THE LEGEND OF LAKE BATUR

A long time ago lived a giant called Kebo Iwa. His body was big as a
hill, he was kind-hearted and nice, sometimes he helped the
villagers built a temple, house and cultivated their Richfield. For
him, he did not need anything except food. But because of his big
body, he had so much food. His food was enough for 1000 people.
Indeed he was nice giant, but when the villagers could not give his
food as he liked he will get angry and destroy everything in front of
him.

One dry season was coming, this season was very rough. The
villagers could not get their cultivation as usual and they could not
offer the food for Kebo Iwa. Kebo Iwa was angry, he destroyed
everything in front of him. he ate everything. Some breed animals,
even he ate people he had captured.
After brainstorming, the villager’s headman has an idea, he asked
Kebo Iwa to built everything he had destroy, after that the villagers
will give him food. Kebo Iwa agreed.
The day after, he started to work, house, and temple he had to
destroy built immediately. After that, he dug a well to find water
sources. Mounds of soil were mounted up in the edge of the hole.
At that time the villagers collected many limestones, the giant
curious what the limestones for, the villagers answer the will built a
home for the giant. Kebo Iwo was very happy to hear that. He was
very conscious because the people in the village would build him a
house.

Day by day the holes become deeper, one day the villagers found
the giant was sleeping and exhausted, “now, it’s time to bury him!”
many people said.

Afterward, they threw limestones to the hole. Kebo Iwo had just
realized when the water had been mixed with limestones. The
giant could not fight it and he passed away inside the hole. The
water inside the well shortly flowed up and formed a lake called
Lake Batur. Meanwhile, the mounds of soil formed a mountain
called Batur Mountain.