Tale from West Kalimantan (Indonesia) entitled wired River Gold

In Kalimantan, there is a wide river and length. The river is famous throughout Indonesia. His name Kapuas River. Kapuas river's many branches. Its branches in the form of rivers are small and numerous. One branch is Sunga Wire. Why is called the River Wire? This is the story ....


Wire river is located in Sintang, West Kalimantan. In ancient times, when the city was founded by Djubair new Sintang I, there was a river fisherman with his wife and children. They live not far from the river Wire.


Fisherman's family, including poor families. Every day the father only depend catch fish. Sometimes fortunate, sometimes a full day kadng not get fish a pu. One day, he went fishing and he brought two fishing rods. This is done to keep the possibility if the pole broke, he can use only one fishing line.


He rowed his boat went into the river Wire (there was as yet no namannya) After the baited fishing line, fishing was held out to the water, and he waited for his line drawn by the fish. The sun was high, but no one had approached the fisherman fishing rod let alone to take the bait, but fishing was not desperate. Have been a few times he moved in the river but keadannya remains the same.


The fishing was determined that if he went home he had to bring the fish to his wife and children, although only one. When the sun began to gravitate to the western horizon, he rowed his boat more upstream in the hope there is no fish to be reeled in his line. A small bay just a stone fisherman's no stopping. The soil around the place was mossy and overgrown trees were great.


"Maybe here many ikannnya" thought the fisherman. He began replacing the pole with bait lures new yan. Then it diulurnya fishing rod into the water. After waiting so long he no sign of his line will be drawn by the fish. When the sun had almost set and the fishermen will return, suddenly pulled violently from his line in the water. Fisherman lifted his fishing and simultaneously yanked upward.


"Ah this big fish" thought the fisherman. The fish was caught in his fishing and pull the fishing line into the gaps between stones in the river bank. Fishing line continues to be stretched longer by the fishermen to fishing line does not break. When the pull of the water began to weaken, it nlayan pull the rope back up the pole.


When the fisherman reeled in his line, fishing line was pulled from the water leading to the middle of the river. Quickly fishing pole was handed back in order not to break up. When it was getting dark and plus lush foliage add to the darkness in that place.



 At the time of pull rods, fishing boat suddenly became interested into the river. Gulf river was quite deep. Water color looks black because it was dark. Finally, the pull of the water began to weaken. Fishermen pull a rope fishing rod back to the top but the fish it does not yet appear.


The fishing was careful to keep the fish do not escape. When the entire rope pole has been lifted, no one looked. Concerning the fishing rod is a wire rope.


"Well the fish off the" think of the fisherman. His hands reach into the wire caught in his fishing. He observed that in the dim end of the wire the wire by him malam.Tampak yellowish. Having in mind that the wire is a gold wire, he began to pull.


One fathoms, two fathoms he felt not enough. Yet if he will give thanks with a two fathoms course of his life would be wealthy. will not suffer kemiskinan.Namun greedy nature that had possessed her. He wanted to be the richest man in his village.


So he wanted to get the gold wire as much as she continued to pull and pull the wire out of the river. Although he had long since pulled the wire had not yet exhausted. "Ah long. I'll be the richest man in the world" thought the fisherman.


He kept pulling the wire regardless of the day it was getting dark. His boat was filled with gold wire. From the sound of water "It ... It ... Just cut the wire". But the fishing was not menhiraukan the voice. He continued to draw and want ceoat rich.


Heard again the sound of the water warned for the second time. "Cut ... Cut it ...". "Stop !!!!! Do not continue !!!!!!". But fishermen were still does not matter. Because the fishing boat was already too full with gold wire and the water began to enter.


Fishermen who have become voracious still not stop pulling the wire. While the water slowly kept creeping into the boat. The fisherman realized after the water really has met the boat. But too late, once the boat sank with the fisherman to the bottom of the river.


The fishing was never up to the surface and he died at the bottom of the river due to excessive greed. That is why the river was named Sungai Wire.