Patung (Statue of) Ta Dumbong

Salam buat semua. Terus kepada hari ke-7 perjalanan Cambodia-Thailand 22 November-3 December 2018.

Peace be upon you all. On to the 7th day of the Cambodia-Thailand trip 22 November-3 December 2018.

Dari Phnom Penh kami bergerak 300 km barat-laut ke kota Battambang. Malamnya kami pergi melihat satu lambang dan tarikan utama di sana.

From Phnom Penh we moved 300 km north-west to the city of Battambang.. At night we went to see a main symbol and attraction there.

Ia adalah patung satu watak yang dikenali sebagai Ta Dumbong. Beliau ada seorang gembala lembu yang menemui sebatang kayu hitam sakti lalu menggunakannya untuk menjatuhkan lalu menggantikan raja. Putera raja pun lari masuk hutan lalu menjadi sami.

It is the statue of a character known as Ta Dumbong. He was a cow herd who found a magic black stick and used it to bring down the king.and took his place. His prince ran off into the woods and became a monk.

Setelah menjadi raja Ta Dumbong bermimpi ada orang suci menaiki kuda putih akan mengalahkannya. Dia pun mengumpulkan semua orang suci untuk membunuh mereka. Putera yang telah menjadi sami mendapat tahu mereka diperintah masuk ke bandar. Seorang petapa memberikannya seekor kuda yang boleh terbang. Lalu pergilah putera ke bandar.

After becoming king Ta Dumbong had a dream that a holy man riding a white horse would  defeat him. He in turn rounded up all holy men to put them put them to death. The prince who had become a monk found out they  were commanded to go into town. A hermit gave him  a white horse which could fly. .So he went to town.

Ta Dumbong ternampak putera datang dengan kuda putih terbang lalu teringat mimpi. Dia cuba membunuh putera dengan membaling kayu sakti tapi tak kena. Raja itu pun melarikan diri lalu tidak kelihatan lagi, Begitu juga halnya kayu sakti. 

Ta Dumbong saw the prince on a white flying horse and remembered the dream. H tried to kill the prince by throwing the magic stick but it missed. That  king on turn fled and was never seen again. So is the case with the magic stick. 

Daripada nama Ta Dumbong terbit nama Battambang yang dieja begitu dengan huruf rumi tetapi disebut Bat-dam-bong. Ini disebabkan terjemahan daripada bahasa Khmer kepada Peranchis (Cambodia dijajah Peranchis abad ke-19 hingga 20 Masihi)

From the name Ta Dumbong was issued the name Battambang which was spelled in roman letters as such but pronounced Bat-dam-bong.This is due to translation  from Khmer language to French (the French colonised Cambodia 19th to 20th century AD).