The Ot Danum From Tumbang Miri Until Tumbang ... - WWF Indonesia
The Ot Danum From Tumbang Miri Until Tumbang ... - WWF Indonesia
The Ot Danum From Tumbang Miri Until Tumbang ... - WWF Indonesia
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Metuh huran lewu <strong>Tumbang</strong><br />
Pajangei rami tutu awi are kalunee.<br />
Kaliling lewu imagar hapan batang<br />
tabalien je imbul mendeng je inyewut<br />
kuta, kilau benteng akan mahakan<br />
serangan musuh. Lewu te inyewut kilau<br />
kau awi lekaa intu tumbang sungei<br />
Pajangei, je bamuara kan batang danum<br />
Kahayan.<br />
Sempung, rujin lewu <strong>Tumbang</strong><br />
Pajangei tuh tege uju kabalii. Bara kabalii<br />
je kauju ie te Nyai Endas (anak bara<br />
Karangkang tuntang Kamulung Tenek<br />
Bulau), anak kaduee je melai umba ie<br />
intu <strong>Tumbang</strong> Pajangei ie te Bungai.<br />
Sadang Tambun bapaa ie te Serupoi<br />
(andi Sempung) tuntang induu Bungkai<br />
(andi Nyai Endas).<br />
Ringkai ie te anak Kumpang,<br />
andi Sempung kea. Amun Rambang,<br />
bapaa ie te Mantai (kaka Nyai Endas).<br />
Bara ewen epat ie te Bungai, Tambun,<br />
Rambang tuntang Ringkai, te Rambang<br />
je tambakase hayak ie kea kilau panahiu<br />
tuntang pamutus karen taluh je cagar<br />
induan.<br />
Epat Hatue Menteng<br />
Empat Lelaki Perkasa |Four Strong Men<br />
Zaman dahulu desa <strong>Tumbang</strong><br />
Pajangei sangat ramai karena banyak<br />
penduduknya. Keliling desa dipagar<br />
dengan batang kayu ulin yang<br />
ditanamkan tegak yang disebut kuta,<br />
seperti benteng untuk bertahan terhadap<br />
serangan musuh. Desa itu dinamakan<br />
sedemikian sebab letaknya di muara<br />
sungai Pajangei, anak sungai Kahayan.<br />
Sempung, pasak desa <strong>Tumbang</strong><br />
Pajangei ini ada tujuh orang isterinya.<br />
Dari isterinya yang ketujuh yakni Nyai<br />
Endas (puteri dari Karangkang dan<br />
Kamulung Tenek Bulau), anak keduanya<br />
yang tinggal bersamanya di <strong>Tumbang</strong><br />
Pajangei adalah Bungai. Sedangkan<br />
Tambun ayahnya adalah Serupoi (adik<br />
Sempung) dan ibunya Bungkai (adik<br />
Nyai Endas).<br />
Ringkai adalah anak Kumpang,<br />
adik Sempung juga. Adapun Rambang,<br />
ayahnya adalah Mantai (kakak Nyai<br />
Endas). Dari mereka berempat yakni<br />
Bungai, Tambun, Rambang dan<br />
Ringkai, maka Rambanglah yang tertua<br />
serta ia pula pemikir dan pemutus segala<br />
kebijakan yang diambil.<br />
Long, long time ago, the Pajangei<br />
village was very crowded because it<br />
has many people in it. <strong>The</strong> village was<br />
surrounded by strong ironwood log<br />
setup straight, called kuta, like a fortress<br />
to defend the village from enemy’s<br />
attack. <strong>The</strong>y named the village after the<br />
location in the downstream of Pajangei<br />
River, the sub-river of Kahayan.<br />
Sempung, the head of the village<br />
had seven wives. <strong>From</strong> his seventh wife,<br />
Nyai Endas (daughter of Karangkang<br />
and Kamulung Tenek Bulau), his second<br />
son who lived with him in <strong>Tumbang</strong><br />
Pajangei was Bungai. While Tambun,<br />
his father was Serupoi (Sempung’s little<br />
brother) and his mother was Bungkai<br />
(Nyai Endas’ sister).<br />
Ringkai was Kumpang’s son,<br />
another Sempung’s little brother, while<br />
Rambang, his father was Mantai (Nyai<br />
Endas’ big brother). <strong>From</strong> the four of<br />
them, which was Bungai, Tambun,<br />
Rambang, and Ringkai, it was Rambang<br />
who is the oldest, the mind and the<br />
decision maker of every course of action<br />
taken.