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in Bali the embodiment of greed purist, one of the oldest and most reviled of the seven sins is in the 15th century tale of brothers and Cupak grantang. Long popular in literature, theater and visual arts, Cupak is a tale of greed, deceit and betrayal that clearly illustrates the cultural values ​​and a belief in karmapala - Hindu-Buddhist equivalent of "you reap what you sow. " It also reflects a social political conflict between seniority, the right of the oldest man to assume authority, and selection by merit, the need to choose the most capable at a time when the young brothers moved their inept elder brother in the struggle for succession that plague Balinese and Javanese history.

Fat, ugly, boastful, lazy and cowardly, the elder brother Cupak was also smart he was devious when it came to the handling of his younger brother Grantang, who was the epitome of the cultivated nobility. Together they went to work in the fields, but in truth Cupak sit in the shade and criticize his brother worked hard in the hot sun. Remarkably neat and clean, Grantang bathe in the river and get home to discover that Cupak had denounced his parents as a lazy shirk. Rather than expose the lies of his elder brother, Grantang kept his mouth even when punished.

After a particularly serious incident triggered by deception Cupak, the parent Grantang banished to the forest. Cupak tagged along, blaming her brother for their problems as Grantang carried their burden and Cupak feasted on food, more and more big, as he threw the bones to his brother malnourished.

When they arrived at the border of the powerful kingdom of Daha in East Java, they heard that Raja had offered the hand of his daughter beauteous, Mustikan Ing Daha, to any man who could save her the evil ogre DETYA Manarong, who had kidnapped and carried away in his fortress in the jungle.

As they arrived at the court, Cupak loudly boasted, "Ogres are flying ants me that I crush between my fingers. I will hunt down, kill the monster and claim my reward. "

Grantang, who was an experienced tracker, placed immediately in pursuit. At the discovery of huge footprints DETYA deep in the jungle, struck a thrill Cupak who finally realized that the danger was near. his anxiety grew as approached the walls of wonderful fortified palace of the giant. Fearful to wander too far from the side of his brother, followed Cupak Grantang shimmied like a big tree tamarind which allowed them to peer into the garden below where the beautiful Mustikan wept uncontrollably misshapen ogre that boasted all the benefits it would gain by marrying.

the courageous Grantang immediately jumped in their community to save the princess from the clutches of ugly monster. using a powerful spell, he stunned the ogre. Mustikan was so surprised by the beautiful muscular youth she believed she had been saved by god incarnate. While she swooned with love for his savior, she also had enough wits to inform Grantang that the giant was invulnerable to weapons except his mouth. DETYA revived in a terrible rage and a battle that shook the three worlds followed. Grantang finally defeated his enemy, drawing a succession of arrows in its gaping jaws dropping him dead with a big thud. Overcome with gratitude, she presented a gold ring, a royal gift from his father, the young man, who put his finger.

Paralyzed by fear long after the silence had returned, Cupak slowly opened his eyes and straightened from his hiding place to see the beautiful princess looking at his victorious brother adoringly. Hanging on his daze, he shouted: "Stay away from here, I'm the oldest brother, she is mine" Grantang recoiled from his treacherous brother

As they traveled to the capital,.. tragedy struck again. Cupak, which was supposed to keep guard as Grantang asleep exhausted, failed in its task by providing opportunities to another ogre who lived at the bottom of a well, remove the Princess . again Grantang came down action in the well to overcome the fierce demon after a vicious fight. as he handed his brother the princess, he carried her to a safe place, and returned to the well. Instead of help his brother, he closed up and abandoned to die a soggy, smelly died surrounded by the decaying flesh of the ogre. Inform the princess mourning Grantang had expired from his wounds and was more they marched towards the capital where Cupak proclaimed his heroic exploits and claimed the princess as his own.

Weak and wounded, the tenacious and ingenious Grantang slowly stripped the flesh from the bones of the giant and use them to build a ladder by which he escaped a watery prison. Emaciated, the first people he encountered ran to the palace to say they saw an evil spirit wandering. As cunning as ever, Cupak realized that his attempt to commit fratricide had failed. Taking advantage of the situation, his mind was beaten unconscious, stuffed in a burlap bag and thrown into a river whose raging waters carried to the sea.

Now feel completely secure as the heir to the throne (the princess had no brothers) Cupak lived a penultimate life of decadence - party, drinking and whoring he pleased. Suckling pig devouring scores every day, farmers groaning under the burden of its requests for acceleration. His fame extended with its circumference and nobody dared to reprimand the shenanigans of the bridegroom of their beloved princess.

Karma, however, would catch Cupak when he least expected it to his brother once again survived miraculously saved by a kind and simple fisherman who had taken him in his net. The fisherman and his wife, who were childless, had long prayed to the gods for a son. The discovery of the beautiful unconscious child in their nets convinced them their prayers had been answered. slowly heal him to health, Grantang, who suffered from amnesia, was a model son who regularly accompanied his adoptive mother to the market to sell flowers. Mustika, who regularly bought flowers for women, noticed the ring on his finger and realized her beloved Grantang was alive and well. The meeting also banged Grantang memory of all. Filled with righteous anger he faced his drunken brother now gigantic and demanded justice. The crowds joined and threatened Cupak now swollen with death and the ugly greedy slinked away in ignominy and shame forever.

The Cupak story would live in Bali for many centuries. The popular theme of good against evil was carried out in dance and theater, including Gambuh and Arja genres. The story was also represented by Balinese artists, including the great Gusti Nyoman Lempad Ubud and Ida Bagus Nyoman Batuan Sasak which is expressive Batuan school ink on paper shows Cupak hairy hiding in the tamarind tree his brother is fighting against the evil witch Benaroe, stab the heart of a kris. A new version of the story "Cupak devours the Earth" which compares the modern real estate agents with the Glutton appeared recently in the north of Bali. The same theme was featured in an article in the British newspaper The Guardian entitled "A Bali, wealthy foreigners arouse a frenzy of property, but who benefits? " (Http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/09 / bali-property boom-frenzy island) just goes to show that people of all nations share similar values ​​regarding engorging or you rich at the expense of others.

 

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