Narrative text: Folklore From East Java, The Legend of Surabaya [Inggris and Indonesia]
Folklore from East Java
The Legend Of Surabaya
A long time ago in East Java
there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a
crocodile. They lived in the sea.
Actually,
they were friends. But when they were hungry, they were very greedy. They did
not want to share their food. They would fight for it and never stop fighting
until one of them gave up.
It
was a very hot day. Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya
saw a goat.
“Yummy,
this is my lunch,” said Baya.
“No
way! This is my lunch. You are greedy! I had not eaten for two days!” said
Sura.
They fought each other to fight for prey in the ocean
again. They almost had same strength and already fought so many times but no
one ever wins or loses. Eventually they both made an agreement that must be
followed. The agreement was a division of hunting area.
“I’m
tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura.
“Me
too. What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?” asked Baya.
“Yes,
I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I look for food in the
sea. And you live on the land, right? So, you look for the food also on the
land. The border is the beach, so we will never meet again. Do you agree?”
asked Sura.
“Hmm...
let me think about it. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to the sea
again. My place is on the land,” said Baya.
With this agreement, there was no
longer fight between Sura and Baya. They both had reconciled and agreed to
respect each territory. However, this peace did not last long. Until one day,
Sura ran out of prey in the ocean. He began to prowl in rivers and lakes in
land. Sura also caught land animals which were drinking at the river. He did
this hunt secretly without being known by Baya.
One day Baya wondered why his prey
turned less. Then he looked for the cause and he found Sura was hunting in his
area. It made Baya became very angry.
“Hey,
what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!”
“Why are you hunting in my territory?” Baya asked in
anger.
Sura was shocked to hear Baya was angry with him,
“I do not hunt in your area, I hunt in waters which are
my territory” said Sura.
“But you were hunting in river. The river is located on
the mainland and you’re also eating land animals that are my prey. You have
violated our agreement “said Baya.
“It cannot be. all water is my territory, including
rivers and lakes that exist in the land!”
Sura added. They both argued each
other. Because there is no one budged a great battle happened between them.
This fight is very powerful and
terrible. Sura and Baya were crashing, pouncing and biting each other. None
animals dared to approach or even stop their fight. This fight made all the
water around them turned red because blood which was coming out of their
injured. This fight lasted very long. They continued to fight to defend
territory without taking a rest at all.
In this battle Sura bite Baya’s
tail. Getting a bite from Sura, Baya replied to bite Sura’s tail. Two of them
were biting the tail one another without taking it off. This incident lasted
very long until Sura was not stand anymore because his tail nearly severed.
Then Sura ran to the ocean. Baya satisfied that he had managed to maintain his
area. Until this day they both continued hostile and Sura never returned to
rivers and lakes anymore.
The fight between shark and
crocodile named Sura and Baya was very remarkable and memorable for the local
society. Therefore, the area was given the name of Surabaya. And this fight is made
as a symbol of Surabaya which is the image of sharks and crocodiles bite their
tail each other.
Cerita Rakyat dari Jawa Timur
Legenda Surabaya
Sebuah waktu yang lama lalu di Jawa Timur ada dua binatang yang kuat, Sura dan Baya. Sura adalah hiu dan Baya adalah buaya. Mereka tinggal di laut.
Sebenarnya, mereka adalah teman-teman. Tapi ketika mereka lapar, mereka sangat serakah. Mereka tidak ingin berbagi makanan mereka. Mereka akan berjuang untuk itu dan tidak pernah berhenti berjuang sampai salah satu dari mereka menyerah.
Itu adalah hari yang sangat panas. Sura Baya dan sedang mencari beberapa makanan. Tiba-tiba, Baya melihat seekor kambing.
"Yummy, ini adalah makan siang," kata Baya.
"Tidak mungkin! Ini adalah makan siang saya. Anda serakah! Saya tidak makan selama dua hari! "Kata Sura.
