PRE-READING CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
3 Pengging Kingdom. Therefore, together with Patih Gupalo, they gathered the
power by training men to become soldiers and collect goods from civil people as provisions.
After they had enough with all preparation, Prabu Boko and all soldiers went to Pengging Kingdom to revolt. Then the war between Pengging and Boko
Soldier happened in Pengging kingdom. A lot of soldiers died from both side. Prabu Damar Moyo sent his son, Raden Bandung Bondowoso to have a battle
with Prabu Boko. The fighting between Raden Bandung Bondowoso and Prabu Boko was very furious. Because of the power of Raden Bandung Bondowoso,
Prabu Boko can be died. When Patih Gupalo found out that his king has died, he ran away from the battle.
Raden Bandung Bondowoso chased him to Kraton Boko.When Patih Gupalo arrived at Kraton Boko, he reported about Prabu Boko to Princess Loro
Jonggrang, that he was killed in the battle by a Pengging knight named Raden Bandung Bondowoso. Then the princess cried, she was very sad because of the
death of her father. Raden Bandung Bondowoso finally arrived at Kraton Boko. He was surprised when he saw Princess Loro Jonggrang that she was very
beautiful, so he could not help himself to not propose her to become his wife. However, Princess Loro Jonggrang did not want to marry Raden Bandung
Bondowoso because he just killed her father. To refuse his propose, Princess Loro Jonggrang had a strategy. She had two requests should be fulfilled by Raden
Bandung Bondowoso, and then she would agree to marry him. The first request was that she asked him to make a well named Jalatunda. The second one was to
make 1000 temples in one night. Raden Bandung Bondowoso accepted both requests. Immediately he started to make Jalatunda Well and he asked Princess
Loro Jonggrang to see it when it finished. Then, Princess Loro Jonggrang asked Raden Bandung Bondowoso to go
into the well, and after that she ordered Patih Gupolo to pile up the well with stone. Both Princess Loro Jonggrang and Patih Gupolo thought that Raden
Bandung Bondowoso had already died in the well, however Raden Bandung Bondowoso was still alive. He meditated and finally he could got out from the
4 well safely. Raden Bandung Bondowoso was very angry with her action and he
looked after her but because of her beauty, his anger became calm down. After that, Princess Loro Jonggrang was asking Raden Bandung
Bondowoso to do the second request which was to make 1000 temples in one night. Therefore Raden Bandung Bondowoso commanded genie to make the
temples immediately. However Princess Loro Jonggrang intended to foil his effort to make the temples. She ordered the girls to pound and burn stubbles, so that it
looked like the bright of sunrise which mean the morning had come and the light plus the noise made the cocks crowed loudly. Heard the cock crowd and people
pounded rice and also saw the brightness in the east, therefore the genies were stop
making temples.
The genies reported it to Raden Bandung Bondowoso that they could not continue built the temple because morning had come. Raden Bandung
Bondowoso got the feeling that the morning had not come yet. He asked Princess Loro Jonggrang to count the amount of the temples and she came out that the total
was only 999 temples, there was still 1 temple left. Therefore Princess Loro Jonggrang refused to marry Raden Bandung Bondowoso.
Raden Bandung Bondowoso felt deceived then he became very angry and he cursed her Loro Jonggrang, there is only 1 temple left, let you be the one to
make it complete. It was a miracle, suddenly Princess Loro Jonggrang transformed to a stone statue. Raden Bandung Bondowoso also cursed the girls
who lived around Prambanan that there would be no men want to marry those girls because they helped Princess Loro Jonggrang.
Until today, the stone statue of Princess Loro Jonggrang is still in Candi Prambanan. Based on what is believed by old people, the couple who are dating in
Prambanan temple will be broke up