P r i n c e Pa n d e G e l a n g a n d

Princess Cadasari

Indonesian Folklore

ONCE upon a time there was a

kingdom of Banten. The king had
a beautiful daughter. her name
was Princess Cadasari. She was
very beautiful and kind to people.

However, she was very sad

lately. A prince from
another kingdom came
and planned to marry her.

His name was prince Cunihin.

People did not like him. he was
arrogant and mean to people. He
had supernatural power. Prince
Cunihin talked to the king about
the marriage.

The king accepted the

proposal. He was afraid
that Prince Cunihin would
attack the kingdom if the
proposal was refused.

The marriage was set. Princess

Cadasari was sad. She did not
have any choice. She prayed to
God. And in one night she had a
dream. She was in the park and a
handsome man would help her.

On the following day, Princess

Cadasari went to the park and
waited the handsome man.
While she was there suddenly
an old man came to her.

"What's the matter Princess?

You look very sad," asked the
old man.
"I have a great problem. And
I'm waiting for someone to help
me."
"Maybe I can help you."

The princess was hesitant. In a

dream, a handsome man would
help her, but then it was an old
man who offered to help her.

She decided to talk about the

problem to him. His name was
Pande Gelang.Pande means maker
andgelangmeans a bracelet. He
made bracelets to make a living.

"Don't worry princess, I can help

you. Just tell prince Cunihin to
find a big stone and just ask him
to make a big hole in the stone. I
will put my giant bracelet inside
the stone, after that ask him to go
through the bracelet. He will lose
his supernatural power then"

Princess Cadasari did it. She asked

Prince Cunihin to find a big stone.
And make a big hole in it. Prince
Cunihin did not have any problem
to make the hole. And after he did
it, he put the stone in the park.

It was the place where the

wedding party would be held. And
secretly, Pande Gelang put the
giant bracelet inside the stone.

On the wedding day, people were

gathered in the park. Before the
ceremony was started, Princess
Cadasari asked Prince Cunihin to
go through the stone. Although he
didnot understand, Prince Cunihin
still did the request.

Prince Cunihin was ready to

go through the stone and the
princess was waiting on the
other side. And when he
walked through the stone,
Princess Cunihin screamed in
pain.

He was screaming and finally

falling down on the ground. And
when he got up, he saw Pande
Gelang in front of him. "You did
this to me..." said Prince Cunihin.

Amazingly, Prince Cunihin slowly

changed into an old man and
Pande Gelang changed into a
handsome man. Pande Gelang then
explained to princess Cadasari. He
was a prince. Previously, Prince
Pande Gelang and Prince Cunihin
were best friend.

They both were students from a

great teacher. But after they
finished the lesson, Prince Cunihin
killed the teacher and stole Prince
Pande Gelang's power. He would
get his power back if Prince Cunihin
would go throuh his bracelet.

 Princess Cadasari was very happy.

She then remembered her dream.
It was true that a handsome man
would help her. Since then, Prince
Pande Gelang stayed in the
palace. He helped the kingdom
from bad people.

Later Prince Pande Gelang and

Princess Cadasari got married. The
people were very happy. They were
very grateful. They also named the
palace as Pande Gelang. It is
known now as Pandeglang.

THE END

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