THE LEGEND OF RAWA PENING

Pening swamp was a place for water tourism in the district of Semarang, Central Java. The extent of 2670 hectares, and the occupied districts Ambarawa, Bawen, Tuntang, and Banyubiru. Almost the entire surface is covered with swamp water hyacinth plants. These plants also had similar weed cover Tuntang River, especially in the upstream.

According to legend, Telaga Rawapening is emerging, according to myth, as an excess of anger a poor boy named Jaka Popular k-ping. He became a target and ridicule people around the arrogant and greedy. The young man himself, according to the story, is the incarnation of a dragon that had just been killed by local people for consumption party of the people.

New Arrivals jaka baruklinting angered residents, because they do not wish to see a young man looking worn and dirty. Only one old widow named Nyai kerosene just want to give attention to him, including when the k-ping for food and drink. Ridicule and unfair treatment that makes k-ping mad until she dared to pose a challenge to local residents. This young man challenged them to take a leaf is embedded in the ground.

To her surprise, angry residents who could not do it, other than their own k-ping. However, when he pulled out the leaf, Raise water from the soil in which the leaves were stuck. More and more until it became a flood, drowning all citizens Nyai Ngebel besides petroleum, and there was a big pool