Candi Borobudur di Jawa Tengah, Indonesia, adalah kuil budha terbesar di Dunia, yang

dibangun pada abad ke-9, dan dianggap sebagai salah satu Keajaiban Dunia yang terlupakan.
Ketinggian keseluruhan adalah 42 meter, namun hanya 34,5 meter setelah restorasi, dan
memiliki dimensi 123 x 123 meter (15.129 meter persegi). Ada 10 lantai. Lantai pertama hingga
lantai enam adalah bentuk persegi, ketujuh ke lantai kesepuluh berbentuk lingkaran.
Borobudur menghadap ke Timur dengan total dari 1460 panel (2 meter lebar masing-masing).
Ukuran total dari dinding candi adalah 2500 meter persegi. Jumlah total panel adalah 1212.
Menurut investigasi, jumlah patung Buddha adalah 504 termasuk patung utuh dan rusak.

Minangkabau (legend)

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The Minangkabau legend told the story of the origin of the name "Minangkabau". It is thought
to be a conjunction of two words, minang ("victorious") and kabau ("buffalo").
The legend told the story of a territorial dispute between the local West Sumatran people and a
neighbouring invading prince. The invading prince and his troops was somehow traditionally
associated with Javanese Majapahit kingdom. To avoid a battle, the local leader proposed a fight
to the death between two water buffalo to settle the dispute. The prince agreed and set forward
his largest, meanest, most aggressive buffalo. The locals set forth a hungry baby buffalo with its
small horns ground to be as sharp as knives. Seeing the adult buffalo across the field, the baby
ran forward, hoping for milk. The big buffalo saw no threat in the baby buffalo and paid no
attention to it, looking around for a worthy opponent. But when the baby thrust his head under
the big bull's belly, looking for an udder, the sharpened horns punctured and killed the bull, and
the local people won the contest and the dispute and thus name their tribe "Minangkabau" the
victorious buffalo to mark this important event.
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The moral of the story set an example of the use of wisdom and strategy to avoid war and
violence. It also celebrated the intelligence and victory of Minangkabau people.

Rara Jonggrang (legend)
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The statue of Durga Mahisasuramardini in the northern cella of Shiva temple, thought to be Princess
Rara Jonggrang


Shiva temple, the main temple at Prambanan
The Legend of Rara Jonggrang (alternative spellings: Roro Jonggrang, Loro Jonggrang or
Lara Jonggrang) is a Javanese popular legend (folktales) from Central Java telling the story of
love and betrayal, the knight and the cursed princess. It also explains the mythical origin of Ratu
Boko palace, Sewu temple, and the Durga statue in Prambanan temple compound. The title Rr
(pronounced Roro) is ancient Javanese honorific title to address noble maidens (virgins) or
unmarried princesses, thus the name Rara Jonggrang in Javanese means 'Slender Virgin'.
Summary
The legend tells the story about two ancient and neighbouring kingdoms in Java, Pengging and
Boko.
Pengging was prosperous, and wisely ruled by its king Prabu Damar Moyo who had a son named
Bandung Bondowoso. By contrast, Boko was ruled by a cruel man-eating giant named Prabu
Boko, supported by another giant Patih Gupolo. Despite his unpleasant nature, Prabu Boko had a
beautiful daughter named Rara Jonggrang.
The story relates that Prabu Boko desired to expand his kingdom, and so began training an army
and raising taxes for an invasion of Pengging. His forces launch a surprise attack on Pengging,
and the ensuring war causes devastation and famine on both sides. In order to defeat the invader,
Prabu Damar Moyo sends his son Bandung Bondowoso to fight Prabu Boko. After a furious
battle, Prabu Boko is killed by the prince's supernatural powers. His assistant, the giant Patih
Gupolo, leads his armies away from the battlefield in defeat.
Returning to Boko Palace, Patih Gupolo tells princess Rara Jonggrang of the death of her father.
The princess is heartbroken, but before she can recover from her grief the Pengging army
besieges and captures the palace. Prince Bandung Bondowoso is mesmerized by the beauty of
the mourning princess and propose marriage, but his offer is swiftly rejected. Bandung
Bondowoso insists on the union, and finally Rara Jonggrang agrees on two impossible
conditions: first the prince must build a well named Jalatunda, and second, he must construct a
thousand temples in only one night.
The lovestruck prince agrees, and immediately starts work on the well. Using his supernatural
powers once again, the prince swiftly finishes construction and proudly displays his work for the
princess. As a trick, she urges him to enter the well and when he does so, Patih Gupolo piles
stones into it and buries him alive. With great effort Bandung Bondowoso escapes, but his love
for the princess is so strong that he forgives her the attempt on his life.
To fulfill the second condition, the prince enters into meditation and conjures up a multitude of
demon spirits from the earth. With their help he builds the first 999 temples and starts work on
the final one. To thwart his efforts the princess and her maids light a fire in the east and begin
pounding rice, a traditional dawn activity. Fooled into thinking the sun is about to rise, the spirits
flee back into the earth leaving the last temple unfinished.
The prince is furious when he learns of this deception, and places a curse on Rara Jonggrang
which turns her into a stone statue. In this way she herself becomes a feature of the final temple,
completing its construction and fulfilling the conditions for their marriage.