Learning Material: Narrative Text: The Origin of Blitar: Arya Balitar

1. Narrative Text:
The Origin of Blitar: Arya Balitar
Sumardiono
STKIP PGRI Blitar
May 2016

2. Does everyone know
the origin of Blitar?
Who was our anchestor?
Why was named as Blitar?
How was the history of Blitar?

3. The Origin of Blitar: Arya Balitar
Once upon a time, in area of Solo Kingdom,
there was a news that this area would be
attacked by the soldiers of Kubi Lai Khan. The
soldiers of Kubi Lai Khan was cruel to get this
area in their control.
The King of Surakta Kraton asked the
relative of them to protect this area which was
still in form of jungle. The relative was Nila
Suwarna.

4. The struggle of Nila Suwarna in driving
away the soldiers of Ku Bilai Khan was
finally successful. Then, he was granted to
open the cungle uinto small dictrict. The
disctrict was then named as Balitar which
has meaning ‘Bali’ (going back) ‘Tar’
(Soldiers of Tartar). Balitar mean the going
back of Tartar soldiers.
That is the origin of Blitar, since that.
Nila Suwarna became the first major of
Blitar, named, Arya Blitar 1 (Knight of
Balitar) and he married with Dewi
Rayungwulan.

5. Qs
1. Who is Nila Suwarna?
2. Where was he from?
3. How was Blitar named like so?
4. Who was married with him?
5. What does Arya Blitar mean?

6. This is the end of the Reading Text