The King of Kuripang
Once upon a time, there
was a kingdom in Lombok named Kuripan. The king of Kuripan was very wise. He
had a very beautiful daughter. Her name was Mandalika. Many Princes wanted to
marry her. To choose one that would be his son-in-law, the king had an arrow
competition. The winner would be Mandalika’s husband.
On the day of
competition, those princes shot their arrows. All of them did it perfectly. The
king found it difficult to decide the winner. Therefore the princes who were
the contestant, began to fight and killed each other.Knowing the fact, Princess
Mandalika was too desperate. She didn’t want anyone to kill each other because
of her. So, she decided to go to the sea and plunged herself into it. She died
in the south sea Lombok. The king and the Princes were very sad and guilty.
Until now, one day every
year, usually in February or March people go to the south sea. On that day, a
great number of worms come out from the sea. They call these worms “Nyale” they
believe that those Nyale are princess Mandalika’s hair.
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