Reading Journal #6: Folklore

  Hi everyone! how's your day? Now i will share you about story The Legend Of Roro Jonggrang.

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This story is the legend of the formation of the Prambanan. Once upon a time there was a kingdom named Prambanan. The king named is Bandung Bondowoso. Bandung Bondowoso had a supernatural power. His soldier were not only humans but also genius. The king of Prambanan had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Roro Jonggrang. bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. But Roro Jonggrang had an requirement that Bandung Bondowoso have to build a thousand of temples in just one night. He did'nt give up. He asked the genies to help him. Then all those genies worked hard to build the 1.000 temples. Meanwhile, Roro Jonggrang heard from the lady that the building of 1.000 tempels was almost finish. she was so scared. She didn't want to marry Bandung Bondowoso. She had a great idea. Finally she called the palace maids to help her burn wood and beat the straw with a hammer and mortar.


And the noise from pounding the mortar was like the start of a new day. Bandung Bondowoso was angry. He know Roro Jonggrang just tricked him. Finally Bandung Bondowoso made Roro Jonggrang temple. Until now, it was still known as the Prambanan Temple.

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I think this story is very interesting not boring, easy story to reading, easy to understand the story and many there are messages to be taken by this story. I like this legend so much because this story tell a legend place in Jawa Tengah and so popular. Many people who put this story into a show. 

There are many folktales in Indonesia. This is one of my favorite folktale, what about you guys?
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