West Sumatra Folklore: The Fairy Tales of Malin Kundang.

Deddy Irawan
6 min readMar 31, 2021
The Fairy Tale of Malin Kundang

In old occasions in the fishing town of Pantai Air Manis nearby ​​Padang, West Sumatra, there carried on a widow named Mande Rubayah with her child named Malin Kundang. Mande Rubayah truly cherished and ruined Malin Kundang. Malin is a kid who is industrious and submissive.

Mande Rubayah is old, she is simply ready to fill in as a cake vender to accommodate her and her lone youngster. At some point, Malin became sick. The torment was serious, his life nearly took off however in the end he was saved because of his mom’s diligent effort. Subsequent to recuperating from his sickness he was cherished significantly more. They are mother and youngster who love one another. Presently, Malin is a grown-up, he asks authorization from his mom to go to the city, in light of the fact that around then there was a huge boat moored at Air Manis Beach.

“Don’t Malin, I’m afraid something will happen to you on overseas lands. Just stay here, stay with you, ”her mother said sadly after hearing Malin’s wish to leave.

“Mother, quiet down, nothing will happen to me,” said Malin, holding his mom’s hand. “This is your opportunity, ma’am, since it isn’t sure that once per year an enormous boat moored at this sea shore. I need to change our destiny ma’am, kindly permit it, “argued Malin asked.

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Deddy Irawan
Deddy Irawan

Written by Deddy Irawan

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