Folk Story About The Origin of Lake Toba
According to information we know together, that Lake Toba is a volcanic lake where there is a large island right in the middle of the lake that is Samosir Island.
Lake Toba is located in the province of North Sumatra is awarded as the largest lake in Southeast Asia. Until now the charming natural charm makes this location a tourist attraction for tourists in the country and foreign tourists.
In general, the majority of people who live around Lake Toba area bersak Batak with a variety of professions are mostly as farmers, traders and fishermen. For those of you who want to know more about how Lake Toba is created.
Here the folklore that Gobatak.com summarizes from various versions of the legend circulating in the wider community about the origin of Lake Toba.
In a village in North Sumatera in Tapanuli lived a man named Toba living alone in a small hut. Toba is a farmer who is very diligent to work every day to grow his own garden vegetables.
Day after day, year after year of age is growing, even farmers begin to feel bored own life. Sometimes to let go of fatigue he often go fishing to a big river near his garden.
By noon after the harvest of some vegetables dikebunnya also planned to go to the river for fishing. Equipment for fishing had been prepared, amid the journey he had time to murmur silently said, "if I have a wife and son of course I'm not alone anymore live doing this job every day. When coming home from the garden, food is available and greeted the wife's son, oh how happy "
He arrived where his usual fishing spots, hooks thrown while waiting, agannya was still disturbing konsentrasinya. Not for a long time suddenly jerked his hook, torn he pulled his hook. He was surprised to see the fish catch this time.
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"Wow, it's so great this goldfish. This is the first time I get a fish like this "he cried as he finished fishing activities and he immediately went home.
Arriving in his little hut, the young man put his catch in a big bucket. How pleased she is, the fish she can get into a side dish for a few days. He then rushes to light a fire in the kitchen, then returns to pick up the goldfish he left in a big bucket. How surprised he saw the incident. Bucket where the fish was filled with gold coins are very much, he was surprised and went to the kitchen. Wherever he was shocked half-dead, there is a figure of a beautiful long-haired woman. "Who are you?"
"I was the fish you hooked in the river before, the gold coins that diember was the scales that are detached from my body. Actually I am a woman cursed and bewitched by a shaman because I do not want to be arranged. Because you saved me and turned me into a human being, I am willing to be your wife "said the fish, which has now reincarnated into a beautiful and long-haired woman.
It's a coincidence, I've been expecting a living companion to live together to live the life of the farmer's word. So he agreed to marry the beautiful woman.
The beautiful woman also mentioned to the farmer a requirement and an oath that if one day you are angry, you should not say that my origin is from a fish to anyone. For if you say that, there will be great disaster and disaster in this village. The farmer agreed, and eventually they got married.
Day after day they also live a happy life, what is expected by the farmer has been realized and he was very happy. Until they were blessed with a son and they gave his name Samosir.
Samosirpun grew up, he was able to help his parents farm. Every day Samosir in the afternoon always deliver lunch for his father who has dimasakin by his mother.
One day, that afternoon farmers already feel tired and hungry while waiting for Samosir come deliver lunch lunch. Unusually, this time Samosir belatedly missed his parents. Samosir's journey kissed the supplies he had brought to his parents, it looked as good as mommy's cooking today, he mumbled. Samosirpun tasted his mother's cooking, he was not aware of the stock was eaten almost exhausted.
Samosirpun gasped and rushed to his father's garden. He saw his father was starving and hungry. Feeling heavy, Samosirpun provide supplies to his father. And surprised his father saw the contents of the supplies given Samosir.
"Yes, Among. Samosir was hungry and I eat, Inong cuisine really taste "said Samosir to his father who looks emotion. Spontaneously his father was angry and threw the provision that was empty earlier while saying to Samosir: "Insolent you Samosir, the bottom of your son fish".
Samosir also cries and goes running to the house to meet his mother. Mother, mother, father outraged Samosir called child fish. Samosir said to his mother. Ibunyapun crying, sektika that his mother told Samosir running to a hill diketinggian. Then the rain became heavier, strong winds, thunder and lightning struck at once.
Airpun overflowed until it drowned the whole village. The oath was violated, finally the whole village was won and the fruit became a lake, now called Lake Toba. Then the island where samosir shelter is called Samosir Island.
The Moral Message of the North Sumatra Folklore The Legend of the Origin of Lake Toba is:
Do not break the oath ever uttered because
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