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"Legend Color Lake" Folklore of West Java

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Once upon a time a royal stand in West Java. Kingdom was ruled by a wise person prabu. Its people live in prosperity.

Pity King and queen are not blessed with offspring. For years they waited for the presence of a child, until the King decided to go into the woods and pray. He appeals to the Almighty to give him descendants.

The whole empire together rejoice when finally granted the prayer of King and Queen Consort. Empress pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.

Puteri grown into a beautiful girl. Because he was the only daughter and the birth had so long awaited, he is very spoiled. All his wishes obeyed.

Now the daughter is already an adult. Soon he would be seventeen years old. People kingdom gather a lot of gifts for their beloved daughter. The King gathered all the gifts of the people and intend to distribute it back to them.

He just set aside a bit of gold jewelry and some gemstones. He then asked the jeweler to melt the gold and make it into a beautiful diamond necklace for her daughter.
 On the anniversary of the princess, King handed over the necklace.

"Child, now you're an adult. Look at this beautiful necklace. This necklace was a gift from our people. They love you so much. "

"Wear this necklace, boy."

People deliberately kingdom flocked to see his daughter on her birthday. They want to see a very beautiful necklace studded colorful gemstones that decorate their beloved daughter's neck.

Puteri only glanced at the necklace at a glance.

King and Empress talk her into wearing the necklace.

"I do not want to, 'replied the princess short.

"Come on, son," said the queen, she took the necklace was about to put it in her daughter's neck. However princess consort hand brushed up the necklace hit the floor.

"I do not want to wear! The necklace was ugly! Ugly! "She screamed as she ran to her room.

Empress and all those present stunned. Colorful necklace beautiful pearl was broken and scattered on the floor.



Empress sat down and began to cry. Gradually all the women were weeping, even the men had come to tears. They never thought their daughter very loved could do such things.
 Suddenly in a necklace that fell appeared a spring that grew bigger until the palace drowned. Not only that, the whole kingdom inundated by water, forming a vast lake.

The lake is now not covering first. The water seems wonderful colorful as the reflection color of the sky and the trees around it. However, people believe that the beautiful colors of the lake comes from the princess necklace that is at the bottom.

The lake was called Lake Colors, located in the area of ​​Puncak, West Java.

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