Makam (Tomb of) Tok Panjang, Kota Bahru?

Kembali sejenak ke perjalanan Pantai Timur 26 Mac-4 April 2012.

Returning for a short while to the trip to the East Coast 26 March- 4 April 2012.

Petang Sabtu 31 Mac saya pergi ke Kampung Tok Panjang berdekatan simpang ke Kuala Besar di Kota Bahru lalu ditunjukkan makam lama ini.

Afternoon Saturday 31st March I went to Kampung (village of ) of Tok Panjang near the junction to Kuala Besar in Kota Bahru and was shown this old tomb.

Letaknya di tebing sebuah sungai.

Its location is on the banks of a river.

Saya perlu menaiki sampan untuk sampai ke sini.

I have to take a sampan (small traditional boat) to get here.

Seorang penduduk tempatan membawa saya ke kawasan ini setelah saya bertanya di manakah letaknya makam orang yang dipanggil Tok Panjang, orang yang namanya dipakai menjadi nama kampung berdekatan.

A local brought me to this area after I asked where is located the tomb of the person known as Tok Panjang, the person whose name is used as the name of the nearby village.

Dia sendiri tidak pasti yang manakah makam Tok Panjang. Yang pasti ia memang terletak di sekitar ini sedangkan cuma ada 3 atau 4 sahaja makam kelihatan.

He himself was not sure where is the tomb of Tok Panjang. What is sure it is located around here while there are only 3 or 4 tombs which could be seen.

Tok Panjang adalah seorang manusia keramat yang dikatakan hidup tidak kurang 100 tahun lalu. Kalau tak salah ingatan ada orang pernah memberitahu saya beliau berasal dari Patani. Berdasarkan nama Tok Panjang saya beranggapan beliau seorang yang tinggi atau makamnya panjang. Tetapi tidak kelihatan mana-mana makam panjang di sini. Namun naluri saya kuat mengatakan makam yang terletak paling dekat ke tebing inilah makamnya.

Tok Panjang was a human with magical powers said to have lived not less than 100 years ago. If my memory is not mistaken there was a person who told me he originated from Patani (now in southern Thailand). Based on the name Tok Panjang (which could be literarily translated as the long elder) I hold the assumption that he was a tall man or his tomb is long. But there could not be seen any long tomb around here. Still my instincts strongly says this tomb located closest to the bank is indeed his tomb.