Once upon time , there was a king named
Bondowoso. He was famous for his powerful weapon called Bandung. Therefore
Bondowoso was called Bandung Bondowoso. Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with a
beautiful princess, Loro Jonggrang. He wanted to marry her. Loro Jonggrang was
afraid to refuse his proposal because Bandung Bondowoso would destroy her
kingdom if she refused.
To make things difficult for Bandung
Bondowoso to marry her , Loro Jonggrang gave some rrequirements , she asked him
to build her one thousand temples within one night , Bandung Bondowoso had to
finish then before sunrise. Without doubt of his success , he accepted the
requirements .
With the help of genies and spirits , Bandung
Bondowoso and his allies built the
temples. At four o‘clock in the morning , Bandung Bondowoso had only five more
temples to buil. Loro Jonggrang panicked because she knew he would complete the
taks.
Suddenly , Loro Jonggrang had an idea. She
called all the woman in the kingdom and asked them to pound rice. She also
asked the men to burn a lot of wood at the east side of the kingdom. Hearing
the sound of pounding and seeing a bright sky , the genies and spirits were
afraid. They ran away with only one more temple to complete. They thought the
morning had come.
Bandung Bondowoso was extremely angry
when he found out what Loro Jonggrang had done him. He cursed Loro Jonggrang
and turned her into a statue.
If you visit Prambanan Temple in
Yogyakarta you will see a statue of a beautiful woman inside one of the
temples. That is the Loro Jonggrang.
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