Sangkuriang Iva

1. Where did the Sangkuriang story come from?

2. Who is the main character of the story?

3. Based on the story, who is Sangkuriang's mother?

4. According to the text, what did Dayang Sumbi look like?

Once upon a time in West Java, Indonesia, lived a princess named Dayang sumbi. Dayang Sumbi was a beautiful and kind hearted princess, but sometimes she was very lazy. Her hobby was weaving cloth.

5. What made Dayang Sumbi stay young?

He met a beautiful young woman there and he fell in love with her at the first sight. It was Dayang Sumbi! She never got older because she had been granted eternal youth by the gods.

6. “He happily brought her the tool to her”

The underlined word refers to …

A male creature came, but it was a dog. His name was Tumang. He happily brought her the tool to her. Dayang Sumbi was very surprised but she kept her promise.

7. What happened to Sangkuriang after he killed Tumang?

He did not want to disappoint his mother and was thinking herd how to bring home a deer’s heart. Suddenly he had a very bad idea. He killed Tumang! Then he brought his heart home and gave it to Dayang Sumbi.

8. According to the text, why did Dayang Sumbi refuse sangkuriang proposal? Because …

After along time Sangkuriang came back to the jungle where his mother lived. She looked younger than her age, so Sangkuriang fell in love with her. “Will you marry me?’’ one day he asked her. But Dayang Sumbi refused because she recognized that he was her son.

9. What happened to Sangkuriang at the end of the story?

Sangkuriang realized that Dayang Sumbi had cheated him. He got very angry and he kicked the boat upside down. It gradually became a mountain ant it is known as Mt. Tangkuban Perahu.

10. What moral values can we learn from Sangkuriang's story?