Ciung Wanara is a legend among Sundanese people, in Indonesia.
20 Facts About Ciung Wanara
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Ciung Wanara was a relative of the famous King Sanjaya of Mataram.
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The legend of Ciung Wanara is often associated with Karang Kamulyan archaeological sites, a sub-district in Ciamis Regency, West Java.
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Ciung Wanara wanted to get rid of it and soon he found a way to do that.
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Ciung Wanara asked for Dewi Pangrenyep's help to be quiet of Dewi Naganingrum's baby who would be born as a rascal according to his dream.
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Ciung Wanara argues that this treatment was to prevent the laboring mother from seeing too much blood that might knock her unconscious.
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Ciung Wanara took the poor queen to the woods, but he did not kill her, instead, he built a good hut for her.
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Ciung Wanara took the egg, made for the wood as told by the old man, but he could not find a fowl.
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Ciung Wanara laid the egg under the dragon and shortly after it was hatched.
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Ciung Wanara put it in the basket, left the old man and his wife, and made his journey to Galuh.
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The next morning Ciung Wanara appeared in front of Prabu Barma Wijaya and told him what Lengser had proposed.
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Ciung Wanara became king of half of the kingdom and had an iron prison built to keep bad people.
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Ciung Wanara planned a plot to punish Prabu Barma Jaya and Dewi Pangrenyep.
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One day Prabu Barma Jaya and Dewi Pangrenyep are invited by Ciung Wanara to come and inspect the newly built prison.
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Ciung Wanara made it known to the people of the country about the evil deeds of Barma and Pangrenyep, and the people cheered.
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Ciung Wanara organized a revolt, gathered some troops, and led a war against his younger brother.
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However, Ciung Wanara managed to push Hariang Banga to the eastern bank of Brebes River.
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Ciung Wanara established the kingdom of Java and became the king of Java, and his faithful followers became the ancestors of the Javanese people.
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Ciung Wanara ruled the Galuh kingdom justly, his people are Sundanese people, since then Galuh and Java have been prosperous again as in the days of Prabu Permana Di Kusumah.
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In 1941 Ciung Wanara was adapted as a film by Jo Eng Sek of Star Film.