Kebo Iwa
Folklore from Bali
Once upon a time in Bali, a man and his wife were
praying. They have been married for a long time but did not have any children.
They asked God to give them a child. They prayed and prayed. God finally
answered their prayers. The wife, then, got pregnant and they had a baby boy.
They were very happy.
The baby
was extraordinary. He was very much different from other babies. He ate and
drank a lot. Day after day he ate more and more. His body was getting bigger
and bigger. And by the time he was a teenager, his body was as big as a
buffalo. People then started to call him Kebo Iwa. Because of his eating habit,
Kebo Iwa’s parents spent a lot of money to buy his food in large amount. They
finally went bankrupt. They gave up and asked the villagers to help them
provide the food.
The
villagers then worked together to cook and build a big house for Kebo Iwa. He
was like a giant. He could not stay in his parents’ house anymore because of
his big body. Sadly, after a few months, the villagers also could not afford to
cook him the food. They then asked Kebo Iwa to cook his own food. The villagers
just prepared the raw materials.
Kebo Iwa
agreed and as an expression of his gratitude to the villagers, he built a dam,
dug wells, and he also protected the villagers from animals and people who
wanted to attack their village. He did those things by himself.
Meanwhile,
the troops of Majapahit were planning to attack Bali. They knew about Kebo Iwa.
And they also knew that they could not conquer Bali with Kebo Iwa there. Kebo
Iwa was more powerful than they were.
Gajah
Mada, the Maha Patih (Chief Minister) of Majapahit then planned something. They
were pretending to invite Kebo Iwa to Majapahit to help them dig some wells.
They said that Majapahit was suffering from a long dry season and needed much
water. Kebo Iwa did not know the plan, so he went to Majapahit.
When Kebo
Iwa was busy digging a very big well, the troops covered the well. Kebo Iwa had
difficulty in breathing and buried alive. He died in the well. After the death
of Kebo Iwa, Bali was conquered by Majapahit. Until now, people still remember
Kebo Iwa because he had done a lot for Majapahit and Bali. The stone head of
legendary Kebo Iwa can be found in Pura Gaduh temple in Blahbatuh.
Questions
Please answer the questions based on
the story above!
1. What is the purpose of the story?
2. What does the text telling about?
3. What types the text about? Please
explain the generic structure of the text briefly!
4. How many characters in Kebo Iwa
story? Please mention it!
5. How did Kebo Iwa look like?
6. What happened to Kebo Iwa?
7. How was the story end?
8. What is the moral value of the Kebo
Iwa story?
Answer
1. The purpose of the story is to
retell the story of Kebo Iwa
2. The text telling about the sacrifice
of Kebo Iwa to protect Bali
3. The type of the text is Narrative
text. The generic structure of the text
including:
4. There are 5 characters. They are:
Kebo Iwa, Maha Patih Gajah Mada, Kebo
Iwa father, Kebo Iwa mother, and the Villagers.
5. He has body like buffalo because he
ate and drank a lot.
6. He died when Majapahit invite him to
help them to dig some walls. When Kebo Iwa was busy digging a very big well,
the troops covered the well. Kebo Iwa had difficulty in breathing and buried
alive. He died in the well.
7. The story end with the died of Kebo Iwa. After
the death of Kebo Iwa Bali was conquered by Majapahit.
Until now, people still remember Kebo Iwa because he had done a lot for
Majapahit and Bali 8. Be brave in every situation because a good thing will follow you when you have a positive thinking.
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