The Legend of The Holy Stone

Welcome to study English. In this series, I am going to talk about Legend. 

Its kind of Narrative Story.

Look at the map of Papua Province above! 

What do you know about culture of Papua People? 

We will learn about the legend from Papua Province. 

Here are the list of vocabularies that should be remembered 

and help you to understand the text presented.

Vocabularies List 

Legend - legenda

Holy - suci

Stone - batu

Kamboi Rama mountain - gunung Kamboi Rama

Villages - desa-desa

Residence - tempat tinggal

Sago plantation - perkebunan sagu

Owned - dimiliki

Tifa - alat musik tradisional Papua

Gather - berkumpul

Cut - memotong

Scarcer - semakin langka

Angry - marah

Get out of here - pergilah dari sini

Sow - menanam

Plant - menanam

Coastal area - daerah pantai

Couple - pasangan

Husband - suami

Wife - istri

Rest - istirahat

Ground - tanah

Tree - pohon

Large - besar

Comfortable - nyaman

Sit - duduk

Hot - panas

Burned - terbakar

Shout - berteriak

Jump off - melompat turun

Dear - sayang

Fall asleep - tertidur

Startled - terkejut

Screams - teriakan

Smoke - asap

Astonishment - keheranan

Curious - penasaran

Venison - daging rusa

Exquisite - lezat

Test - menguji

Have you ever heard the story of Si Pitung, or the story of MalinKundang? Are you familiar with those kinds of story? Perhaps your mother or teachers once told you those stories; or you just found them in some books. The story of Si Pitung and also MalinKundang are called legend or myth. Both are very old stories from past that tell about the early history of a famous person or event. Those stories are kinds of narrative text.

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The Legend of The Holy Stone

A Long time ago, up on the Kamboi Rama mountain, there were two villages, Kamboi Rama and Aroempu. Kamboi Rama was a residence for Kamboi people, and Aroempu was a sago plantation owned by God Iriwonawani, who also owned a tifa. Whenever the tifa is played, the Kamboi people would gather. Every day, the Kamboi women would go to Aroempu to cut sago for their meals.

As time passed by, the sago trees were becoming scarcer. God Iriwonawani got really angry,

"Get out of here! Don't just cut but sow and plant!" Because they were scared, the Kamboi people moved to the coastal area and named themselves Randuayaivi. However, upon the mountain,

there still lived a couple of husband and wife, Irimiami and Isoray.

One day, on their way home after a hunt in the jungle, being tired, Irimiami and Isoray decided 

to rest. Irimiami sat on the ground leaning on a tree. Meanwhile, Isoray was still finding a place to sit. 

She saw a large stone and thought that it would be comfortable to sit on. As she sat, all of a sudden, Isoray shouted and jumped off the stone. "Ouch! The stone is so hot that I almost got burned!" 

Isoray cried. "What is it, dear?" Irimiami who almost fell asleep immediately stood up, startled by his wife's screams. "I don't know what happened either, but this stone feels really hot." answered Isoray in panic.

A short time later, in their astonishment, smoke came out of that stone. Curious, Irimiami tried 

to sit on that stone. "Ouch! It's really hot!" he shouted. Becoming more curious, the couple decided to test the stone's heat. "How if we put this venison on that stone?" said Irimiami. "Let's just try, dear," answered Isoray. Exquisite smells came from the burning meat. As it was ready, they ate them up. "What a delicious piece of meat" or "This meat is so delicious," Irimiami said happily. 

Unsatisfied with what they had found, they continued testing the stone. "Let's try to put these 

bamboo stems," said Isoray. "Let's try these grass and leaves," Irimiami added. "How about that timber!" shouted Isoray. Day by day, they kept on testing the stone.

One bright day, they gathered more grasses and put them on the stone. The grasses burned quickly 

and spread to the. surrounding plants, the fire got bigger. They started to panic. "My husband, we've burned this place." Isoray cried in fear. "It's a big disaster and we can't stop. Let's meet God Iriwonawani for help," said Irimiami in tremble. They ran to God Iriwonawani. "My Lord, please 

help us put out the fire," begged them. "Well, I shall help on the condition that you stop that harming act of yours," said the God. "We promise, my Lord," they said. With a magical power, the fire could finally be stopped.

Nevertheless, it seemed that they had not learned from their mistakes. They kept on testing the stone, until one day they started a really big fire that did not stop for seven days and nights. They were really terrified and could not do anything but asked God Iriwonawai for help.

Finally, the sounds of the tifa were heard again after a long time. All Randuayaivi people ran 

to Kamboi mountain, witnessed the burning forest which was again successfully extinguished by God Iriwonawani. On the mountain, Irimiami and Isoray finally told the story of 'the holy stone.'

