Literasi

BAWI KUWU TUMBANG RAKUMPIT

Gadis Dayak | sumber: google.com

Once upon a time, in the 18th century, in a village around Rungan river, in the political district, namely Mangku Baru on subdistrict Rakumpit, lived Bawi Kuwu and her parents. When she grow to be beautiful young lady, she can’t come out home by her parents and wasting time in the badroom with her waitresses and they are so royal with Bawi Kuwu and family until many years.

At the time, both of her parents want go to unirragated rice field, parent said to the waitresses to take care they lovely child at home. Not long after her parents leave from home, Bawi Kuwu feel so hot and want to take a bath in the Rungan river, the river not far from home. Off course the waitresses say no to come out home, especially go to river alone. The lady seen the round and the waitresses not focus with her again, no one know she come out home. In the river bank, at rafter (rakit kayu), big crocodile come out from water and swallow her before she take a bath. After swallow the lady, crocodile go to crocodile place i the deep of water. While waitresses know the lady not in her room. In the same day, they are call the custom figures and all people has power of dayak nese.

In 3 day, they make a ritual of dayak for searching Bawi Kuwu and at the night, the brother from Bawi Kuwu dream meet with Patahu (mysterious people of dayak nese) and gived clue about Bawi Kuwu, she still life and now in the crocodile stomach. The mysterious people say, “when the crocodile come out from water do not kill it”. After that, brother of Bawi Kuwu woke up and tell the story at his dream. Then they are search Pangareran (animal tamer of crocodile) and on 3 day of ritual, the crocodile take Bawi Kuwu appear from Rangan river and move to brother of Bawi Kuwu, maybe because he so love with his sister. That make it so anger and forgot with the message from mysterious people who meet with him in the his dream. And then he killed the crocodile. After killed the crocodile, they are slit crocodile stomach and seen Bawi Kuwu was die with crocodile together. In the end all people feel so sad to seen the tragedy.

 

source: http://dengkotbuntok.blogspot.com/2014/01/cerita-rakyat-kalimantan-tengah.html

edited and translated by : Loneng, S.Pd. and Yulindari, S.Pd.