The Legend of Banyuwangi

"Your life is in danger. Someone has an evil intention to you" Said the Priest.

Raden Banterang  asked who the evil to the Priest. Then, the Priest answer Surati is the evil and The priest had clear spiritual vision. He asked Radenn Banterang to search her room and look under her pillow.

"If you find a head dress under her pillow then my words are correct. It is from a man who will help her kill you."  Said The Priest.

Raden Banterang was shocked. He was very angry to his wife then he immediately went home. When he got to the palace he immediately searched Surati's bed room. As he found the head dress under her pillow he was sure that the priest was right.

"You are unfaithful wife. I know that you want me dead. This is the evidence. This is from a man who will help you kill me. Tell me who he is." Surati was shocked and cried.

"It is my brother's head dress. I met him several days ago when you went hunting. He gave me his head dress and told me to put it under my pillow. So I put it there to respect him. It is him who want to kill you, not me."  But Raden Banterang did not trust her. He gave her a death sentence. He took his wife to a river bank as he would stab his wife and throw her body into the river.

"Before I die, let me say a few words. After I die, just throw my body into the river. If the water become dirty and smelly, it means that I am guilty. But if the water become clear and fragrance come out of it, it means that I am innocence." She said.

Then  Raden Banterang would stab her wife with a kris Surati threw herself into the river. Amazingly the water became clear and fragrance came out of it. Surati was innocent! Raden Banterang regretted his emotional behavior. Since then on he changed the name of his kingdom into Banyuwangi. Banyu means water and Wangi mean a fragrance.