Jaka Tarub and 7 apsaras - Javanese Folklore Painting

One of Eight my painting scene series about Indonesia folklore. A watercolor painting in classic realism style, without using white paint, white color that visible is the color of paper. Jaka Tarub was a young man who, as the legend said, would later be the patriach of Central Java's Kingdom of Mataram (1588—1681). the story of Jaka Tarub has many versions but the core of the story is the same. This story is written in Babad Tanah Jawi, an old manuscript which chronicles the history of The Kingdom of Mataram (in Java Indonesia). The Painting Scene It was said that somewhere in Dadapan Village there was a pond where apsaras descended from heaven to take a bath. Jaka Tarub was a young man who lived in a small village. One day, he was hunting for a deer in Dadapan Village but he did not find any deer. While searching fo a deer, he heard the sound of girls laughing. As the place is deep inside the forest, Jaka Tarub wondered why there were girls there. He followed the sound and arrived at a small pond where he saw seven apsaras descended from heaven to take a bath. The apsaras looked like young girls and were very beautiful. While the apsaras were bathing, Jaka sneaked out and took one of the shawls lying on a rock nearest to him and went back into hiding. He watched as the apsaras were chatting among themselves while bathing. After they finished bathing and getting dressed, one of the apsaras, the youngest and the most beautiful of all, looked puzzled because she could not find her shawl, which was stolen by Jaka. Without her shawl, she could not fly back to heaven. Jaka heard the other apsaras called her Nawang Wulan while they told her that it was getting late and they had to return to heaven so could not stay with her to look for her shawl. After the other apsaras had gone, Jaka Tarub showed himself and pretended to offer his help. The trustful Nawang Wulan agreed to go with Jaka Tarub to his home. Eventually the two fell in love and got married.

Painting:Watercolor on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:29.9 W x 22 H x 0.1 D in

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