LEGEND OF SACRED CAVE / PARAT CAVE



map of nature reserve Pangandaran
If you visit to Pangandaran, should you took time to enter the Nature Reserve area Pangandaran. because in this Nature Reserve visitors will meet some personal experiences as well , Here we will try to tell a little story about the Sacred Cave which called  Parat Cave .

The distance between the Cave Stage with Parat Cave is about 100 Meters. From the name alone of course we can know what kind of Parat's Cave. Parat is the origin of the Sundanese word with the meaning of invisibility. So Cave is a cave which Parat impassable and impenetrable.
2 tomb Syech Ahmad & Syech Muhammad in entrance of Parat cave
So that visitors can come out Cave does not have to mouth the first cave entrance, but visitors can get out of the mouth of the other cave. In that sense, visitors can penetrate the cave from side to side. The length of this groove Parat cave about 150 meters. Lots of uniqueness that is in this Parat Cave.

First time visitors will find 2 pieces parat petilasan at the mouth of the cave first. Here is told that in earlier times when initially entering Indonesia Islamic civilization generally, Pangandaran in particular, there are 2 people Knights. Parat Cave or  Sacred Cave is a place of family meditated prince of Egypt, who named Prince Maja Agung, Sumenda Prince, Prince Kasepuhan (Syech Ahmad) and Prince Kanoman (Syech Muhammad).

Mister P and Miss V  Stone in Parat Caves
Prince is the father of Maja Agung Syech Syech Muhammad Ahmad and his wife was bleeding from China, while the Prince is the brother of Prince Sumenda Maja Agung.

Prince and Prince Kanoman Kasepuhan it by his father, Prince Maja Agung was assigned to spread the religion of Islam and the Great Prince Maja believe kapada her two children because they have the magic power of ten amulets called "Konca Kaliman". In his journey Kasepuhan Prince (Syech Ahmad) and Prince Kanoman (Syech Muhammad) follow the direction of angina, finally arrived in the land of Java, Pangandaran. After her two children to travel, his father, Syech Maja Agung not received word from them, because of missed and his desire to know the prince's second existence. Then Syech maja General asked the help of Prince King Sumenda to look for it

On the instructions of the Almighty, and finally Prince Prince Kanoman Kasepuhan can be found by his uncle's (Prince King Sumenda) and then notify her sister, Maja Agung Syech soon followed, and the two princes (his son) is located in the Cave.
 
Not told where and how ultimately from the Princes disseminator of religion Islam is, but visitors can find 2 pieces of the tomb (but not grave) at the mouth of the Cave of the Prince Kasepuahn Parat (Syech Ahmad) and Prince Kanoman (Syech Muhammad) who deliberately made ​​people Pangandaran that time, who never accepted his teachings in order to commemorate the two peers that they knew nothing about her disappearance.

In addition to the second petilasan Syech propagator of Islam was, in the Cave Parat there are a lot of stalactite and stalagmite that was beautiful if you just caught. Inside the cave there is a wide range of Parat this story that maybe you could believe or even none at all. ther are stalactites called  a vital tool for both males (mister P) and for female (Miss V). Because it is the shape and testur stalactites that resembles a vital tool. According to the story (myth) can you believe it or not if the male visitors to touch and even hug  stalactites mister P will be more big / large and increasing vitality.
 As for female visitors when touching or hugging, digging holes that resemble stone with stalactites stalactites miss V,  the holder of a stone.
petition stone
It will give great assurance to prospective partners. But if visitor both wife and husband accidentally  together to touch even embrace stalactites mister P and Miss V, if you  believe the marriage wii be lasting. Both stone stalactites that have circulated widely in the community. So that this uniqueness has ever aired on the TV show .

