Sabtu, 22 September 2012

LAKE TOBA


LAKE TOBA
In the days of yore, there was a young man named Toba, he was an orphan who worked as farmers in the northern part of Sumatra island. The area is very dry. Besides farming Toba sometimes likes fishing and fishing (In the terminology of the Batak people is called mandurung, which means that catch fish by net)
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Until one day he went mandurung. Already half a day he did the job but none of the failure by the fish. Because it was getting dark so Toba was rushing to go home. However, he accidentally saw a large and beautiful fish, the fish is yellow gold.

Toba catch the big fish and take it home immediately. Arriving at the house because it is very hungry so he wanted to cook the fish immediately, but when I saw this beautiful fish, he thought better of it. He would prefer to maintain it. Toba Then put it in a large container and give the fish food.

The next day as usual, he went to farm to farm, and until the middle of the day he went home with the aim to lunch. But it would surprise him, when he saw inside his house becomes available that are ready to eat food and look lay a few pieces of gold. He was amazed wonder. Long he thinks anyone who does it all, but because his stomach is hungry, he finally ate the food hungrily.

This event continues over and over again. Every time he got home about to eat, cuisine by cuisine has been served at his home. Until the young man has a strategy in place to peek at who's doing all that.



The next day Toba began running his move. As usual, he left home, as if to go to the lading. Then, he suddenly jumped up and started hiding among the trees near his home.Long he waited, until finally when he wanted to come out of hiding, he saw no smoke in the kitchen began his home. As she slowly walked backward toward the house to see who is doing all that.

Toba was very surprised when he saw a very beautiful woman with long hair are cooking and the kitchen of his house. Toba became very fascinated because the face of the woman who stood before him pretty incredible. He had never seen such a beautiful woman.

Told by her that he was an incarnation of the big fish that has been acquired by Toba river.Then explained also that some pieces of gold that lies kitchen scales it is incarnate.

Until one day the farmer applying Toba women to be his wife. Women and even then it states willing to accept his proposal on condition that he should swear that all his life he would never bring up the origins of her incarnation of the fish. after he was sworn so, kawinlah them.

A year later, they were blessed with a son who they berinama Naidoo. It is very spoiled child that resulted in the boy's mother is less good tempered and lazy.

One day, the boy told his mother to deliver rice to the field for his father. But the middle of the road, some rice and side-pauknya in feeding the child. Arriving in the fields, the rest of the rice it is only a little he gave to his father. When received, the father was feeling very hungry then Toba became very angry when he saw rice given to him only the remnants.

Toba anger grew when her son confessed that he who takes most of the rice. The father is lost patience and he beat his son, saying. "Children who can not be taught. Not ungrateful, Yes, you're really the offspring of women who come from fish "
Sobbing, the boy ran home to his mother's home. To his mother he complain that he had beaten his father. All the slur he uttered his father told him as well. heard the story his son, the mother was so sad, especially because her husband has violated his oath to slur words he spoke to his son.


The mother told her to immediately go up the hill which is located not so far from their homes and climb the highest tree there dipuncak hill. without asking again, the child's mother Samosir immediate command. he ran towards it and climb out on a hilltop.


Then the mother ran to the river that are not so far away from their homes. When he reached the edge of the river was thunder, lightning, and the jarring. A moment later he jumped into the river and suddenly turn into a big fish. at the same time, the river rose and fell too great flood heavy downpours.

Intermittent short time later, the river was already overflowing everywhere and tergenanglah valley where the river flows. Mr. Toba could not save himself, he was drowned by a pool of water. over time, it is increasingly widespread waterlogging and turned into a huge lake that later on dinamakanDanau Toba. And a small island in the middle-middle island named samosir.

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