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Princess Mandalika
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom in Lombok
Island that was ruled by a king named Raja Tonjang Beru. He was a wise
king. He had a queen named Dewi Seranting. He also had a beautiful
daughter named Princess Mandalika. It is said that princess Mandalika
was the prettiest girl in the whole island. Everybody knew about
Princess Mandalika’s beauty and kindness, even the people from other
kingdom around the island.
Princes from all over the place wanted to marry
her. One by one, they came to propose her. Princess Mandalika was a kind
girl. She hated to make people sad. So, when those princes came to
propose her, she was very confused. She could not decide, and she didn’t
want to make them sad. She also didn’t want to cause a war to happen
because of her.
To solve the problem, Raja Tonjang Beru then
held a competition in Seger Kuta beach. He asked all the princes to take
part in archery competition. The rule was simple; whoever shot the
target perfectly will be accepted as Princess Mandalika’s future
husband. One by one, all participants tried their best. After some time,
there was no winner. All the participants were great in archery.
Because there was no a winner, all the
participants started to argue. They claimed to be the best. The argument
was getting hotter. Finally, they all were fighting. Soon, the fighting
got bigger. It was like a war, because all the princes brought their
soldiers in the archery competition. Princess Mandalika was really
worried. She did not want the war to get bigger and hurt many people.
Finally, she had an idea. "Everybody, listen up! I know you all love me
and want me to be your wife. But I don't want you to fight because of
me. And I don't want you to be sad either. I want you all to have me,
but not as your wife. I want to be someone that everybody can have,"
said Princess Mandalika.
Raja Tonjang Beru and all other people in the
beach did not understand what she meant. The king then came to her. But
suddenly, Princess Mandalika jumped to the sea. She disappeared in the
big waves. Everybody was surprised. It was chaos on the beach. All the
princes tried to swim to find the princess, but they found nothing.
After several hours trying to search the
princess, suddenly they found a lot of colorful sea worms on the beach.
Raja Tonjang Beru then realized that his daughter had returned as sea
worms. The worms were then called nyale. Until now, people in Lombok
always try to catch nyale. Nyale is very delicious and that is why a lot
of people come to Lombok to catch it. However, they can only find it
once a year, in February or March. The tradition to catch the sea worms
is called Bau Nyale.***
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