Origin of Birds ntah Apo-Apo

During this time people thought the bird cenderwasih only exist in Papua. But, did you know that birds of this type was also found in Southeast Sulawesi, precisely in Muna? The people there call it by name-apo Ntaapo birds. According to the story, this bird is the embodiment of a boy named La Ane. How La Ane would evolve into birds Ntaapo-Apo? Follow the story in stories Origin of Birds Ntaapo-Apo below!



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Formerly, in a village in Muna, Sulawesi Tenggara, there lived a widow with a son named La Ane. Her husband died in La Ane was a baby. To meet the necessities of life, the widow cultivate gardens covering an area not much. The garden she planted sweet potatoes and corn to be eaten daily. In addition to the garden, the husband also left a stallion.

Widow was very dear to La Ane. He take care of him with great affection to grow. However, La ane who has a teenager that has never helped his mother worked. From waking to sleep again, it works just playing kazoos with his friends. He had returned home when his stomach is hungry. But, once satisfied, he returned to play kazoos.

The mother began not happy to see her son's behavior is increasingly lazy. He has repeatedly asked her to go into the garden, but La Ane always refused.

"Why work every day. Tired, Mom, "she always said La Ane.

"My son, we want to eat anything that does not work?" Said his mother.

"She just works. I'd rather play a top with my friends than go to work in the garden, "said La ANE by ignored.

"Then, just eat it gasingmu!" Said his mother in a tone of exasperation.

He Ane still do not care about his mother's advice. He left the house to the house of his friends. The mother is still upset about preparing food on the table. However, instead of rice and corn on the cob prepared, but the tops are cut into small pieces and placed in kasopa (where corn and sweet potatoes). Strap tops were also cut into pieces and then placed in kaghua (a vegetable or fish).

"Huh, eat tops and rope it, lazy boy!" Growled the mother.

The widow then went to the garden. Toward noon, La Ane returned from playing because of hunger. She was surprised after seeing kasopa and kaghua on a table that contains pieces of tops and rope.

"Oh, Mom. You are really angry with me? In fact, I'm so hungry, "complained La Ane.

With feelings of sadness, La Ane went upstairs attic of his house. Above the attic, he sat thinking about his fate.

"I no longer care about me anymore. Better to be a bird just so that I could fly back and forth looking for food alone, "said La Ane.

Greeting La Ane apparently become a reality. Once he finished say, suddenly her body is slowly covered with colorful feathers are beautiful and shiny. A few moments later, the child was too lazy to change into a bird. He then alighted on the roof of his house while singing with melodious.

As the day mid-afternoon, the mother returned from the garden. He was calling her son.

"La La Ane Ane ... ... you where my son?" He cried.

Already many times the mother cried, but no answer. Frantically, he was soon out of the house. When in front of the house, he saw a bird perched on the roof of the house while singing melodious. The widow almost fainted looking at the bird was still showing signs of his son.

"Oh, my son, forgive my mother. Come down, boy! "Pleaded the mother.

Rice has become porridge. He Ane which has been transformed into the bird no longer possible to turn into a human. He will be a bird forever. When her mother called her screaming, he did not hear it anymore. He flew over and perched in the tree nut while singing.

"... Ntaapo Ntaapo-apo-apo!" The chirping bird.

The mother incessantly call her son. However, the bird still will not come back. He flew to the jungle in search of food. The mother could not do anything, except regret his treatment of his son's only child.

Since that event, a bird who likes to sing "ntaapo-apo" is called bird-apo Ntaapo. Until now, a bird similar to a bird of paradise is still often heard kicauannya of the forests in Muna, Sulawesi Tenggara.

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The Origin of Birds such story-Apo Ntaapo of Muna, Southeast Sulawesi Province. The moral to be learned from the story above is a lazy child and dissidents like La Ane will eventually get a catastrophe. (Samsuni/sas/272/07-11)
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