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Story reference URL : wikipedia.org

Bahasa Indonesia

Batu dan Kutukan

Di suatu tempat hiduplah satu keluarga yang miskin, kesulitan ekonomi membuat sang Ayah pergi merantau. Sekian lama sang Ayah tidak pulang, Malin Kundang dan ibunya hidup dalam kesusahan. Setelah dewasa, Malin Kundang merantau seperti ayahnya.

Malin Kundang bekerja dengan giat di rantau, dia pun menikah dengan seorang gadis anak seorang kaya raya. Dia dikenal sebagai raja atau saudagar kaya. Beberapa lama menikah, istri malin mengajak mengunjungi kampung halamannya, disana berada rumah dan ibu kandungnya malin. Setelah sampai di kampung halamannya, si ibu mendapat kabar bahwa Malin telah pulang, betapa senang hati.

Namun sangat di sayangkan, Malin merasa malu untuk mengakui itu adalah ibu kandungnya. Si ibu pun menangis dan akhirnya murka, si Ibu meminta kepada Tuhan untuk memberikan hukuman kepada anaknya. Kutukan tersebut membuat Malin Kundang berserta Istri dan awak kapal hingga kapal berubah menjadi Batu.

_{mage Source : The Curse Of Malin Kundang commons.wikimedia.org}

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English

Stones and Curses

Somewhere there lived a poor family, and economic difficulties made the father go abroad. For a long time, the father did not come home, and Malin Kundang and his mother lived in distress. After growing up, Malin Kundang wandered like his father.

Malin Kundang worked hard in the region, he was married to a rich girl. He was known as a king or a rich merchant. Some time married, the man's wife invited him to visit his hometown, there was a house and his biological mother Malin. After arriving in her hometown, the mother got the news that Malin had returned home, how happy.

But very dear, Malin was embarrassed to admit it was her biological mother. The mother was crying and finally angry, the mother asked God to give punishment to her son. The curse made Malin Kundang along with his wife and crew until the ship turned into stone.

_{mage Source : The Curse Of Malin Kundang kompas.com}

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Story Description

Malin Kundang is one of the characters in popular folklore from Indonesia, precisely located in West Sumatra (Padang). The character of Maling is portrayed as a brave and mischievous man as a child and polite, honest and humble in his teens.

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In his story, Malin Kundang changed from a polite, honest and humble child. Become a child who disobeyed his mother after succeeding in becoming a rich man as well as a great merchant overseas. When he returned to his hometown with his wife and his men, he was reunited with his mother. But because of shame about the origin of his family, Malin Kundang did not want to admit his mother who already looks old renta. In the situation he insulted the mother in front of the crowd, including his wife. So on the way back from her hometown, Malin Kundang's mother cursed Malin Kundang to stone.

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Meaning behind the story

This story contains a moral message to remain and must respect both parents, because of all the success and success, there are prayers and sacrifices from parents.

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Today stones that are still in The Shape of People as well as some parts of ships that are still in shape but have become Stones, remain in the area. This place is a famous tourist destination in West Sumatra (Padang), Indonesia.

Thanks for the organizers: @joslud and @solperez

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