EPS 22 GREAT LEADERS
For two days Kyai Badrussalam and Andika lived in Dukuh Somawangi. During that time, Andika also learned a lot about the philosophy and the way Somawangi people look at life. Create harmony and harmony between all the elements of nature, both living and dead elements. And all that comes from the book Irodarsulasikin written by Endang Darsulasikin, the only daughter of Panembahan Somawangi with his wife Riyani. Under the guidance of Roro Lawe the Goddess of Knowledge.
Raden Mas Parto invites Andika and Pranaja to mingle with the lives of Dukuh Somawangi residents. Learn how to socialize and interact among citizens, as well as their way of life. How to cultivate the land to be ready to become fertile land. Fishing is only allowed every Sunday, and is done together, so as not to damage the river ecosystem. Cutting down trees is also determined a certain day and tailored to their needs.
“Why does the house here not have a back door?” ask Andika.
The house in dukuh Somawangi is the same shape, arranged in length in the form of the letter L. It was built using only wood and bamboo, as well as a roof of palm oil and coir. Each house has two doors, a special front door for entry and a special side door for exits. The two doors are made side by side but not parallel, the exit is located at the back.
“There should not be two doors that go opposite, for example, the front door directly leads to the back door, because it will hinder the arrival of luck,” said Mas Parto.
Andika nodded her head. Interesting also for anthropological study materials, inwardly. There is no electricity or gas. Their source of life depends on the environment of rice, palawija, fish and utensils from bamboo, wood and rattan.
The people are also very friendly. Every time they visited, the citizens would greet him with great respect and joy. They are always in the herbal medicine with the best food and drink. Rice liwet, grilled fish and kluban, vegetable stew anointed with coconut grater. As well as the best natural drinks, kopyor coconut water is sweet, savory and fresh.
The arrival of two handsome young men who entered the houses of the residents instantly attracted the attention of the young girls. They were always whispering admiring those two cute and generous smiles. Usually, once Pranaja and Andika passed, they would immediately gather and talk about the two young men.
“Mas Pranaja cute, Mas Andika very soft.,” said Nastiti
“Iya. I've only seen young men as handsome as them. Udah high, white skin, smart friendly and funny. Especially Pranaja mas, sometimes the behavior is ridiculous also” said Mouth.
“It feels like pinch their cheeks. Hm, I immediately fell in love with them.”
“Eh, you already have kang Slamet, your future husband. Want to get in front of him?”
“If Pranaja mas or Andika mas want to be with me, Slamet I throw it into the sea aja.”
They laugh.they laugh.
***
That morning everyone gathered in the pamujan room. From behind the marble stone-lined walls where the light painting depicting Begawan Wanayasa hangs, Panembahan Mbah Iro and Pranaja appear. There is something strange with Pranaja, he wears a red robe there is a picture of a blue circle in a golden thread embroidered around him. It is like a symbol of water in the sun.
Oneang Penatus and Raden Mas Parto immediately sat down, cupping their hands in front of their faces. Pranaja's face was astonished.
“Why are you guys acting so weird grandpa?”
“The clothes you wear are the great clothes of the great leader of the Somawangi Tribe,”sahut Panembahan Mbah Iro.
Pranaja scrunched his forehead. He observed the cloak of Panembahan Mbah Iro he wore.
“What does grandfather mean. You were the one who told me to wear this robe?”
Panembahan Mbah Iro nodded his head.
Pranaja's face immediately gasped in shock.
“I? Uh, what? The Great Leader of the Somawangi Tribe? Grandpa was joking, right?”
Panembahan Mbah Iro simply fell silent with a smile. Pranaja is so dizzy. The young man spread his eyes looking at the faces of his other grandfathers. But the attitude of Raden Mas Parto and Eyang Penatus is also the same. They still showed the brush respect to him.
“What?..... Not too fast, grandpa. I am not even twenty years old yet,” said Pranaja. “You yourself said, that I will be appointed as the leader of the Somawangi Trah after the age of twenty-five years.”
Panembahan Mbah Iro smiled.
“Actually age is not the size of Pranaja. But the level of maturity of your soul, wisdom, and abilities exceeds the level of ability of young men your age. Your experience is too much. Even you have broken through the passage of time and met directly with Shamtek the Great. You also master the power that comes from the highest element of nature, the power of the Sun. All of that is enough to convince us that it is difficult time for the leadership of Trah Somawangi I leave it to you”
Pranaja looked at Kyai Badrussalam and Andika who were sitting outside the pamujan space. He raised both his eyebrows and his shoulders, trying to persuade the kyai to speak. But the two of them nodded their heads. Andika even gave her thumb.
Huh! How'this? His inner. Pranaja shook his head. I think it's too soon. There are still many things he wants to do before his heart is really called to be the great leader of the Somawangi Trah. The cute and intelligent young man immediately twisted his brain.
“What rights do I have as Grandfather's Great Leader?”
“You have the highest power in determining the direction of our struggle, Pranaja.”
“Berati all descendants of Eyang Panembahan Somawangi obliged to obey all my orders and decisions?”
Panembahan Mbah Iro nodded his head.
“You are right my grandson. All descendants of the Somawangi Tribe are subject and obedient to all your commands and decisions. As long as it does not contradict the contents of the book Irodarsulasikin”
“Includes Eyang Panembahan himself?”
Panembahan Mbah Iro did not directly answer Pranaja's question. I think this question is so strange. The face of Pranaja was deep. He knew this was a question that could be double meaning. A few moments later he answered.
“Of course Pranaja. I am a member of the great family of Trah Somawangi, so it is my duty to carry out all your orders and decisions.”
Pranaja smiled, his face looked so happy. Panembahan Mbah Iro, Eyang Penatus and Raden Mas Parto looked at each other. They could not understand why their new leader's lips were smiling so widely.
“Then I command Mbah Iro, to temporarily carry out my duties as the Great Leader of the Somawangi Trah, for an indefinite time. I mean, until I cancel it. The title Panembahan also remains embedded in front of his name as long as I do not want to wear it.”
“What!” his three grandfathers together.
“This is my decision!” pranaja.
Pranaja stood gallantly in front of the altar sanggar pamujan. His face was so firm, his eyes were staring far straight ahead. It is as if he is asserting that his orders must be executed by anyone who is a member of the great family of the Somawangi Trah.
Outside the gentle whistling wind. Touching the smiling faces of Kyai Badrussalam and Andika heard the first command of the new leader of the Somawangi Trah, Rich Pranaja.