Tangkuban Perahu STORY

tangkuban Prahu volcano is one of the volcanoes located in West java., about 20 km the north of Bandung, the ca[ital city of west java province, Indonesia.
The origin of Tangkuban Perahu is related to the legend of Sangkuriang who fell in love with her mother, Dayang Sumbi. Knowing that sangkuriang is her son, Dayang Sumbi tried to defeat the marriage. She asked sangkuriang to make a ship as the condition of their marriage in a night. Knowing his failure in making a ship in one night, sangkuriang was angry and kick the unfinished ship. The ship fell down upside down and become a volcano called "Gunung tangkuban Perahu". Perahu, means ship.