Besides the uniqueness of stalactites mister P and miss V  before, there are also others in  Parat Caves uniqueness of this stone is a request or desire. Where the application is similar to the stone stupa Borobudur temple, and the top left there is a hole in the hole there is a small stone of a marble. According to myth, story, superstition developed in the community Pangandaran, if the visitors dug or put their hands and touched a small stone of a marble in the top stupa (stone requests), and immediately closed her eyes as she pleaded with the Almighty, any petition that will immediately answered. But sometimes one can reach the size of a marble stone there as well who can not. Because of the small holes, the application was fairly high stone pedestal from Parat cave itself. You should at least stand up and attempt to reach berjingkit. You may believe it or not . That's the other side of the two worlds of life in the cave Parat . are still in the local community trust. And that's the main attraction for visitors, especially those who took time to enter the Nature Reserve in Pangandaran.

stone gong
Another uniqueness is in the Cave Parat is the existence of a flat or plate-shaped stalactites, and there is a small circle of human fist on slabs of stone but has a uniqueness if beaten (beaten) her voice sounds like drums and the sound of Gong. One of the visitors tried to hit the stalactite that was true for both sound very similar to the Rampak drums echoed with the sound of a gong in the Cave. It's uniqueness is beyond measure, the rock can sound like a really beaten Rampak drums.

Another uniqueness in Parat Cave is the presence of stalactite and stalagmite if we highlight the sort of torch lighting, the stone stalactite and stalagmite will shine like a diamond contains. But it happened because of calcification in the stone cave was a mix between the water that comes from the root of the tree with minerals from the air from the sea.


Another uniqueness is in the Cave of Parat is often made to take the background story of martial arts films like Swordsman Thousand centipedes with star Barry Prima Build Advent, incarnated Mount Merapi (Mak Lampir) and others.

In the film we often see Lampir Mak Mak Lampir dreamy scenes of his enemies through Glass Benggala? Apparently the glass Benggala
remote viewing tool is a cup-shaped stalagmite for Boiler (frying pan). Cawannya aqueous droplets stalactites result from tree roots mixed with lime. According to the local community, the water in the cup that has a property if our faces flush with water bowls in the stalagmite then our face look younger.Believe it or not is up to you.
                                                                                                         
Camel Stone
It was indeed unique testure Cave stalagmite in this Parat. There is also a similar camel's back, with a curve similar to the camel's back and thighs camel rock next to the bottom. There was also a similar chicken thighs (Kentucky). Even so has a similar right testure with chicken thighs, chicken breeders often from different regions of intentionally meditate (revere) to be even more successful chicken farm. The proof is a lot of traces fitted pedestal and worship with incense burn marks inside the Cave of Parat. Also in the cave is inhabited by the porcupine Parat Caves are benign, if the visitor to give food a kind of bean, then it will berhambur Porcupine herd come out tasting food in the spread of visitors. Also on the roof of the cave Parat is a lot of small bats that have long inhabited the cave Parat.
Stone-like chicken thighs

If visitors want to tried to enter the Cave Parat this, you should prepare yourself with lighting equipment like a flashlight, and not enough to taste one better bring the appropriate number of his entourage. Or it could just rent a flashlight and guidernya visitors who have stand-by outside the mouth of this cave Parat.


Once you (visitors) out of one side of the mouth of the Cave Parat, visitors will find white sand that was captivating. Clean beaches, natural scenery of sea and decorated with a row of clouds background was perfect for taking pictures (photos) or video and others. Also in this white sand beach visitors will be offered to travel to the surrounding maritime area of ​​the Nature Reserve at a cost per person Rp. 50.000, - with a payload capacity 6-7 people per boat. Quite stressful if you come to this cave Parat dikarena in pitch dark cave that you may fall because there are many small mounds of stalagmite and soils derived from the remaining foothold in sandals or shoes, so we make small humps. If you are not careful, let alone in the dark conditions, even in bright conditions you have to be careful otherwise your foot will stumble.


Thousands of small bats in the roof of the Cave Parat


porcupine






black monkey
Quite a lot of its uniqueness is not in the cave Parat, also good for taking pictures, an essential good for you as a visitor experience at the beach and Nature Reserve Pangandaran