Monday, June 22, 2020

LEGEND OF RORO MENDUT AND PRANACITRA : JAVANESE ROMEO AND JULIET

Long long ago, on the northern bank of Java, exactly on the shoreline of Pati, Central Java, there was an anglers village, Teluk Cikal. The village was a part of Pati which was ruled by Adipati Pragolo II. Pati was one of areas vanquished by Mataram Sultanate ruled by Sultan Agung.

In Teluk Cikal village, there lived a young lady named Roro Mendut. She was pretty beautiful. Furthermore, she could straight forward-ly dismissed men proposing her, as she had young man whom she cherished, Pranacitra, the son of Nyai Singabarong, a rich seller.

Oneday, her magnificence was heard by Adipati Pragolo II. What's more, he needed to make her as his concubine. He had asked her thousand times, however Roro Mendut continued dismissing him. He was disillusioned and he sent couple of troops to kidnap her when she was drying fish close-by shoreline.

“Hey, you must go with us to the castle!” said the troops roughly and pulled her.

She made an attempt to get away from the troops yet she fizzled. They conveyed Roro Mendut to horse carriage and took her to castle. As future concubine, she should remain inside the royal residence (pingit = old Javanese custom for young lady before her wedding day), and she was joined by Ni Semangka and her assistance Genduk Duku).

When she was in pingit period, Pati Rule was flaming. Sultan Agung denounced Adipati Pragolo II as insubordination as he would not like to send tribute to Mataram. Sultan Agung assaulted Pati, and drove the ambush himself. Depend on the folktale, Sultan Agung couldn't hurt him as Adipati Pragolo wore armor of kere waja. Seeing this the umbrella holder of Sultan Agung , Ki Nayadarma, requested that Sultan Agung battle with Adipati Pragolo II. Sultan Agung permitted him and gave him Baru Klinting lance.

Ki Nayadarma battled with Adipati Pragolo II, however Adipati Pragolo II could keep away from each assault from Nayadarma. At the point when Adipati Pragolo was reckless, Ki Nayadarma cut Adipati Pragolo II with Baru Klinting lance, to part of body revealed by shield. Adipati Pragolo II kicked the bucket.

All troops driven by Tumenggung Witaguna plundered Pati, including Roro Mendut. Tumenggung Wiraguna was hypnotized by Roro Mendut excellence and he conveyed Roro Mendut to Mataram to be his concubine. Tumenggung Wiraguna induced her to be his concubine, however she dismissed, moreover she said honestly that she had a sweetheart as of now, Pranacitra. Her honesty made Tumenggung Wiraguna irate.

He at last compromised that on the off chance that she would not like to be his significant other, she should make good on regulatory expense to Mataram. Roro Mendut was not perplexed of that danger. She liked to cover government obligation than being Wiraguna's concubine. Checked by Mataram troopers, Roro Mendut was permitted to offer cigarettes at market. Tumenggung Wiraguna concurred, and Roro Mendut could offer her cigarettes well, even men swarmed purchasing cigarettes that she had smoked. She was famous in the market for her cigarettes and for her magnificence.

Oneday, when she was offering cigarretes, she met Pranacitra who desired her. Pranacitra attempted to figure out how to get Roro Mendut out of Mataram. Roro Mendut disclosed to her gathering with Pranacitra to Princess Arumardi, one of Wiraguna's concubine, trusting that she could assist her with escaping. Roro Mendut realized that Princess Arumardi did not concur Wiraguna would make another concubine. Princess Arumardi and Nyai Ageng (another Wiraguna's concubine), arranged an approach to get Roro Mendut out of the royal residence. Roro Mendut and Pranacitra attempted to come back to their hometown, Pati.

Sadly, Roro Mendut and Pranacitra escape was detected by Wiraguna, and they were found by Wiraguna. Roro Mendut was taken to Mataram and discreetly he requested his men to slaughter Pranacitra. Pranacitra passed on and wasburied in a little woods in Ceporan, Gandhu, 9 km east of Yogyakarta.

Wiraguna at that point requested that Roro Mendut be his concubine. In any case, Roro Mendut rejected him once more, at last he told her regarding the demise of Pranacitra. Mendut did not trust that and said that she saw him yesterday. Tumenggung Wiraguna at that point took her to Pranacitra's grave. She cried at the grave of Pranacitra.

Not a long way from the grave of Pranacitra, Roro Mendut threated Tumenggung Wiraguna that she would reveal to Sultan Agung about this. Tumenggung Wiraguna was furious and he drew Roro Mendut home. She attempted to get free of Wiraguna, when she could discharged herself she drew Wiraguna's creese, and raced to her darling's grave. Wiraguna pursued her. Roro Mendut slaughtered herself, and Wiraguna neglected to stop her . She cut herself with creese and she tumbled to Pranacitra's grave.

Wiraguna was exceptionally sad for his misstep. In any case, his sorry was pointless everything had occurred. To revise his oversight, Wiraguna covered Roro Mendut at indistinguishable grave from Pranacitra. That was the story of Roro Mendut battling for her poise and dependability.





(First Runner Up Creatival 2018)

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