Alright!
Now that I have done my part on the Pulau Besar Museum, I can relax. It's time to get some more insight on the mystery of Pulau Besar. It's like a teaser before the Museum are actually open to public. Be sure to check it out.
Batu Belah
We'll start with the mystery of this unique looking stone called Batu Belah. No, it's not from the folklore where the stone eats up human. This stone was located in the middle of Pulau Besar on its highest peak. It was a stone broken into two and the distance was not far between each other. The stone with its height of 3 metres had a width of 35 cm crack in the middle and 5 metres depth. There are 3 version of stories regarding the origin of this stone. But the most interesting was about a group of warriors and heroes showing off their own skills and talents. There was one who split the stone at one shot. A man named Panglima Hitam, took up the challenge by showing off his credibility by splitting the stone using his tongue. Ladies...^^.
Gua YunusNow we're going to a cave called Gua Yunus. From the local community sources, this cave was previously a living place of Syeikh Yunus. He was described as an aloof Sufi.Once a week,he would come to the local populated area to get his food supply. However, at some point, he was no longer seen on this island.
This situation raised a question mark amongst his friends and the local community. They finally went to the cave to search for him but found out that he was no longer around. It was interesting to note that the stone on which he used to sit had turned white. This was obvious because the stones found in the cave were all black. Various speculations had been made by the local people about his missing.
After he was gone, the cave was put up as a hermitage place for those who wished to learn certain knowledge. It was uncertain whether the knowledge learnt was based on Islamic laws or contrary to them. What captured our interest until now was the mystery and uniqueness of one particular white stone found in the cave.
Tempayan PecahThis well was closely associated with the event of nenek kebayan who advised her seven children to water her flowery plants and herbs while she went out in search of roots. But it was only performed by her youngest child. Nenek Kebayan advised that the watering process should be performed by taking freshwater using pail from the well and collecting them in the crock. When the crock was full then only they can be used to water the plants.To make the task easier, the youngest child had disobeyed her mother.
As her youngest child was taking the water using the crock to water the plants,nenek kebayan arrived home. Thus, in her hurriedness, the crock that she was carrying crashed and she tried to hide it by digging a burrow in that area. Seeing the incident, nenek kebayan felt strange but her child told her she had found a spring. One strange incident was that the spring was spurting out water from the area which she dug. Until now, the well kept spurting out water and was never dry. This well is located across the tomb of Nenek Kebayan at the end of a golf course.
This one is interesting. Remember the tall tree in the middle of a golf course that cannot be taken down? It was believe that this busut (home of termite) that resembles an image of a little girl holding something is the guardian of this tree. That's why even a crane can't take this tree down. Niceeee.
So, that's all for now. Will update if anything interesting come across. Ciao.
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The Golden Book
Batu Belah
Gua Yunus
Tempayan Pecah
Pulau Besar
The original tomb was relocated to this well maintained place to protect it from being worshipped by many who's seeking for wishes.
This pond was believed to be the pond of 'the invisible people'(read: orang bunian). What makes it interesting is that there's a school of cute little red fish that were said they never grow bigger.
This unique tree in the middle of the golf course is said to be 'protected'. Many attempts from the owner to bring it down even with heavy machines has come deadlock.
An encounter with an ascetic who's believed to stay put on this rock under this tree for 50 long years. Although he doesn't look comfortable sitting in between rocks, the shade of the tree keeps him going.
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