The Short Story of Legend of Tangkuban Perahu + Moral Value

This story is from West Java at Bandung, Indonesia.

            A long time ago, lived Dayang sumbi. She had a son, his name was Sangkuriang. Because of disobedience, Dayang sumbi cast away Sangkuriang.

            After many years in exile. Sangkuriang met a beautiful girl, and wanted to marry her. But he didn’t know that girl was Dayang Sumbing. But she realize that he was Sangkuriang before wedding day. So, she wanted to prevent the marriage, she asked Sangkuriang to build a dam on the river and a large boat to cross the river before sunrise. When Dayang Sumbi knew that his tasks almost completed, she asked her workers to spread silk clothes east of city to impression sunrise. Sangkuriang was fooled, and upon believing that he had failed, kicked the dam and the unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and the creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the boat.

• We must obey our parents
• Don't be cruel to our childs
• Don't marry our parrent
• Don't be sly