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Monday, October 6, 2014

Bawang Merah dan Bawang Putih

Folklore Riau, Sumatra 

 

A long time ago in a village lived a family consisting of father, mother and a beautiful teenage girl named garlic. They are a happy family. Although garlic dad just ordinary traders, but they live in harmony and peace. But one day the mother garlic seriously ill and eventually died. Garlic is grieving so did his father.

In the village lived a widow who also had a son named Onion. Since the mother died Garlic, Onion mother often visited the house of Garlic. He often brought food, garlic help clean the house or simply accompany his father Garlic and chatting. Finally Garlic father thought that it might be better if he just married the mother Onion, Garlic not so lonely anymore.

In consideration of the garlic, then the father is married to the mother Garlic onion. Originally mother onion and shallot very well to garlic. But over time their true nature began to appear. They often scold garlic and give him a heavy work if the father was going to trade Garlic. Garlic should be doing all the housework, while the Onion and his mother just sitting around. Of course Garlic father did not know, because Garlic is never told.

One day Garlic father fell ill and later died. Since then the Onion and his mother is getting in power and persecution of Garlic. Garlic is almost never rested. He had to get up before dawn to prepare breakfast for the water bath and the Onion and his mother. Then he has to feed livestock, watering gardens and washing clothes to the river. Then he still had ironing, cleaning the house, and many other jobs. However Garlic is always to do his job, because he hopes one day his stepmother would love her like his own child.

This morning as usual Garlic carrying basket of clothes to be washed in the river. With a little singing him down a path at the edge of a small forest which is the usual path. The day was very sunny. Garlic immediately to wash all the dirty clothes he was carrying. Because too much fun, Garlic bahwasalah not realize the clothes had washed away. Unfortunately the clothes are washed away her stepmother's favorite clothes. When aware of it, dress her stepmother had drifted too far. Try garlic down the river to look for it, but could not find him. In desperation, he returned home and tell her mother.

"Basic careless!" Snapped the stepmother. "I do not want to know, basically you have to look for the dress! And do not dare to go home if you have not found it. Got it? "

Garlic is forced to the wishes of his step overlying. He immediately washed down the river where he was. Mataharisudah started rising, but garlic has not found her clothes. He put up his eyes, carefully examined every panhandle roots overhanging the river, who knows her clothes caught there. After stepping away and the sun was already leaning to the west, Garlic saw a shepherd who was bathing buffalo. Garlic then asked: "O good uncle, if uncle saw a red shirt that float through here? Because I had to find and bring him home. "" Yes I had seen son. If you chase quickly, maybe you can catch him, "said the uncle.

"Well uncle, thank you!" Said Garlic and immediately ran back down. It was getting dark, Garlic was getting desperate. Soon the night would arrive, and Garlic. From a distance it looks light coming from a shack on the banks of the river. Garlic immediately approached the house and knocked.
"Excuse me ...!" Garlic said. An old woman opened the door.
"Who are you, kid?" Asked the old woman.

"I Garlic Grandma. Just now I'm looking for my mother's clothes were washed away. And now benighted. Can I stay here tonight? "Asked Garlic.
"Sure kid. Are you looking for clothes that are red? "Said the grandmother.
"Yes Grandma. What ... grandmother to find it? "Asked Garlic.

"Yes. That shirt was stuck in front of my house. Unfortunately, while I like the dress, "said the grandmother. "Well I'll give it back, but first you must accompany me here for a week. I have not talked with anyone, how? "Pleaded nenek.Bawang White thought for a moment. The old woman looked lonely. Garlic also feel pity. "Well Grandma, I will accompany grandma for a week, as long as grandma does not get bored with me," Garlic said with a smile.

Garlic for a week stay with the grandmother. Garlic each day helps with housework grandmother. Of course, the old woman happy. Until finally even been a week, she called the grandmother garlic.
"Son, you've lived here a week. And I'm glad that you are diligent and dutiful son. According to my promise that you're allowed to bring clothes home mom. And one more, you may choose one of two pumpkins this as a gift! "Said the grandmother.
Garlic initially refused were given a gift but still forced her grandmother. Garlic eventually chose the smallest pumpkin. "I'm afraid not bring a big strong," he said. Grandma smiled and Garlic deliver up to the front of the house.

At home, Garlic handed his stepmother's red dress while she went into the kitchen to split the yellow squash. Garlic was surprised when it split pumpkin, gold jewels in it apparently contains very much. She was so excited and shout tell this magical to her stepmother and red onion with langsun greedy grab the gold and jewels. They forced the garlic to tell how he could get the prize. Garlic also told the truth.

Hearing stories garlic, onion and her mother plan to do the same thing but this time the onion will do. In short shallots finally got old grandmother's house on the edge of the river. Such as garlic, onion was asked to accompany him during the week. Unlike an avid garlic, onion during the week just lazing. If anything that is done then the result is never good because it is always done at random. Finally after a week grandmother was allowed to leave the red onion. "Should not the grandmother gave me as a gift because pumpkins accompany you during the week?" Asked onions. The old woman had ordered onion choose one of two pumpkins on offer. Onion quickly take a large pumpkin and without saying thank you he just walked away.

At home shallots immediately to his mother and happily brought the pumpkin show. For fear will ask the garlic, garlic telling them to go to the river. Then they impatiently divide the pumpkin. But it was not gold jewels out of the pumpkin, but rather venomous animals such as snakes, scorpions, and others. The animals were immediately attacked shallots and his mother to death. That is the reward of those who are greedy.

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