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The Jampang Jawara Betawi

jampang jawara betawi

**there is a house on a very high hill, the hill is called mount kepuh. The house there is a famous martial arts college throughout betawi. the leader of the college named ki samad (shomad ), he is a famous champion and difficult to find a match. pak samad or ki samad has two favorite students named jampang and sarba. the two young men are said to be in addition to handsome and handsome, also have a high and tough silat science. After a long time jampang and sarba demanded knowledge, the time has come for them to return to their respective homes.The essence of the summary of ki samad advice that they always remember is "to be careful in using your knowledge. don't go down the wrong road."

in the middle of the journey jampang and sarba stop by at a rice stall to fill their empty stomachs after a long journey.there they see cork and subro, and, two men of juragan saud (gan saud), a landowner.The two men are famous for their arbitrary actions, always doing troublemaking, and, and it happened that by the time they had eaten at the stall, but did not want to pay for it.

jampang and sarba did not want to stay silent.they faced the arrogant tiles.Cork and subro were surprised to see there were two young men who dared to block their actions. all this time everyone was always afraid and submissive to them.

they underestimate jampang and sarba. when a fight occurs, they hit the stone, it turns out jampang and sarba are not ordinary people.this is where the name jampang and sarba became famous. both tiles were overwhelmed, overwhelmed, and they managed to escape carrying a burning grudge.

it is said that the story, after handling the two people, jampang and sarba separated to their respective hometowns. in his village, jampang taught his silat science to the santri-santri haji Bashir. one of his sayings," as a Muslim, we must not be weak, we must be strong in order to defend ourselves and protect the weak from criminals." Hajj Bashir really likes young people who are eager like a crossbar.

one day, Haji Bashir gave the task to jampang to deliver a letter to his younger brother named haji hasan who lives in kebayoran. jampang was very obedient to Hajj and accepted the task happily. After dzuhur, jampang had been in the kebayoran area and saw a group of officials were controlling their territory. the residents who were on the side of the road lowered their heads while paying respect like an ancient king saluted.

when he was near the stream, he heard the voice of a woman screaming for help.It appears in his eyes that a rude man was about to do indecent to a woman who had just finished bathing. the depraved man was named kepeng, the son of the jabrik, the champion in the area, and the girl was named siti, the daughter of the sudin sir.

he was angry and helped the woman.fierce fighting was inevitable. with his power to beat the kepeng. After the fight, jampang drove siti to his home.and then sir sudin the old man siti, take him to the hajj house to deliver a letter of Hajj to hajj hasan.

it turns out that the letter contains a suggestion that Hajj hasan told his young people to learn martial arts. indeed, at that time the lands on the outskirts of the city of Betawi are often not safe, and jampang got the task to train the young men.jampang also did his job well. the presence of jampang in the area makes jabrig and his men feel insecure and intend to get rid of him.

one day, the gang of the jabrig attacked him, but jampang is not a young man.he is a breakaway college of the mountain kebuh, for him the jabrig and his men do not mean anything. he was even able to destroy the horde. the condition of the village became safe.The destruction of the jabrig horde made the task of jampang completed.he was soon ready to return to his hometown. this makes the name jampang again famous for its greatness.

upon arrival in the village, a slander awaits.a slander made subro and cork that states that jampang has stolen two buffalo belonging to the saud. those who have been defeated jampang apparently still feel revenge and they want to throw jampang to prison by reporting jampang to the police.jampang know that this is a trap. he faces the Bashir hajj to be guided. Hajj Bashir advises on the crossbar to find the saud master and resuscitate him.

finally, he went to the house of the saud skipper.there he even took buffalo and valuables belonging to the saud manager and distributed them to small communities in need. juragan saud who was annoyed at the jampang he slandered, even robbed him. he asked the police to mobilize troops to arrest him. police were deployed everywhere. some of them shot him to death.

but according to the myth that circulated, jampang was not killed. with his magic, jampang managed to trick them by changing a banana tree trunk as if it were him. So, what they killed was a banana trunk, and then they were killed, not the real jampang. after the situation is safe, jampang married siti, son of Pak sudin, the person he helped first**.