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Princess Mandalika

Once upon a time in Lombok, there was a kingdom named Kuripan. The king of Kuripan was very wise. He had a daughter, named Mandalika. She was so beautiful. Many princess wanted to marry her. To choose the one that would be his son-in-law, the king had an arrow shooting competition. The best one would be Mandalika’s husband.
One the day of the competition, those princes shot their arroms. All of them did it perfectly. The king found it difficult to fight and kill each other.
Princess Mandalika was so desperate. She didn’t want anyone killing each other because of her. That’s why she decided to go to the sea. Sea died in the south sea of Lombok. The king and princes were sad felt guilty. They regretted and stopped fighting.
Until now, one day in every year, usually in February or March, people go to the south sea. One that day, a great number of worms nyale people believe that those nyales are princess Mandalika’s hair.