LOKE NGGERANG - TODO & BIMA version

 

Nggerang:

Nggerang (Wela Loe). Wela Loe lau mai Ndoso (Manggarai Barat, Flores, NTT). Rombo  le raja Todo agu Bima. Raja Todo du hitu ngasangn hi   Jama Jomi.  Mbele  le Raja Jama – Jomi hi Nggerang. Sisik loke bara agu tonin te pande gendang (tambur). Gendang Loke Baran naa one mbaru Tembobg Todo, Loke Tonin na’ one Mbaru Gendang  Pongkor.  Gendang Nggerang  Pongkor poli muntung du muntung mbarung   tembong / Gendang  Pongkor.  

(Sumber: Trans TV)

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  LOKE NGGERANG -  TODO  &  BIMA  version

 Source:

http://indonesiantale.blogspot.com/2013/04/legends-myths-of-indonesian-loke.html

 

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Legends & Myths of Indonesian Loke Nggerang

NB:
Fairy= peri, gaib, sakti.
Legend=Legenda
Myths=Mitos
unequal=tidak sama (unik)
Strange=aneh
Invisible=gaib
Magic= sihir
Power= Kekuasaan
Reddish=kemerah-merahan
Blew =meniup
Thick =Tebal
Rid= menyingkirkan
Subdue=menundukkan
Shaman=dukun
Magic= sihir
Toward= menuju, terhadap, kepada, untuk
Held = mengadakan

            This Legends & Myths of Indonesian LokeNggerang is comes from Flores or Nusa Tenggara Timur (or Western Lesser Sundas).. This is the short story retold us how the traditional New Year party was held in Bima, Sumbawa based on fairy tales of Loke Nggerang. This is the Indonesian Fairy tales of Loke Nggerang.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named Nggerang, who lived in a place called Ndoso village, Manggarai regency in West Flores. She was unequal in beauty but people in that village said that she was strange because her father was invisible spirit while her mother was a human. She had a magic power and ability to transform into whatever she liked from her father. When she transformed herself into something else, nobody could recognize her.

 

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 Nggerang had a beautiful smile. Her skin was smooth and reddish as a princess from heaven. She had beautiful eyes and nose. Her hair was long, black, and straight. Many people wanted to marry her, but she did not know what love was. Even she dared to refuse the King's proposal. .

The famous King Todo wanted to marry Nggerang. He sent his messengers to proposed Nggerang. However, Nggerang had transformed herself and disappeared. When the King's messengers arrived, Nggerang's mother was surprised. The _messengers explained about what they came for. Then a tongka (spokesman) was invited to talk about Nggerang.

"The King's will is very kind, if the King wanted another girl from this village that would be better. It is hard for us if the King wanted to marry Nggerang," said tongka. "Why is it hard?" ask one of the messengers. "If she is at home or can be seen in this village, it won't be hard for us to call her". "Where does she go?" ask the messenger again. "We don't know sir," said Tong& "Did you hide her?" "If you would like sir" said tongka, "You can search for that’ girl in every part of the houses in this village".

They searched for Nggerang, but nobody was able to find her. The result was nothing. The King's messengers back to the palace without Nggerang. The next few days, the King heard that Nggerang was come back to the village. He sent his messengers to propose Nggerang again. Unfortunately, when the messengers entered Nggerang's house, she transformed herself and disappeared again. This was the second time the King failed to propose Nggerang.

King Pongkor, a family of King Todo, heard about Nggerang. He sent messengers to propose Nggerang, but they came back without Nggerang, just as King Todo's messengers. Nggerang did not want to marry anybody.

Beside those two kings, King Cibal and Mori Reok from North Manggarai heard about the beauty of Nggerang. They were also sent their messengers to propose Nggerang, and they were failed.

Mori Dima from Bima was also fail to propose Nggerang and really disappointed. Because of that, he blew up magic power to Ndoso village. Then, came dark cloud that was thick to the village. The villagers felt that the thick cloud as a big wave that would destroyed them all. The cloud would stop if Nggerang wanted to marry Mori Dima. But Nggerang still did not care. That made the villagers angry and wanted to kill Nggerang so they could get rid of the cloud.

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It was very hard to kill Nggerang. One day, when somebody wanted to kill her, she was disappeared. The only way was to subdue her magic power first. A shaman was called to kill Nggerang. This shaman had stronger magic power that- Nggerang. Nggerang was not able to transform again. Then shaman killed her, and the thick cloud gone.

Nggerang was killed, her body was buried but her smooth skin was^- taken to Todo. Nggerang's skin was used as a drum. The drum that was made from Nggerang's skin sounded, "Tu..tuung Loke Nggerang, Tu..tuung Loke Nggerang". The sound was so loud so that Mori Dima in Bima, Sumbawa could hear it. That drum only hit toward Penti party, a traditional New Year party to honor the ancestors.

End of short story about Legends & Myths of Indonesian Loke Nggerang from flores, Nusa Tenggra Timur (NTT). You can check my others story of kids in English for free here. Legends & Myths of Indonesian Loke Nggerang retold by: