Kangsa
| Title | Kangsa - (Raden) - Mahabharata |
|---|---|
| Other names | Kangsadewa |
| Size | 65 cm |
| Personal data | Kangsa, often called Kangsadewa, is actually the son of Gorawangsa, the evil 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. He 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 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. 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[edit | edit source]
This version of the Kangsa doll is a later addition to the wayang golek and therefore does not appear in Peter Buurman's book.
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 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 and tries to kill Basudewa's rightful children (Kresna, Baladewa and Subadra). The Kangsa rebellion failed.
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.
Raden Kangsa
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.
Kangsa 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.
Source: History of Wayang Purwa - Hardjowirogo - PN Balai Pustaka - 1982
