Once upon a time in Lombok, there was a kingdom named Kuripan. The king or Kuripan was very wise. He had a daughter, named. Mandalika. She was so beautiful. Many princes wanted to marry her. To choose the one that would be his son-in-law, the king had an arrow shooting competition. The best one would be Mandalika's husband.
One the day of the competition, those princes shot their arrows. All of them did it perfectly. The king found it difficult to choose. Therefore, the princes began to fight and kill each other.
Princes Mandalika was so desperate. She didn't want anyone killing each other because of her. That's why she decided to go to the sea. She died in the south sea of Lombok. The king and princes were sad and felt guilty. They regretted and stopped fighting.
Untill now, one day in every year, usually in February or March, people in to the south sea. On that day, great number of worms come out from the sea. People calls there worms 'NYALE'. People believe that those nyales are princess Mandalika's hair.
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