THE LEGEND OF SURA AND BAYA

The Legend of Surabaya  (1)

A long time ago in East Java there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in the sea.

Pada jaman dahulu di Jawa Timur ada dua binatang yang kuat. Sura dan Baya. Sura adalah seekor Hiu dan Baya adalah seekor Buaya. Mereka tinggal di laut.

Actually, they were friends. But when they were hungry, they were very greedy. They did not want to share their food. They would fight for it and never stop fighting until one of them gave up.

Pada dasarnya mereka adalah teman. Aka tetapi ketika mereka lapar, merkea menjadi sangat rakus. Mereka tidak ingin membagi makanan mereka. Mereka akan berkelahi dan tidak pernah berkelahi hingga salah seorang menyerah.

It was a very hot day. Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat.

Hari tiba tiba mejadi panas. Sura dan Baya mencari makanan. Tiba tiba Baya melihat seekor Kambing.

“Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.

“ Yummy, ini adalah makan siangku,” kata Baya.

“No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy! I had not eaten for two days!” said Sura.

“ tidak ini adalah makan siangku. Kamu rakus ! Saya belum makan selama dua hari !” kata Sura. vThen Sura and Baya fought again. After several hours, they were very tired. Sura had a plan to stop their bad behavior.

Kemudian Sura dan Baya berkelahi lagi. setelah beberapa Jam, mereka kelelahan dan berencana untuk menghentikan kebiasaan buruk mereka.

“I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura.

“ Saya lelah berkelahi, Baya” kata Sura. “Me too. What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?” asked Baya. “ Saya Juga, apa seharusnya kita berhenti berkelahi? Apakah kamu puny aide ? “ kata Baya.

“Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I look for food in the sea. And you live on the land, right? So, you look for the food also on the land. The border is the beach, so we will never meet again. Do you agree?” asked Sura.

“ ya, saya punya. Mari kita membag wilayah kita. Saya tinggal di air , sehingga saya mencari makan di laut. Dan kau tinggal di daratan, Benarkah? Sehingga kamu mencar makanan juga di daratan. Perbatasannya adalah pantai. Sehingga kita tidak pernah bertemu lagi. apakah kamu setuju? “ Tanya Sura.

“Hmm... let me think about it. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to the sea again. My place is on the land,” said Baya.

“ hmmm. Ijinkan saya berpikir dulu. OK. Saya Setuju, mulai hari ini, saya tidak akan pernah ke laut algi. Tempat saya adalah daratan, Kata Baya.

Then they both lived in the different places. But one day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.

Kemudian mereka tinggal di tempat yang berbeda. Akan tetapi suatu hari. Sura pergi ke daratan dan mencari makanan di sungai. dia sangat lapar dan tidak ada makanan di Laut. Baya marah ketika dia mengetahui bahwa Sura telah mengingkari janji.

“Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!”

“ hey, apa yang sedang kamu lakukan disini? Ini adalah tempat saya. Tempat mu adalah lautan!”

“But, there is water in the river, right? So, this is also my place!” said Sura. “ akan tetapi ada air di sungai, benarkah? Sehingga ini juga tempatku!” kata Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bite Baya's tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up. He went back to the sea. Baya was very happy. He had his place again.

Kemudian Sura dan Baya berkelah lagi. mereka berdua saling memukul satu sama alin. Sura Menggigt ekor Baya. Baya melakukan hal yang sama pada Sura. Dia menggigit hingga Sura akhirnya menyerah. Dia kembali lagi ke Lautan. Baya sangat senang. Dia menguasai tempatnya lagi.

The place where they were fighting was a mess. Blood was everywhere. People then always talked about the fight between Sura and Baya. They then named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. People also put their war as the symbol of Surabaya city.

Tempat mereka berkelahi menjadi berantakan. Darah dimana mana. Orang orang kemudian mengatakan pertempuran antara Sura dan Baya. Kemudian mereka menyebutnya dengan Surabaya.kata itu berasal dari Sura yang berarti Hiu dan Baya yang berarti buaya. Orang orang juga menganggap pertempuran itu sebagai symbol kota Surabaya.

The Legend of Surabaya (2)

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Folklore from East Java

A long time ago in East Java there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in the sea.

Actually, they were friends. But when they were hungry, they were very greedy. They did not want to share their food. They would fight for it and never stop fighting until one of them gave up.

It was a very hot day. Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat.

“Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.

“No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy! I had not eaten for two days!” said Sura.

Then Sura and Baya fought again. After several hours, they were very tired. Sura had a plan to stop their bad behavior.

“I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura.

“Me too. What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?” asked Baya.

“Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I look for food in the sea. And you live on the land, right? So, you look for the food also on the land. The border is the beach, so we will never meet again. Do you agree?” asked Sura.

“Hmm... let me think about it. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to the sea again. My place is on the land,” said Baya.

Then they both lived in the different places. But one day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.

“Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!”

“But, there is water in the river, right? So, this is also my place!” said Sura.

Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bite Baya's tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up. He went back to the sea. Baya was very happy. He had his place again.

The place where they were fighting was a mess. Blood was everywhere. People then always talked about the fight between Sura and Baya. They then named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. People also put their war as the symbol of Surabaya city. ***

Did you know?

