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SYNOPSIS OF MALIN KUNDANG 

A long time ago there was a mother. She had a son named Malin Kundang. She was widower, her husband left her when Malin was baby. He went to foreign to work, but never came back again. Malin and his mother lived on the near from coast. His mother loved him very much because he was an only her son. She worked hard to make a live her son. When Malin was child, he was smart boy, but he was rather naughty. He had an usual that He liked to chase a chicken. One day he fell, because he chased a chicken. His arm right hurt, then his injury became scar that couldn’t lose.

When Malin was adult, he wanted to help his mother to make a life him self and his mother because Malin thought that his mother was old, and meanwhile their economic condition was worse. Malin had a plan that he would leave his mother to work in foreign. He thought that if he worked in foreign he could improve his life with his mother. His mother didn’t agree with Malin’s planning. She was very afraid with him because, his mother remembered about her husband. He left her to work in foreign, but he didn’t come back anymore.

Malin asked his mother persistently in order to she agreed his planning. Because the economic condition of their family was worse, finally his mother agreed with Malin’s planning.

Malin went to foreign with the merchant ship. When he was in the merchant ship, he studied much navigation with sailors. Suddenly on the voyage, the merchant ship was attacked by pirates. They took all of merchandises. Some persons were killed by pirates, but Malin was not killed, because Malin hide on a wood box.

Malin floated on the sea, and then he went aground on side of a beach in an island. There was a village near the beach, and then Malin go there. The village was very fertile. Malin worked hard in the village as farmer, as long as he became rich person. He married with a girl, and he had 2 sons. He had many merchant ships, and more than 100 helpers. His mother knew that her son had success. Everyday she waited Malin on the side of the beach near from her house. She hoped Malin would be back for her.

One day Malin with his family and helpers sail to go to an island which his mother lived. At the moment Malin’s mother was waiting for her son, then she looked a ship. She guessed that was Malin’s ship. After the ship went aground, she walked to the ship, and then she saw his son. She was very certain that he was her son because, she saw his arm right had a scar like Malin’s scar. She said “Malin, my son I am your mother, I had waited a long time for you”, Malin asked “Who are you? I don’t know you”, Malin’s mother said again “I am your mother son, don’t you remember?” Malin’s mother was sad because her son didn’t admit her as his mother. Malin’s wife asked to Malin “is she you mother right?” Malin answer “No, I know she is just beggar who want to lie to me to get all of my wealth”. Malin said like that because he was shy with his wife and children that his mother is poor people.

                                                                       

His mother was very sad and angry because her son was rebellious to her, so his mother put a curse Malin to becoming stone. When Malin would be sailing to live her mother, suddenly a storm broke Malin’s ship. Then Malin became stone. His wife, his sons, and his helpers died. Now stone of Malin is still on the Ain Manih beach, in Padang, West Sumatra.

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Si Tanggang

Hikayat Si Tanggang (the Story of Si Tanggang) is Malaysians’ favourite story. The story is about an ungrateful son being cursed by his mother into stone.

Si Tanggang was a poor boy who lived with his father, Talang, and mother, Deruma. The father was a very poor fisherman. They lived by the sea. However, despite living in abject poverty Si Tanggang was a far-sighted boy. He had ambition and dreams to be rich and live a good live.

Tanggang grew older. One day, he told his mother his dreams that he wanted to be a traveller to find riches. He said he must be rich to help her and his father. But Talang and Deruma were reluctant to let him go. However, Tanggang was adamant to leave the village so the parents gave in. Tanggang was elated and promised the parents he would come back to the village when he became rich.

He began his journey in a little boat. In the journey, he was captured by a captain of a junk (an old Malay word for junk is jong) and he was made a slave. Time went by. Tanggang worked hard and obeyed every wish and whims of the captain thus later he became the apple of the captain’s eye. He was taught how to sail. As the captain did not have any son he grew to favour Tanggang that he later adopted Tanggang to be his son. After some time he asked Tanggang to marry his daughter.

The captain grew old and one day, he died and Tanggang was made the junk master. The clever Tanggang then showed his prowess as a seafarer and he became much richer. His name was renowned and later as he sailed to far places he married the second time. This time he married a beautiful princess.

Tanggang was fair to his two wives that he always brought them sailing and sight seeing. One day the grand junk docked at a river mouth of a village. People were awed looking a beautiful junk anchored in their village. The news of the grandeur spread and drew villagers in droves to see it.

But some villagers began to feel that the master of the junk was someone whom they used to see a long time ago. After much whispers and glances, they realised that the captain was Tanggang! They were very excited and ran back to the village to tell Talang and Deruma, Tanggang’s father and mother, that their son had come home. Talang and Deruma were very happy to hear the news. Quickly Deruma cooked Tanggang’s favourite food. Then they hurried to the river and rowed their little boat to the river mouth to see if that was really their beloved son whom they hadn’t met so long.

Alas, as they reached the big junk, the sailors stopped them from boarding. A while later, Tanggang appeared with his wife. Tanggang looked at the man and the woman. Deruma realised that that was indeed Tanggang her beloved son. She immediately cried out for Tanggang and excitedly gave the food to him. But Tanggang had another thought – an evil one. As he realised those poor folks were his father and mother he remembered his princess wife. Looking at his father’s and mother’s tattered clothes, Tanggang felt disgusted and embarrassed. They were so poor to be the father and mother-in-law of a princess. Wrapped in shame Tanggang turned away. But Talang and Deruma, so elated to see their son, didn’t realise Tanggang’s disgust that they cried his name and rushed to hug him.

Tanggang pretended not knowing them. After all he had been telling everyone his father and mother were long dead. Seeing Talang and Deruma, Tanggang’s wife asked him if the poor man and woman were really his parents. Fearful if his wife knew his secret Tanggang arrogantly chased Talang and Deruma away, pushing the food from his mother’s hand. The food dropped to the floor. The mother went on to hug him, trying to reason out that he was her son. Embarrassed, Tanggang pushed his mother away again and again. Deruma fell. Realising their son had forgotten them Talang and Deruma gave way. Heart broken, drenched in tears, they slowly rowed back to their village.

As soon as they reached the river bank, the mother looked up to the sky, stretched her two hands high and cried. “God the Almighty, if it is true he is the son of mine, whom I gave birth and nursed and loved, do punish him O God, do punish him O God, do punish him O God.”

As soon as the mother ended her sad wail, the sky immediately turned dark, black cloud hovered. A sharp lightning pierced through. The wind grew hard, the water rough. The waves began to smash the junk. The junk rolled uncontrollably from side to side, rocked by the black water. The sailors’ hearts sank. They knew what was going on.

Their rich master was being punished. The rough sea was chastisement from God the Almighty. Tanggang’s eyes widened. Regretting, deeply in fear, hands waving towards his mother, he screamed as loud as possible. He called for forgiveness. He wept and wailed in tears, his hoarse voice turned courser. But it was too late. The mother, heart hurt and soul wounded, turned away. In the midst of the roaring sea and flashing lightning the raging waves engulfed the junk. The water rushed in. The junk sank. Tanggang’s soulful voice vanished.

When the sea calmed, the villagers stared in astonishment. Tanggang, his wives, the junk and the sailors had turned into a huge stone, taking the shape of the junk.

The moral of this story is that we have to honour our parents. We need to shower our parents with love and respect. God the Almighty, or life itself, will punish those showing disrespect to their fathers and mothers.   Website : http://blog.aseankorea.org/archives/2443