The following day, all Randuayaivi people came back to the mountain bringing food items. All those food items were put on the holy stone and the traditional feast took place for three days and nights. All the people chanted and danced around the holy stone, worshipping it and passing the holy stone story. People of Papua, particularly those of the Yapen islands, sanctify the fire stone hitherto. The stone has become a sacred stone that they worship annually.

Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.

1.     Where were the two villages located in the story? 

Answer: The two villages were located on Kamboi Rama mountain.

2. Who owned the sago plantation and the tifa musical instrument? 

Answer: The sago plantation and the tifa musical instrument were owned by God Iriwonawani.

3. What would the Kamboi people do when the tifa was played? 

Answer: The Kamboi people would gather.

4. Why did the Kamboi people move to the coastal area? 

Answer: They moved because they were scared and the sago trees were becoming scarcer.

5. Who were the couple that remained living on the mountain? 

Answer: The couple was Irimiami and Isoray, husband and wife.

6. Why did Isoray shout and jump off the stone she was sitting on? 

Answer: She shouted and jumped off because the stone was extremely hot 

and almost burned her.

7. What happened when smoke came out of the stone? 

Answer: Irimiami tried sitting on the stone and shouted because it was really hot.

8. What did the couple do to test the heat of the stone? 

Answer: They tested by placing venison on the stone and cooking it.

9. How did they react after tasting the meat cooked on the stone? 

Answer: They found it to be a delicious piece of meat.

10.  What did the people of Randuayaivi do after hearing the story of the holy stone? 

Answer: They returned to the mountain with food items and held 

a traditional feast for three days and nights.

Hallo everybody

Everyone must be often to tell the story that they just hear, watch or even their self story to someone, good friends, relatives, parents, etc. Well, actually what we do when telling the story we experienced is an applicative example of the Narrative Text. Therefore everyone must have known or at least heard the Narrative Text in advance. Narrative Text is a type of English text that often appears and is taught at the level of junior high school or senior high school. But what is exactly Narrative Text?

For that, on this occasion the author tries to present definition, communicative purpose, generic structure, linguistic features and examples of the Narrative Text. Hopefully the explanation below will be helpful. Thanks. Check this out !!!

Definition of Narrative Text

Narrative Text is one of 13 types of English text (genre) born from the Narration as well as Recount Text, Anecdote Text, Spoof Text. Then, the definition of narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people

Perhaps you need to know that the narrative text, in the writing and composition lecture is usually called narration, which is one of type of text in a literary language. Usually, the narrative text contains good stories of fiction, non-fiction stories, animal stories (fable), folktales, fairy tales, myths, legends etc. In a simple word everything about the story is included in narrative text.

Generic Structure of Narrative Text

# Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.

• Characters: Kamboi Rama people, God Iriwonawani, Irimiami & Isoray • Setting of time: long time ago • Setting of place: in Kamboi Rama Mountain • The story starts: Kamboi Rama people shared place of living with God Iriwonawani and earned food from her sago plantation.

# Complication : Where the problems in the story developed.

• Things happened to the characters and challenges were: sago trees became scarcer, Irimiami and Isoray found a stone, Irimiami and Isoray tested the stone, Irimiami and Isoray burned the forest. Climax: • The biggest problem: when Irimiami and Isoray started a really big fire because they kept testing the stone. 

# Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved.

• How the characters solved the problems: Irimiami and Isoray asked helps from God Iriwonawani.

# Coda / reorientation (optional) : lesson from the story

• Moral value: Curiosity can lead us to discovery, but if we do it arbitrarily, it will lead to disaster.

Purpose of Narrative text

The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

Language Feature of Narrative Text:

– Past tense (shouted and jumped off, cried, etc)
– Adverb of time (long time ago; every day; as time passed by etc)
– Time conjunction/ Sequences of the events (E.g.: one day; meanwhile; a short time later; one bright day; nevertheless)
– Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (E.g.: ....a sago plantation owned by God Iriwonawani, who also owned a tifa. ... there still lived a couple of husband and wife, Irimiami and Isoray.)
– Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (shouted and jumped off, cried, etc)
– Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. ("My husband, we've burned this place." Isoray cried in fear.). 

Kinds of Narrative Text
fable
folktales
fairy tales
myth
legend

Let's Practice

Question 1

The function of a folktale is ….

a. to give social message through a story

b. to report what happened in the past

c. to describe past characters

d. to explain how events happened

e. to show hero and heroine

Question 2

The generic structure of a folktale is the same with

the generic structure of a ....

a. Narrative text

b. Spoof

c. Exposition text

d. Recount text

e. Procedure text

Question 3

Below are examples of Indonesian folktales, except ….

a. The Eel and the Coconut Tree

b. Bawang Merah Bawang Putih

c. Timun Mas

d. Ande Ande Lumut

e. Lutung Kasarung

Read the story below and answer questions 4 to 7.

