Legend has it, the formation of the lake is closely related to the story of a great snake named Baruklinthing. However, I'm not going to tell the story of this legend because it has been much discussed on the mailing lists ten, unless friends readers of this blog asked me to retell the story Baruklinthing.
Back to the Swamp Dizziness lake, from the lake flowed a great river dammed by the government for hydropower. This river has 3 bridges, the first is a bridge railroads Dutch heritage Ambarawa - Tuntang located upstream, major bridges were impassable highways Solo - Semarang (main bridge consists of two bridges, the bridge leading to Semarang with new construction and bridge direction solo which is a legacy of the colonial era), and the third is a small bridge located between the main bridge to the dam.
Local residents often call this river as a river divides the village Tuntang for Tuntang. While in the map, your friends will recognize it as a river Demak (cmiiw). Communities around the lake believed that lakes and rivers are part of the kingdom lelembut consisting of three major kingdoms. The first kingdom located in Rawa Dizziness lake itself which is the center of the other kingdoms. The second kingdom located between the railway bridge to the main bridge, and from the main bridge to the dam is the third kingdom.
Sometimes in the evening gamelan percussion sounds loud enough echoed around the lake and river. The sound was like the sound of gamelan puppet, as if there was a celebration is being held, but no villagers who were holding the celebration. If we find the source of the noise, such as noise from across the river or lake. But when we cross, when he got across the sound becomes as if it came from our original place.
The sound of gamelan was for us a sign, that the next day there will definitely be sinking. Who knows how many people drowned there, but the myth mentions no Tuntang indigenous people who have been victims. Indeed, throughout my knowledge, there has been no genuine Tuntang people who drowned and died there.
In the 1970s, an elder of our village which also has a hermitage martial power in and boarding, call it a pack of T (alm.), Received royal occupants wangsit grandfather Rawa Dizziness long beard. In a divine being continuously gained for three consecutive days, the royal messenger grandfather Rawa Dizziness asking victimizing "sak pitik kandange" or in Indonesian chicken is sekandangnya. Of course Mr. T confused, what is meant by this stablemates chicken, and some have claimed to see the cavalcade of horsemen royal era on the main bridge.
Based on the information my mother who at that time was 12 years old, gamelan sounds very lively, as if Rawa Dizziness will hold a big celebration. Until about three days later, there were two villagers who boarded the bus Tuntang Palapa of Semarang come down around the main bridge. However, the driver and helper refused to drop the two passengers were there because the place was its location right in the middle of the meeting of two derivatives sharp (if you ever via highway Solo Semarang, must pass this way. So both directions Solo and directions Semarang both declined sharply and met right on this main bridge, such as through the valley).
At the time it was already common buses refused to drop off passengers there. By the bus driver and helper palapa, the two men unloaded in the area of coffee plantations named Bawen. One of the passengers are elderly grandfather. When getting lowered in Bawen, grandfather angrily and loudly shouted "dadi ngene carane ya? (So here ya do?)". Then came the deadly accident ...
When passing the main bridge Tuntang, Palapa bus suddenly swerved and then into the river. The sound of heavy objects falling into the water "SPLASH !!". Residents who see screaming like hell to tell other residents that there is a bus that fell into the river. Electrical poles were hit at full speed by the witnesses, hoping that the rest of the population leave and succor.
Some people jump throw themselves, to try to help the passengers. But alas, the river flow was too strong and the water was too murky. Strong currents bent over the bus so that the bus doors can not be opened. Nobody passengers were rescued that day. Apparently, this is what is meant by "sak pitik kandange" in a divine being received by Mr. T. And Rawa Dizziness partying that night, the sound of gamelan sounded until several days later. Since then, all bus passengers are willing to lower around the main bridge Tuntang.
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