v Narrative
Text ( Legend )
v Place
( Kampar Regency )
LANCANG
A name addressed to an area or a place usually is related to an
incident or legend that happened (or assume to happen) in the surroundings. In
the province of Riau, Indonesia, people name some areas in relation to the
incidents that happened in the surroundings, the legend of Batang Tuaka for
instance. Batang Tuaka later on address to the sub-district which is under the
regency of Indragiri Hilir. However, an incident or a story does not only
result in the birth of a name of a place, but also can be more than that.
It is said that once there was an amazing story took place in the
Kampar regency, Riau, from which some names of the areas originated and are
still well known to the present day. The areas are: Lipat Kain (literary means
the folded cloth) the capital of the subs district Kampar Kiri Hulu; Sungai
Ogong (the Ogong river) that locates at the sub-district of Kampar Kanan; and
the lake Lancang (lancing literary means: discourteous). Those names are
originally taken from a folklore which is still popular until now and widely
spread among the people at Kampar, the story of a man Lancang.
Long time ago, there was a poor woman who had a son named Lancang.
Both of them lived in a ramshackle hut in a place known as Kampar. Lancang‘s
father had passed away many years ago. His mother worked as a labor in a field.
Lancang himself herded his neighbors‘ sheep.
One day Lancang was very tired of having a terribly poor life. He
wanted a different job to earn much money. He wanted to be rich. He told his
mother the dream and asked her permission to let him go along the coast.
“Mother, I cannot stand this life any longer. I don‘t want to be poor forever.
I want to go to other places and find another job to earn a better life. Please
let me go Mother”, begged him to his mother. It was so difficult for her to let
her only child left her, yet she let him do so,”Well Lancang, you may go for
your dream. But please don‘t forget me. Do remember to come back later when
you‘ve achieved the rich you dream of”, answered his mother.
Lancang was very happy that his mother let him go, and he
cheerfully jumped here and there. He had been imagining himself as the richest
man in his village. He was bored to be a shepherd. His mother responded nothing
seeing her son jumped happily. She was so sad in fact realizing that she would
be left alone by her only child. Lancang suddenly stopped jumping seeing the
sadness in his mother‘s face. He hugged his mother and tried to comfort her,
“Don‘t be sad Mother. I will not forget you. I surely will come back with lots
of money for you”. She was touched by his words and promise and gradually
calmed. His mother said to him, “Alright my son. You can go early morning
tomorrow. I will make lumping dadak tonight for you to eat during your trip”.
Lancang left his mother the next morning with some packages of
lumping dadak, his favorite food, specially prepared by his mother.
Years passed and now Lancang was a pros perous tradesman. He owned
tens of trade ships and hundreds of crews. His wives were very beautiful and
were from rich families. Meanwhile, back at his hometown, his mother lived a
poor life and was alone in a small ramshackle hut.
One day, Lancang sailed to Andalas with his wives. The wives were
extremely happy. “May we take supplies with us my husband?” asked one of the
wives. “Yes my husband, we want to have a party on the ship”, added the other.
For he so loved his wives, he let them to do whatever they wanted to do. “My
wives take whatever and how many supplies you‘d love to”, answered him. Given
the permission for the wishes, his wives took everything to the ship; foods,
musical instruments, and other things for the party. They also brought silks
and jewellery made of gold and silver to decorate the ship that it would be
more luxurious. People would know from the view that the ship belonged to a
very rich man.
All the people in that ship had party all the way. They played
music, sang songs, and danced during the trip until one day it docked at a
river known as Kampar. It was Lancang‘s hometown. “Hey! We‘ve arrived!” shouted
one of the crews. The villagers around came to see the luxurious ship which
just docked. And some of them still recognized Lancang‘s face. “Wow, that is
Lancang. He is now a rich man”, expressed one of his teachers who used to teach
him to read Koran. “This is a great ship. It‘s good that Lancang still
remembers his hometown”, said one of Lancang‘s friends from his childhood. He
later rushed to Lancang‘s hut to tell his mother, who was sick, that Lancang
just arrived at the village.
How happy she was to know the news. “He is home, finally” sobbed
joyfully. Suddenly gained her energy, she got up of the bed. No more pain she
felt. She rushed to the river to meet her beloved son, with old torn dress
covered her fragile old body. She couldn‘t believe her eyes. A wonderful
luxurious ship stood firmly in front of her, and it belonged to her son. She
couldn‘t wait any longer to meet hi. Gathered all the courage, she got on to
the ship and searched for Lancang. One of the crew suddenly appeared in front
of her as she started to move. “Hey you old woman. Don‘t even think of it. Get
out of here!” the man shouted at her and rudely forced her to go. “But, I am
Lancang‘s mother”, he tried to explain.
Hearing noises at the deck, Lancang immediately approached it with
his wives following behind and unexpectedly shouted, “She lies. I don‘t know
her. Get her out of here!” He was ashamed to have an old poor mother and didn‘t
want her wives know the truth. “Lancang my son. I really miss you”, sobbed her.