The Legend of Pulau Mas

Once upon a time, there was a powerful and strong prince named Prince Wiralodra. 

He was really good in martial arts. Even, people say that he had supernatural skills.

Having this powerful prince made the kingdom really safe from criminals.

Because people in the kingdom lived happily, they kept growing. 

The number of people in the kingdom did not fit the size of the kingdom anymore. 

Then, the prince decided to open the forest to develop housing for the people. 

He called all of his soldiers and wanted to ask them to cut trees in the forest.

In the meeting with his soldiers, no one answered the prince when he asked 

them to be ready for going to the forest on the next day. Later on, one of 

the soldiers, Rama, told the prince that there was a genie in the forest. 

The forest was haunted. The genie would hurt people who come to the forest. 

The prince forced the soldiers to go there because his people really needed new land. 

He also said that he would ask the genie to leave the forest.

On the next day, when the soldiers were cutting down the trees in the forest, 

a strange sound came. They ran to find the prince. 

Prince Wiralodra immediately went in to the forest and met the genie.

The prince had an argument with the genie and the argument lead to a fight. 

The prince had a superpower. He used his supernatural ability 

to fight the genie. The genie had no idea that the prince had that huge power. 

Just in a moment, the prince defeated the genie.

The genie begged for forgiveness and said that it did not have any place to live. 

Since the price was kind-hearted, he gave an empty island for the genie. 

The genie finally left the forest and moved to the island. People often saw 

a golden light from that empty island. From that moment on, 

people called that island “Pulau Mas”; meaning the Golden Island.

Question 4

The name of the strong prince in the story is ….

a. Rama

b. Wiralodra

c. Genie

d. Mas

e. Golden

Question 5

From the folktale of Pulau Mas, we know that the soldiers

were silent when the prince asked them to go the forest because ….

a. they did not have supernatural power

b. they could not fight

c. the forest was really far

d. they were afraid of a genie

e. the prince was very arrogant

Question 6

From the above folktale, we know that the empty island

where the genie lived is called Pulau Mas because….

a. people see golden light from the island

b. there is a gold mountain there

c. people see that the island is surrounded by gold river

d. there are a lot of gold there

e. the king has many gold

Question 7

From the story of the Golden Island, we know that the prince wanted

to open the forest, cut the trees, and use the land for the purpose of ….

a. fulfilling people’s demand that needed some new lands

b. the people were moving

c. keeping away the genie because he hated the genie

d. sending out the genie to the land

e. farming there

The following folktale is to answer questions 8 to 10. Read it carefully.

Brahmana and the Crab

Once upon a time, there was a very wise brahmana named Dwijeswara. 

Everybody knew him as a loving person. One day, he was praying on 

the mountain when he suddenly saw a crab. The crab was starving and thirsty. 

The crab name was Astapada. Dwijeswara was sad looking at the crab. 

He thought that the crab was lost.

Dwijeswara put the miserable crab into his pile of clothes. 

Then, he came to a river and let the crab go. Feeling tired after a long walk, 

Dwijeswara took a rest on a flat stone and fell asleep near the river.

Suddenly there were a snake and a crow coming. The crow told the snake 

that the snake can eat the man and the crow will only eat the man`s eyeballs 

for lunch. All the surrounding animals knew that the snake and crow 

always behaved cruelly to anyone. They would eat living animals 

and human being when they were hungry.

Astapada heard the conversation. He remembered what Dwijeswara 

did to save him and the crab thought it was his turn to help Dwijeswara. 

The brave crab came to the snake and crow while saying, 

“Hey you guys, believe me, I can stretch your neck so you can 

enjoy your lunch even more. The man is a big feast for you all, anyway,” 

said the crab to the crow and the snake.

Both animals agree with the crab`s idea and both of them immediately 

offered their neck. The crabs then cut their necks with its claw right away. 

The crow and the snake died instantly and the man

was saved by the smart, brave crab.

Question 8

Below are characters of the story, except….

a. a river

b. a snake

c. a crow

d. a crab

e. a brahmana

Question 9

The Brahmana took a rest ….

a. near the river

b. under the tree

c. in his home

d. in the crab's house

e. under his pile of clothes

Question 10

The moral message we can get from the story is….

a. never trust a crab

b. do not ever eat your friend

c. goodness will definitely rewarded with goodness

d. do not ever take a rest near the river

e. animals always lie

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