A long time ago, lived a very
rich family in Bali. The father was Sidi mantra. He was very famous for his
supernatural power. He lived happily with his wife and his only child Manik
Angkeran. Manik Angkeran was a spoiled. He also had a bad habit. He liked to
gamble. Because of his habit, his parents soon became poor. They always advised
Manik Angkeran to stop his bad habit, but he never listened to them. Instead he
kept on begging to his parents to give him a lot of money, the parents then did
not have the heart to see him begging.
Sidi Mantra, his father, then
went to Agung Mountain. There lived a mightydragon with his supernatural power.
He could provide jewelleries to those who could say the right prayers and ring
the bell. Sidi Mantra had the bell and he also knew the prayers. “My name is
Sidi Mantra. I have a problem. My son likes to gamble. He made me poor. And now
he asks a lot of money. I want to give him some, but now I want him to promise
to stop his bad behavior,” explained Sidi Mantra after he met the dragon.
Sidi Mantra then said the
prayers and rang the bell. Suddenly, jewelleries came out from dragon’s body.
He was very happy and immediately brought the jewelleries home. This time Sidi
Mantra wanted Manik Angkeran really to stop gambling. The son then promised.
But soon he broke the promise. He knew about the dragon.
He heard that his father got
the jewelleries from the dragon living in Agung Mountain. Si he stole his
father’s bell. The dragon knew him. “I will give you anything you want but you
have to promise to stop gambling. Remember the Karma!” then the dragon gave him
the jewelleries. Manik Angkeran was very happy. Suddenly, he had a bad idea. He
wanted to kill the dragon and stole all his jewelleries.
The dragon knew his plan and
with his great power he killed Manik Angkeran. Sidi Mantra was very sad. He
asked the dragon to bring his son back to life. The dragon agreed but they had
to live in different places. After a few moments, Manik Angkeran lived again.
Then Sidi Mantra used a stick
to make a big line between them on the ground. From the line, water flowed.
Soon it became river. Finally it became strait. It separated Java and Bali.
People then named the strait as Bali strait.
Taken from http://indonesianfolklore.blospot.com
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