice, "I have to be sacrificed by my parents so that you will all
stay alive. From now on, you should arrange an annual offering ceremony on the
14th of Kesodo (the twelfth month of Tenggeresecalender.)"
Since then on JokoSeger and RoroAnteng gave offerings to the crater. Every year
on the 14th day of the month of Kesada the people of Tengger held a ceremony to
give offerings.
TERJEMAHAN :
Lama waktu yang
laluhiduplahpasangandi desa dekatpuncakgunungBromo. Joko Segeradalahnamanya. Diahidup damaidengan
istrinyaRoroAnteng. Tapi merekatidak senangkarena
setelahbeberapa waktumereka tidakpunya anak. KemudianJokoSegerbertapa
digunungBromomemintaTuhanuntuk memberi merekaanak-anak.
Beberapawaktu kemudianJokoSegerbermimpi. Dalammimpinyadia diberitahubahwa diaakan memilikiketurunantapidengan
satu syarat. Tuhanmemintanya untukmengorbankananaknyake
kawahGunungBromo. Jikaia menolak untukberkorban,makadewaakan
marah. Tanpa berpikir dua kaliJokoSegersetuju
untukkondisi tersebut.
Setelah
itusetiap tahunRoroAntengmelahirkandua puluhlima anak. Mereka sangatsenang danmereka mencintaianak-anak merekasehingga
merekaenggan untukmengorbankanmerekake kawah. Mereka
tidakmemberikan apapunke kawah. Kemudian sesuatuterjadi.
Suatu hari
adaletusanbesargunungBromo. Asap, api, awan panasabukeluardarikawah. Bumigemetar. Langitgelap. Hewanlari darigunung. Orang-orang
sangattakutkarena beberapa dari merekamenjadi korbanawan panas.
Joko SegerdanRoroAntengingatjanji
merekakepada Tuhan. Dia menyadari
bahwaTuhansangat marah. Jadi dia memutuskan
untukmengorbankansalah seorang putranya. Kemudiania
pergi kekawahdengananak bungsunyaKusuma. KarenaJokoSegertidak
benar-benaringinmengorbankan anaknyake kawah, dia
mencobamenyembunyikannya. Tapi
tiba-tibaletusandimulaidan membuatKusumajatuh. Setelah
itu, Kusuma, yang telahjatuh
kekawah, memberikansuara, "Aku
harus dikorbankanoleh orang tua sayasehingga Andaakansemuatetap
hidup. Mulai sekarang,Anda harusmengaturupacara
persembahantahunanpada tanggal 14Kesodo(the bulan kedua
belaskalenderTengger.) "
SejaksaatituJokoSegerdanRoroAntengmemberikanpersembahankekawah.Setiaptahunpadatanggal
14 bulanKesadamasyarakatTenggermengadakanupacarauntukmemberikanpersembahan.
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structure
. 1. ORIENTATION
Once upon a time ago there
lived a couple in the village near the top of mount Bromo. JokoSeger is his
name. He lived peacefully with his wife RoroAnteng.
2. COMPLICATION 1
They were not
happy because after some time they did not have any children.
3. Resolution 1
Then JokoSeger
meditated in mount Bromo asking for god to give them children, After that every
year RoroAnteng gave birth to twenty five children.
4. COMPLICATION 2
JokoSeger and
RoroAnteng remembered their promise to god. He realized that god was very
angry. So he decided to sacrifice one of his sons.
5. RESOLUTION 2
Then he went to
the crater with his youngest son Kusuma. Because JokoSeger did not really want
to sacrifice his son to the crater, he tried to hide him.But suddenly an eruption
began and made Kusuma fall in crater.