legend of the pokok ketapang ...

the ketapang tree a.k.a  Terminalia catappa (scientific name ) .... has its own story to tell ... 
behind the white huge tree there is a legend to its enormous and in famous beauty ... it was told that the ketapang tree has its own spirit ... according to the legend this tree sik dapat ditumbangkan senang2 ... in order to cop it down ..old folks of the village have to call the shamans to PERFORM SOME RITUAL  to take permission from the spirit of the tree....
here i would like to share with u 'all a TRUE STORY  ... this happend a few times in my hometown of serian ... it was the late 1980's ... there a huge ketapang tree beside the cross state highway ... the contractor wanna bring down the tree, so they called a lumberjack ... he came bringing his trusty chain saw ..... 
the moment his chain touches the bark of the tree .... a small twig snap and fall on top of his shoulder ... 
and infront of many eyes he fell on the GROUND AND DIED  ... the MA pronounce his death is due to a heart attack which he never had record of ....

WOW!! just only a small twig from the legendary tree can kill the lumberjack .... imagine that...
a few years past a different contractor call a different lumberjack to cop the same tree down ... and guess what happend... THE HISTORY REPEATED  itself .... due to this incident they call a shaman to JAMPI SERAPAH  the tree ... and u'all noe what happend .... the shaman only perform half of his ritual .. then fled away DENGAN MUKA PUCATnya .... when ask , he only answer ... dont touch the tree .... 
 UNTIL today the legend lives ... when u drive out of serian town (just before reaching ranchan ) you will see the huge ketapang tree stand tall with the highway diverting by its side ... 

HRMMM ..... even a tree has its own spirit....