The Statue of Sura and Buaya (Javanese: Suro and Boyo) is the symbol of the city of Surabaya. This statue is located in front of the Surabaya Zoo. The sculpture represented of two animals that inspired the name of Surabaya city: Shark and crocodile.

But there is also the other opinion of Surabaya. The word comes from Sura and Baya. Sura means save, Baya mean danger, so Surabaya means 'save from danger'.

Danger means the attached of Tar-tar soldiers to punish King Jawa. The truth that the convicted was Kertanegara. Unfortunately, Kertanegara had been killed, then Jayakatwang had been raided by Tar-tar soldiers.

Patung Sura dan Baya

After defeating Jayakatwang people, Tar-Tar seize the property and dozens of beautiful girls to take to China.

Raden Wijaya could not bear this. With a sniper tactics, Raden Wijaya Tar-Tar attacked the soldiers at the port of Ujung Galuh until they withdrew back to China.

Furthermore, the day of the Raden Wijaya's victory celebrates as the anniversary of Surabaya city.

Surabaya seems to have been destined to continue to unstable. On 10th November 1945 proofed the identity of  Surabaya people, the courage to attack English and Dutch.

In the current era, the struggle for water and land territories continues. At the time the rainy season, the city of Surabaya suffered of flood. In the dry season, sometimes pools became dry land. That's Surabaya. (Wiki)

Ancient heritages 

Ancient heritages that can be found near Surabaya city.

source: en.wikipedia.org

• Historical places in Trowulan. Trowulan is a village in Mojokerto, in the Indonesian province of East Java. It is surrounded by an archaeological site covering approximately 100 square kilometres. It has been suggested it was the site of the eponymous capital city of the Majapahit Empire. Not only the temple, you will also find out the Trowulan Museum, where is the place of ancient heritages from Majapahit. There are so many historical tourism objects in Trowulan, like Brahu Temple, Wringin Lawang Temple, Tikus Temple, Tawon Temple, Kolam Segaran or Segaran Pool, Pendopo Agung, etc.

• Jawi temple is a holy building of Hinduism and Budhism that has built in 1300 AD by Kertanegara, the last king of Singosari Kingdom, which located in Pasuruan Area.

• Singosari temple is located at a small town in Malang. It is situated about 400 m above sea-level, and is therefore quite cool especially from June to August.

• Belahan temple is located around the slopes of Mount  Penanggungan Pandaan a distance of about 35 kilometers from Surabaya to Malang direction. Uniquely in this temple there is a kind ofrelief with the image the god Vishnu who climbed the garuda bird or Garuda Wisnu Kencana.

• Jabung temple is a 14th century buddhist temple dated from Majapahit era, located in Jabung village, Paiton, Probolinggo, East Java. This temple is made from red brick measuring 16.20 metres.

• Panataran temple is the largest Hindu temple complex in East Java, located roughly 10 km north of Blitar. Believed to have been under construction from the 12th Century to the 15th Century, the temple played a significant role in the Majapahit Kingdom, especially under King Hayam Wuruk. 

Example of Narrative Text – Legend of Sura and Baya

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Learning English with an example of narrative text – Most stories are narrative. If a story consists of ORIENTATION, COMPLICATION, and RESOLUTION, surely the story is a narrative text. Let’s see the following example of narrative text! However before we see it, we should remember that the story genre in English text can be in various forms. The famous ones are legend, myth, fable and love story. No matter what the form is, the point goes to how the text is written and structured. In this case then the 3 elements of generic structure above are absolutely important. It is meant if the text is consists of orientation, complication, and also resolution, the text must be a narrative. If it doesn’t, the text can be a recount or a news item.

As I stated above, narrative text examples can be in several forms. Today we have one example of narrative text in the form of legend. Do you know what is legend? I am sure you all have known it. Hopefully because we do not talk about the definition of legend instead of the example which is labelled as narrative. So let’s see the story below!

Narrative Text in the Legend of Surabaya

Narrative text legend – Sura and Baya

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.

Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat “Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya. “No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy” said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were very tired.

Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.

One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise. They fought again.

They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and went back to the sea. Baya was happy.

Note on the Generic Structure of Narrative Text
How we know that the legend of Surabaya above is a narrative text? Can we find the proof that the story of Sura and Baya is a narrative?. Which point does show us that the the legend above deserves to be labeled as narrative story? Can we answer such questions? Or even we ask ” Do we need to find the proof?

Well, I think finding the proof which shows that the story above is narrative or not is important. Remember we, high school students, often find questions like

What is the genre of the text?

What is text types of the story above?

What type is the text above?

And of course, that such question can vary from phrase to another ones. The point of such questions are only one if we have the ability to identify the type of that legend story. So how we can identify the types of every text? That is the important of knowing generic structure of the text. Now lets see it

Structure	Contents
Orientation	The orientation is Sura and Baya as the participants of the story. Remember a participant can be a character in another term
Complication	There is a confrontation scene among the participants. It is the fighting between Sura and Baya. The fight for food happen several times and they determine the plot of the story as a whole
Resolution	Baya is happy because Sura gives up in the last fighting

That’s all about the example of narrative text in the legend of Sura and Baya (Surabaya city). Providing with the generic structure analysis, hopefully this post helps you to understand and identify any text easily, which  is narrative and which one is not.