He hated it to see he cry so rudely said, “How can I have an old poor woman
like you to be my mother” and commanded to his crews “Get this crazy old woman
out of my ship”. Poor old woman, rejected by her own son. Sadly she went back
to her hut and wept all the way. She didn‘t believe her son would do such a
thing to her.
The poor old woman immediately took a mortar and a nyiru
pusaka. She turned around the mortar and wiped it with the nyiru and
prayed, “My God. I gave birth to Lancang and breastfed him. I took care of him and
loved him. But now he rejects me. He refuses to admit me as his mother, his own
mother. Show me your mercy God. Show him your majesty!” In a flash, the wind
suddenly blew heavily. The thunder hit Lancang‘s luxurious ship. The wave of
the river Kampar hit the ship and torn it into pieces. All of those who witnessed
the scene ran away for their lives.
“Mother...this is me your son Lancang. I am home. Forgive me
mother!” cried Lancang amidst the storm and the heavy rain. But nothing could
be done to stop the disaster. The luxurious ship finally sank with all the people
in it, including Lancang and his wives.
People always believe the story as one reason for Kampar River to
overflow. For the people in that area, the flood is not merely because of the
high rainy season but also because the flagstaff of the ship appears. Kampar
regency which is in the province of Riau is one of a venerable place for
flooding. Kampar River overflows almost every year that causes a big flood that
sweeps away the entire inhabitants.
Generic
Structure :
¶ Orientation : Paragraph One {1} to
Paragraph Three {3}
¶ Complication : Paragraph Four {4} to Paragraph
Thirteen {13]
¶ Resolution : Paragraph Fourteen {14}
to Paragraph Fifteen {15}
Language
Feature :
¶ Time
Conjunction : One Day, Suddenly,
¶ Temporal
Conjuntion : Long Time ago
¶
Direct Speech
1. “ Mother, I Cannot stand this life any longer. I don’t want to be poor forever. I want to go to other places and find another
job to earn a better life. Please let me go Mother ”.
2. “ Well
Lancang you may go for your dream. But please don‘t forget
me. Do remember to come back later when you‘ve achieved the rich you dream of”
3. “Don‘t be sad
Mother. I will not forget you. I surely will come back
with lots of money for you”. She was touched by his words and promise and gradually
calmed. His mother said to him,
“Alright my son. You can go early morning tomorrow. I will make lumping dadak
tonight for you to eat during your trip”.
4. “May we take
supplies with us my husband?”
5. “Yes my husband,
we want to have a party on the ship”
6. “My wives take
whatever and how many supplies you‘d love to”
7. “Hey! We‘ve arrived!”
shouted one of the crews.
8. “Wow, that is
Lancang. He is now a rich man”, expressed one of his
teachers who used to teach him to read Koran.
9. “This is a great
ship. It‘s good that Lancang still remembers his hometown”,
said one of Lancang‘s friends from his childhood.
10. “He is home,
finally” sobbed joyfully.
11. “She lies. I
don‘t know her. Get her out of here!” He was ashamed to have an old
poor mother and didn‘t want her wives know the truth.
12. “Hey you old woman. Don‘t even think of it.
Get out of here!” the man shouted at her and rudely forced her to go. “But, I
am Lancang‘s mother”, he tried to explain.
13. “Lancang my son. I really miss you”, sobbed
her. He hated it to see he cry so rudely said, “How can I have an old poor
woman like you to be my mother” and commanded to his crews “Get this crazy old
woman out of my ship”.
14. “My God. I gave birth to Lancang and
breastfed him. I took care of him and loved him. But now he rejects me. He
refuses to admit me as his mother, his own mother. Show me your mercy God. Show
him your majesty!” In a flash, the wind suddenly blew heavily.
15. “Mother...this is me your son Lancang. I am
home. Forgive me mother!” cried Lancang amidst the storm and the heavy rain.
¶ Narrative text above using
tenses : The Simple Past Tense
¶ Direct speech using tenses :
The Simple Present Tense
¶ Type Narrative Text above is :
Legend
¶ Narrative Text above title is :
The Legend Of Lancang
¶ Action Verb
1. “Hey! We‘ve arrived!”
2. “Hey you old woman. Don‘t even think of it. Get out of here!”
3. “She lies. I don‘t know her. Get her out of here!”
4. “How can I have an old poor woman like you to be my mother” and
commanded to his crews “Get this crazy old woman out of my ship”.
5. “My God. I gave birth to Lancang and breastfed him. I took care of
him and loved him. But now he rejects me. He refuses to admit me as his mother,
his own mother. Show me your mercy God. Show him your majesty!”
6. “Mother...this is me your son Lancang. I am home. Forgive me
mother!”
Moral Value :
¶ Let
us not give our parents the same ungodly.
¶ People
who rebel against the parents of his life will be miserable and get a punishment from God.
¶ Spare
your parents and love them.
¶ Let
us not become conceited person for what we get, because of the arrogant will destroy our lives.
¶ Remember
your parents, if you have become a successful person, remember his kindness to you, who love you and raise
you.
¶ Never
break a promise we've made to someone, but stick to the promise that we will
not be a lie, and those who break promises.
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