The Mystical Story From Java

NYAI RARA KIDUL AND MATARAM KINGDOM

Long time ago, there was a beautiful princess named Dewi Kadita. Her mother was a queen of her father, King Siliwangi of Pajajaran Kingdom. They had been the most beautiful mother and daughter at Pajajaran. It was made the other wife of King Siliwangi jealous. So, the other wife  used something like black magic to change her body and her daughter’s.

 One day when Dewi Kadita woke up, she felt there was wrong with her body.  “aaaa, mother, what’s wrong with me?”, cried Dewi Kadita. what she saw in the mirror was the most horrible creature. Her skin became full with brown scales, which smelly yellowish secretion slowly appeared. Her lips were also blackened and wrinkled. She could hardly realized herself.

“mother!”, she screamed.

“yes, sweetheart”, her mother turned around from the bed and faced her. Both of them screamed at the top of their voice.

“mother, what happened to us?”, asked Dewi Kadita. Both were crying.

“i don’t know, Sweetheart”, said her mother, but actually she knew who did that to them.

The news spread quickly. King Siliwangi was told that they were bad luck for the kingdom. Then, the king forced them to leave the kingdom that night. They left the palace with no soldiers guarding.

They want to walk  to the neighbor kingdom, Mataram, but not knowing how to get there, they reached the southern coast of Java and finally they decided that they would walk along the coast to the east.

            On their seventh day and seventh night walking, Dewi’s mother said,”I can’t stand it anymore”. And Dewi answered,”mother!please be strong for me!”. “i’m sure there will be someone who can help us.”and the mother said,” leave me alone here, Go to Mataram. Try to meet King Panembahan Senopati and ask him for his mercy.” Then Dewi Kadita said,”I can’t leave you, mother. Hiks hiks hiks”. Her mother sat on her knees. Blood flowed from her nose. Then she fell, her breath was gone. Dewi screamed,” Mother! Please don’t go! Please don’t.”

           Suddenly a big wave pulled her mother’s body into the ocean. Dewi ran after the body, but the southern ocean was too powerful for the girl. She ended up sitting above a rock about a kilometer from the sea. She was so tired then she fell asleep on it.

While sleeping, she was sure that she heard her mother say,” jump into the water, sweetheart. It’s the only way to help you out of the curse.” When she woke up, with no second thought, she jump into the sea.

The violent ocean swallowed her. She was appeared to the surface of the sea about helplessly, up, down, twisted. “this is it”, she thought. “this is the end”.

            Only miracles could explain how amazed when she was opened her eyes. She was in a wonderful golden  palace on the bed of the ocean. She looked at the mirror, she couldn’t believe what she saw. She had become even more beautiful. She was dressed in green, which made a contrast to her bright skin.  She turned around and saw an unbelievable view. All the sea creatures were bowing to show their respect.” Long live the Queen of the South Sea”, they said. Only then, she realized that she was not a common human being anymore. The spirits of the ocean had crowned her to be their Queen and named her Nyai Rara Kidul, which in Javanese means ‘the beutiful majesty from the south’. “king Panembahan Senopati of Mataram Kingdom is having a meditation at the beach,my queen”, said the attendant. And Nyai Rara Kidul answered,”oh i see. I will see him, bring me there.”

            She looked the handsome king sitting on a rock. As she walked toward him, the king opened his eyes. They fell in love at once and the king asked her to be his wife. Nyai Rara Kidul said,” my mighty king, i’m honored to be your wife. But forgive me that i can’t be at your side as a normal as wife should, for iam the queen of the south sea. but, i will be loyal not only to you but also to your descendants, the kings of mataram. I will protect the kings and their people. But now, i will even help you conquer the Pajajaran Kingdom”.  The king smiled and nodded his head. “may i add one thing, Your Majesty? She added.”i will be the only one who is allowed to wear something green to honor my king. Maybe harm should be done to those who wear my sacred color at the southern coast”.

            To this day, people who visit the southern coast of Java respect and fear Nyai Rara Kidul by not wearing green near the beach.

pantai selatan jawa, parangtritis.

so my friends, from the story we know that the moral values are:

1. take a goodnessin the behind of a wickedness

2. make a relation and keep loyalty on the basis of goodness

3. etc...  you can mention it...