Cultural diversity owned by each tribe's homeland is the side of life, which frequently gave rise to legends that are believed to be hereditary. In his own homeland of the majority community indeed still believe the myths to stories of legend, although in fact myth or the legend cannot be confirmed. One of the legend that is currently still very lumpy to the residents of Jambi, Sumatra is a legend about a tiger man known by the name cindaku. Like many of the legend that is trusted by the people of the fatherland, the legend about cindaku is very strong-smelling magical things.
Cindaku for the community of Kerinci, Jambi is an embodiment of human Tiger. Cindaku is often described as the human figure which can be transformed into a half-human and half Tiger. According to legend, cindaku is a science of the mind that is believed to be inherited from the ancestors of the kerinci society. It was said that those who have the ability to transform into a human's spiritual Tiger are simply those who have pure blood and have a spiritual talent. However, according to legend, they can only be changed if it is in the land of his birth and of his own when his chest come into contact with the ground. At first glance this legend resembles an occult sciences, but to the residents of Kerinci the legend isn't really like the dark arts used to defend itself. But cindaku is a science that is lowered to maintain boundaries between humans and Tigers live.
The legend of the Tiger man from the land of Kerinci began the legend of ancestor, known as Tingkas. According to the legend from the citizens of Kerinci Tingkas is their ancestors which strained relations with the Tigers to keep the limits between humans and tigers. It is said that the relationship that makes them able to live side by side with Tiger. Cindaku is believed to have played an important role to maintain that relationship, if anyone dared to break them then they should come face to face with death.
As we know during the conservation of rare animals, the Tiger is indeed always the case unsolved despite swallow no small amount of casualties. It would likewise be strengthened from the utterance of the elders who believe that the incident between humans and tigers due to the many people who have violated the Covenant of their ancestors Tingkas that has been maintained over the centuries.
Based on the legend that is told by one of the many custom says that it's not all communities are cindaku, but the Kerinci people John Matheson can have the power of cindaku. However, he again asserted that the legend is not a study to strengthen themselves, but the legend to set a limit on the life of man and the citizen of kerinci. According to him, even those who have such legendary science also cannot use it with their willpower, they can turn into a tiger man if there are people who dare to violate their agreement.
The legend of the Tiger man from the land of Kerinci began the legend of ancestor, known as Tingkas. According to the legend from the citizens of Kerinci Tingkas is their ancestors which strained relations with the Tigers to keep the limits between humans and tigers. It is said that the relationship that makes them able to live side by side with Tiger. Cindaku is believed to have played an important role to maintain that relationship, if anyone dared to break them then they should come face to face with death.
As we know during the conservation of rare animals, the Tiger is indeed always the case unsolved despite swallow no small amount of casualties. It would likewise be strengthened from the utterance of the elders who believe that the incident between humans and tigers due to the many people who have violated the Covenant of their ancestors Tingkas that has been maintained over the centuries.
Based on the legend that is told by one of the many custom says that it's not all communities are cindaku, but the Kerinci people John Matheson can have the power of cindaku. However, he again asserted that the legend is not a study to strengthen themselves, but the legend to set a limit on the life of man and the citizen of kerinci. According to him, even those who have such legendary science also cannot use it with their willpower, they can turn into a tiger man if there are people who dare to violate their agreement.