A man named Basur, a magician, has son named Tigaran, who
has set his heart on getting Sukasti, the daughter of Nyoman Karang.
Unfortunately that girl was promised to her cousin Tirta, a student. Tirta
himself wanted to become a wizard and help mankind rather than to become a
common person who may have wife. It is hard for Tirta’s father to persuade his
son to marry, but then he overcomes Tirta with two magic syllables which were
beyond his son. Then Tirta consents to marry Sukasti.
On the other side Basur tries in vain to stir-up his crazy
son Tigaran to fight Tirta, so he kidnaps Sukasti himself one night when Tirta
was away hunting. The crazy boy Tigaran is about to take Sukasti by force to
make love when Tirta return and fights him to recover his wife. Basur, by his
own magic powers, transforms himself in to the shape of a bird and carries
disease to Sukasti who then falls dangerously ill, and at last is at the point
of death. The first witch-doctor called was defeated by Basur’s magic powers,
but the second succeeds in defeating Basur and so heals Sukasti.
People believe that it is not easy to perform the Basur
story for the dancers should be protected by very strong magician; otherwise
the dancer who adapts the role of Sukasti could really be killed by
“outsider’s” magic powers.
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