Question

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful woman named dayang sumbi, she lived lonely in a hut in the forest.

One day she met a handsome young man named sangkuriang. Dayang sumbi looked young, so sangkuriang fell in love with dayang sumbi, but dayang sumbi refused it. Because she knew that sangkuriang was her son. Sangkuriang was angry and he didn’t hear his mother’s explanation.

At last dayang sumbi said: “You can marry me in a condition, dam up the river citarum and make a boat for us.”

Knowing that sangkuriang almost finished his work , dayang sumbi was worried. With a wave of her supernatural shawl, she lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of light. Deceived by false dawn, the cock crowed and farmers rose for the new day.

When sangkuriang knew that she was cheated, he was very angry, he kicked his boat with strong power so that the boat was flown on the sky and fell down on the mountain facing downward.

Since the people called it mount tangkuban perahu


1. Why did dayang sumbi cheat sangkuriang?
2. Do you believe that tangkuban perahu made of a boat?
3. What is the complication in the text?

Answer 1

Verified answer

1. Because she didn't want to marry Sangkuriang.
2. No, I don't.
3. The complication is that Sangkuriang unknowingly wants to marry his own mother, Dayang Sumbi. She devises a plan to thwart his intention.