Mereka berperang satu sama lain untuk memperjuangkan mangsa di laut lagi. Mereka hampir memiliki kekuatan yang sama dan sudah berjuang begitu banyak kali tapi tidak ada yang pernah menang atau kalah. Akhirnya mereka berdua membuat kesepakatan yang harus diikuti. Perjanjian tersebut adalah pembagian wilayah berburu.
"Aku bosan pertempuran, Baya," kata Sura.
"Saya juga. Apa yang harus kita lakukan untuk menghentikan pertempuran? Apakah Anda punya ide? "Tanya Baya.
"Ya, saya lakukan. Mari berbagi wilayah kita. Saya hidup di air, jadi saya mencari makanan di laut. Dan Anda hidup di darat, kan? Jadi, Anda mencari makanan juga di darat. Perbatasan adalah pantai, jadi kita tidak akan pernah bertemu lagi. Apakah Anda setuju? "Tanya Sura.
"Hmm ... biarkan aku berpikir tentang hal itu. Baiklah saya setuju. Mulai hari ini, aku tidak akan pernah pergi ke laut lagi. Tempat saya adalah di tanah, "kata Baya.
Dengan perjanjian ini, tidak ada lagi pertarungan antara Sura dan Baya. Mereka berdua telah berdamai dan sepakat untuk menghormati wilayah masing-masing. Namun, perdamaian ini tidak berlangsung lama. Sampai suatu hari, Sura kehabisan mangsa di laut. Dia mulai mondar-mandir di sungai dan danau di tanah. Sura juga tertangkap hewan darat yang sedang minum di sungai. Dia melakukan perburuan ini diam-diam tanpa diketahui oleh Baya.
Suatu hari Baya bertanya-tanya mengapa mangsanya ternyata kurang. Kemudian ia mencari penyebabnya dan ia menemukan Sura sedang berburu di daerahnya. Hal itu membuat Baya menjadi sangat marah.
"Hei, apa yang kau lakukan di sini? Ini adalah tempat saya. Tempat Anda adalah di laut! "
"Mengapa kamu berburu di daerah saya?" Tanya Baya marah.
Sura terkejut mendengar Baya marah dengan dia,
"Saya tidak berburu di daerah Anda, saya berburu di perairan yang wilayahku" kata Sura.
"Tapi kau berburu di sungai. Sungai ini terletak di daratan dan Anda juga makan hewan darat yang mangsa saya. Anda telah melanggar kesepakatan kita "kata Baya.
"Tidak mungkin. semua air wilayah saya, termasuk sungai dan danau yang ada di negeri itu! "
Sura menambahkan. Mereka berdua berpendapat sama lain. Karena tidak ada satu beranjak pertempuran besar terjadi di antara mereka.
Pertarungan ini sangat kuat dan mengerikan. Sura Baya dan menabrak, menerkam dan menggigit satu sama lain. Tidak ada hewan berani mendekati atau bahkan menghentikan perjuangan mereka. Laga ini membuat semua air di sekitar mereka berubah merah karena darah yang keluar dari luka-luka mereka. Pertarungan ini berlangsung sangat lama. Mereka terus berjuang untuk mempertahankan wilayah tanpa istirahat sama sekali.
Dalam pertempuran ini Sura menggigit ekor Baya ini. Mendapatkan gigitan dari Sura, Baya menjawab menggigit ekor Sura ini. Dua dari mereka menggigit ekor satu sama lain tanpa melepasnya. Kejadian ini berlangsung sangat lama sampai Sura tidak tahan lagi karena ekornya hampir putus. Kemudian Sura berlari ke laut. Baya puas bahwa ia telah berhasil mempertahankan wilayahnya. Sampai hari ini mereka berdua terus bermusuhan dan Sura tidak pernah kembali ke sungai dan danau lagi.
Pertarungan antara hiu dan buaya bernama Sura Baya dan sangat luar biasa dan mengesankan bagi masyarakat lokal. Oleh karena itu, daerah diberi nama Surabaya. Dan pertarungan ini dibuat sebagai simbol Surabaya yang merupakan citra hiu dan buaya menggigit ekor mereka sama lain.
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