Kangsadewa

Kangsa - son of King Gorawangsa

Title	Kangsa - (Raden) - Mahabharata
Other names	Kangsadewa
Size	65 cm
Personal data	Kangsa, often called Kangsadewa, is actually the son of Gorawangsa, the giant king of the Gowabarong country who transformed into Prabu Basudewa and succeeded in having an affair with Dewi Mahira/Maerah (Java), the consort of Prabu Basudewa, king of Mandura. Kangsadewa was born in the country of Bombawirayang, and since childhood lived in the care of ditya Suratrimantra, the younger brother of Prabu Gorawangsa.
Appearance	Kangsa had an angry character, wanted to win on his own, was a traitor, was hard-hearted, brave and always followed his heart.
Collection	Private collection

Kangsa - (Raden) - Mahabharata

In the wayang the son of King Basudewa. He is actually the son of an evil giant (Gorawangsa) and magically grew up in one day. He is very powerful. He deposes his father as king and tries to kill Basudewa's rightful children (Kresna, Baladewa and Subadra). With the help of Arjuna and Bima, Baladewa and Kresna finally succeed in killing Kangsa.

This version of the Kangsa doll is a later addition to the wayang golek and therefore does not appear in Peter Buurman's book.

As a teenager, by Suratrimantra, Kangsa was taken to the country of Mandura to claim his rights as the son of Prabu Basudewa. Because he was very powerful, King Basudewa was finally willing to recognize Kangsa as his son and was given the position of Duke in the Sengkapura Knights.

With the support of Suratimantra, his powerful uncle, Kangsa intends to seize the throne of Mandura from the hands of Prabu Basudewa. The Kangsa rebellion failed.

He was killed in the battle against Kakrasana and Narayana, the sons of Prabu Basudewa from the queen Dewi Mahendra/Maekah (Java). Meanwhile, Suratimatra died fighting Bima/Werkudara, the son of Prabu Pandu and Dewi Kunti. ________________________________________ RADEN KANGSA Raden Kangsa is the son of the giant king, Prabu Gorawangsa. This king met Dewi Maerah, Prabu Basudewa's consort, until he became pregnant. When Kangsa was still in the womb, Kangsa's mother, Dewi Maerah, on Basudewa's order was thrown into the forest and guarded by the giant Suratimantra, a confidant of Gorawangsa. After Kangsa was born, he was raised by Suratimantra and when he grew up, he came to Madura and asked for that country. Because of his supernatural powers, Kangsa succeeded in gaining and controlling Madura. He defeated Vasudeva's sons, Kakrasana and Nayarana, so the two brothers had to be hidden. Kangsa found out about this and tried to beat the two brothers by holding a competition. Suratimantra proposed Kangsa as his hero. In this way, Kangsa actually wanted to know where the two putla Basudewa were hiding. On that occasion Bratasena, Pendawa's second brother entered the ring using the name Jagalabilawa and competed with Suratirnantra. Suratimantra lost in this competition. While the game is going on, Kangsa continues to investigate the hiding place. On the other hand, the two sons continued to watch Kangsa. Then they attacked Kangsa, until Kangsa met his death. The kansa has white eyes, a flat nose, and a calf, which indicates that it is a kind of giant. Berjamang three layers, bersunting waderan, bersanggui demlik lizard menek, decorated with a backward garuda. Some of his hair was in dreadlocks, indicating that he was also a knight. By birth he was the son of Prabu Basuaewa. The damage to the country of Madura at that time was infinite. The sons of Basudewa, Kakrasana, Nayarana, and Rara Ireng were abandoned. The life of the three sons of the king continued to hide and continued to be searched for by Kangsa. However good their hiding was, Kangsa finally found out, until Rara Ireng had to be run away by Nyai Segopi, Antagopa's wife. After Kangsa heard this, Rara Ireng was chased by Kangsa's monster handler. After being chased, deceive Rara Ireng with the words: Later, if Rara Ireng gets a child from the monster, the child will be bought as a foal, shaved and ridden by the horse. Because he heard those words, the giant went crazy starting to become delirious incoherently, with no beginning or end. And Rara Ireng was finally able to escape from danger. According to belief, the Kangsa event happened in Juwana, so the people of that place did not dare to play the Kangsa play, because as long as the play was being played, crocodiles would come up from the river and go to the crowd to face their idol, Raden Kangsa. And the stream named Silugangga is located near the village of Widarakandang, where there is a fenced Widara tree; So the tree was named Widarakandang. The belief of the Javanese about wayang is very deep, so as to strengthen the assumption that the Purwa period exists in Java. The presence of relics, historic places easily influence the community to revive beliefs and superstitions. In many cases, fake news is made even more false. Take, for example, the news about a snake being locked up somewhere. Many people came to watch there. When someone, upon returning from watching, was asked whether it was true that the snake had scales on rupiah notes, he would definitely answer that the snake did not have scales on rupiah notes, but rather ringgit notes. Furthermore, the false news continued, without harming anyone. There are also actions that cause no less loss, such as for example when a person visits a sacred place and when he is about to return he is reprimanded, whether he will not hold a safety and if he intends to do so, to give him money, so that he can hold the safety. There is also a rather funny incident. The writer once made a pilgrimage to a sacred tomb. The keeper of the tomb said that the tomb the writer visited was the tomb of Kyai Satim who during his life liked to smoke opium and the writer was asked to give opium to the deceased. Ask the writer: "Will the opium be served later?" He answered: "Indeed, and after it is served, the taste of opium will disappear."

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Source: History of Wayang Purwa - Hardjowirogo - PN Balai Pustaka - 1982