The story of Bari Klinting, The Origin of Swamp Dizziness

Long ago in Ngasem village lived a girl named Endang Sawitri. The villagers no one knows that Endang Sawitri has a husband, but she is pregnant. Soon he gave birth and greatly shocked the people because the one born was not a baby but a dragon. Oddly enough the Dragon could speak like a human.

The dragon is named New Klinting. In his teens New Klinting asked his mother. "Mom, do I also have Dad ?, who is the real father." Mother replied, "Your father is a king who is currently meditating in the cave of the slopes of Telomaya Mountain.You've time to find and meet your father

.I'll let you go there and bring clintingan this as a proof of your father's legacy first ". Gladly New Klinting went to Ki Hajar Salokantara's hermitage. Until the settlement of New Klinting enter the cave with respect in front of Ki Hajar and asked, "Is this really the hermitage of Ki Hajar Salokantara?" Then Ki Hajar replied, "Yes, right, I Ki Hajar Salokantara." By bowing before Ki Hajar, New Klinting said, "It means Ki Hajar is my parents who I have been looking for for a long time, I am the son of Endang Sawitri from Ngasem village and this Klintingan is said to be the mother of Ki Hajar's relic.

"Yes it is, with Klintingan's proof Ki Hajar said. But I need another proof if you are my son try to circle this Telomoyo mountain, if you can, you are really my son. "It turns out that Klinting can circle it and Ki Hajar admits that he is his son Ki Hajar then orders New Klinting to meditate in the forests of the slopes.

One day Pathok villagers were going to hold an earth alms party after the harvest was over and they would perform various dances.To enliven the feast the people were searching for animals, but they did not get any animals, so they found a dragon and the flesh was brought home for a party, and in the party came a new son of Klinting who participated in the crowd and wished to enjoy the meal, with their indifferent and cynical dismissal of the child from the party for being a beggar disgusting and embarrassing, and with a hurt the boy left the party meet a nice old widow grandmother.

He brought her home. The old widow treats the child like a respected guest and prepared the dish. In the house of an old widow, the child said, "Grandma, if you hear a grandmother's voice must be ready for a mortar, to be safe!" Grandma followed the advice of the child.A moment later the boy returned to the party trying to come and ask for a dish at the party held by the villagers But the villagers still did not receive the child, were even kicked away from the party, with the boy's anger held a competition, stuck a stick to the ground, who the villagers could take it away.

None villagers were able to remove the stick , Finally the boy himself who pulled it out, it turns out that the hole of the spring came up the swift spring and flooded the village, the inhabitants all drowned, except the Old Dow who entered the mortar and survived, all the villages into swamps, because the water is very clear, then called "Swamp Pening" located in the district of Semarang, Central Java.