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Kencakarupa – (Raden) – Mahabharata

The way of caring for hair for men was more difficult than for women, because men's buns were considered more important and had to be neater than women's buns. Every day men's hair had to be oiled in such a way that the oil came out, if the hair was squeezed. The base of the hair was tied as tightly as possible with a rope called a hair rope made of black thread. But this way of caring for hair was only for young people or old people who did not use headbands. Those who worked in the Kraton environment used to have to care for their hair in such a way. In fact, when entering the palace, your hair must be removed from its bun, which in Javanese is called ngore.

Kencakarupa is Wirata's mainstay senopati. This knight is a hero of the Wirata country. It is his nature to uphold himself and be proud of his supernatural powers.

The end of his story is told, Kencakarupa was killed in battle against Jagal Abilawa (Bima’s disguise), the second brother of Pendawa, because together with his brothers Rupakenca, Setatama and Gandawana rebelled to overthrow the power of the Wirata king, Prabu Matswapati. The death of Raden Kencakarupa was felt by the Virata kingdom because it lost a hero who was revered by the entire population of Wirata. But according to history, the knight was naturally weak in war, due to his arrogance. In fact, inwardly the Virata people felt grateful that Kencakarupa died, because in their opinion his behavior would only lower the status of the Virata state. This power and courage will not be beneficial, on the contrary it will actually be detrimental to the country.
But by the will of nature, Kencakarupa's magic was subdued by Raden Bratasena's prowess. So the defeat of the Virata hero did not harm the country and actually upheld the dignity of the Virata state.

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Source: History of Wayang Purwa - Hardjowirogo - PN Balai Pustaka – 1982
Blog: Hadisukirno – Yogyakarta – 2012