The Legend of Tondano Lake

In ancient times in the area, Tondano, North Sulawesi, stands towering

mountanins. On the slopes of the mountain there are 2 areas / regions, the north
and south. Southern region dominated by a Tonaas (Ruler) who has a son named
Maharimbow. While ruling the northern region also has a child named
Maharimbow. Ruling the north shrouded anxiety at the thought of the heir to the
throne later, because woman.
To overcome this, he made an idea that feels weird. He asked her to dress and
behaved like a man and asked her not to marry for life “Maharimbow, from now
on you have to dress and behaved like a man and don’t marry for rest of your
life”. North Tonaas request was approved and swore in a traditional ceremony
before Opo Empung (Elders). If the oath was violated, there would be a
catastrophic havoc the ground. Meanwhile, apparently Tonaas southern region
had a similar problem. Maharimbow promes asked to not marry during her
father’s lifetime “I promise to this region that I will not marry during my father
lifetime”. On one day of the second heir to the throne met in the border area.
Maharimbow felt that the people who saw it, thought dressed in a knight but
radiates softness of a woman. He became curious and wanted to know who threw
it. At the next meeting whoch began with fights / fights, Maharimbow successfully
opened the mysterious veil that it is women. She was Maharimbow! Then the two
of them put their heart and agreed to become husband and wife and determined
to unite the two regions.
However, they forgot that they had violated the oath they swore. The next
day, a sudden earthquake and volcanic eruptions were so terrible that wiping the
area with rocks and larvae and transformed into a huge puddle that eventually
became a lake that we know today as the lake Tondano.

The social funcitions of this legend include:

- Educate
- Entertain

The structure of the legend text above is divided into three parts, including:
- The orientation in the first paragraph
- The complications in the second paragraph
- The resolution in the third paragraph
The language used in this legend is simple past tense