Legenda Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup

Legenda Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup

This story happened in the village Reducer, Tanah Gayo, hundreds of years ago. Once upon a time, there was a poor family consisting of a father, a mother, a child who is seven years old, and another child who is still nursing. The father is a farmer. In his spare time he was always hunting deer in the woods. In addition, he is also a lot of catching grasshoppers in the fields for food, when it was unable to obtain a deer hunting. Locusts were gleaned on an empty granary because of the dry season.

One day the father went hunting for deer in the woods. Stay at home wife and children. The time when the meal arrived, the older girl sulking because there is no fish as friend rice. Also no other side dishes available at the house. These events make the heart of his mother sadly true.

Finally, the mother ordered her son took the locusts alone in the barn. When the boy opened the barn door, he is not careful, the barn door remains open. This situation causes all the locusts flew out.

Meanwhile her father came hunting. The father looked very annoyed and tired. He did not obtain a deer hunting. Anger becomes larger when he found out from his wife that all locust in the barn had flown. Her irritation was increased also when he remembered how long he has to collect locusts. Now it's all gone in an instant tempo. In the circumstances it was beside himself, the father beat his wife until battered. Then he dragged her out of the house.

Groaning in pain. the mother left the house. In desperation she went to Atu Shopping always accept and swallow anyone who is willing to devour. Such intentions can come true if he menjangin, the words while singing in a language Gayo as follows:

"Atu sides, bertangkup atu te nge paddy pejaying old days." Meaning: Batu Belah, bertangkup stone, has come the promise of our past.

The words sung many times gently by mothers who are poor. Meanwhile the mother headed to Shopping Atu, her two children following her weeping from a distance. Great cradling her brother are still small.

Finally, what happens? Slowly but surely the divided parts of the rock open. Without doubt the mother goes into the mouth of a stone. Little by little her body swallowed by big rocks after he repeatedly sings the phrase auspicious.

At the time the two sisters arrived there. Circumstances surrounding nature is very bad. Heavy rainfall accompanied by windstorm. The earth was shaking as it is being witnessed Atu Shopping swallow a human. After all subsided, the heart moulder two sisters can only see her hair which was not swallowed Shopping Atu. Then the eldest son of seven strands revoke his mother to be a protective talisman them both.