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BALI CULTURE AND LEGEND
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STORY
Bulan kuning, rama
dewa awatara, sang karna, boma,
barong, budha awatara,
Tirta sanjiwani, sangkala,
rajapala, i lacur, jaya prana, sri
tanjung
Bulan kuning
Men bekung lived alone on the edge of the forest, that is until
one day while strolling down the path, coming home from the
market, she discovered a beautiful baby girl crying, abandoned
under some bushes. she was very delighted nad trilled by this
blessing, so singing and dancing, she brought the baby home
to bathe and take care of her. because of her beauty and fair
skin, she name her bulan kuning ( jeloow moon ).
Bulan kuning grew up actively helping her mother. she got lost
one day, while harvesting fren leaves in the forest, and ran
into a raksasa, who grabbed and carried her into his cave. although
he promised not to harm her, she was still very frightened by
the sight of human bones and the smell of blood and repulsed
by the idea of eating raw meat. wanting to impress her, he showed
of hiss power stones, saying that these precious stones could
kill anyone. eventually she managed to steal the stones and
escape. the demon soon woke and chased after her. she threw
one of the stones at him, which caused a down poor, but it only
slowed him down some. she threw another stone and an ocean submerged
him but he still came after her. the wind stone was also unsuccessful.
finally, the last stone burned the demon to a crisp. at that
very moment the voice of a maha rsi resounded, thanking bulan
kuning for releasing his soul from this curse. in return, he
did bestow her with the ability to treat and cure sick people.
she returned home to live with her mother and became a very
gifted healer.
Rama dewa awatara
Ffirst-born son of prabhu ( king ) dasa rata and queen kusalya
in the land of ayodya pura, incarnation od dewa wisnu, as sang
rama dewa, descended to earth to save the people from the greed
and arrogance of raja raksasa rahawana.this is a summary from
wiracarita ramayana.by winning an archery challenge sang rama
dewa proved himself sufficiently proficient to marry dewi sinta
as his permaisuri. not long after their wedding, dewi kekayi
( rama's step mother ) exiled the couple to the jungle, her
son sang truna laksmana followed them and they built a pasraman
( sacred place ) at the foor of mt. citrakuta.
A short time later sang bharata ( laksmana younger brother )
came to ask them to come back to the kingdom. rama unwilling
to return just yet sent him back giving him his sandals as proof
of his refusal to return to the kingdom. life went on peacefully
until one day, here comes, uninvited, raksasa surpanaka. infatuated,
she relentlessly attempts to seduce laksmana into taking her
as his wife, ( although he had vowed lifetime brahmacari ),
until, becoming annoyed, he scuffed the tip of her nose. disgruntled
she ran home to report to her brother rahwana about the pasraman
adding that laksmana and rama had molerted her.
Furious at them for their impertinence and attracted by shinta's
alleged extreme beauty, rahwana, escorted by marica, his advocate,
traveled to citrakuta. ounce there, using magic, they changed
forms as part of a double cross plan. meanwhile strolling in
the forest, sinta glimpsed kidang mas, a beautiful golden deer
and wanting it as a pet, pleaded for rama to capture it. rama
leaving sinta in laksamana's guard chased after the deer. rahwana
imintating rama's voice called out for laksmana's help, then
looking like an rsi approached sinta and kidnapped her. meanwhile
frustrated by the deer's elusiveness, rama shot it and it turned
back into marica. realizing the trickery, they ran back to sinta
but too late. they set out to find her and soon met jatayu (
giant eagle ) laying on the ground moaning, his wings broken,
whom related his struggle in attempt to rescue sinta from rahwana's
grip, before he died. after cremating jatayu they moved on and
traveling trough gua kiskinda, they came across subali and sugriwa
( menkey kings ) in a duel for dewi tara. sugriwa ask rama to
help him fight off subali.
Rama consented granted sugriwa would assist them in apposing
rahwana. therefore, he sent sang anoman maruthi ahead as scout
while they would deal with subali. anoman flying over alengka
pura ( sri lanka ), located sinta in angsoka gardens. he landed,
kneeled, and offered rama's ring to sinta as a token of loyalty.
he then said" mepamit" and managed to set ablaze alengka
pura before returning to report to rama, whom ordered the construction
of situbanda bridge, by architect sang anila, between the motherland
and the island. the bridge once completed, rama and laksmana,
escorted by anoman and his monkey army, marched into a fierce
battle, and soon obliterated rahwana and his kingdom. sinta
was ounce again safe in the arms of her beloved rama.
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