Shadow Puppet Show

Shadow Puppet Show: Durna's Trap
The story started with Durna who
was teaching the art of archery to the
children of Hastina Kingdom at the
palace's yard. From far away, a young
man watched the practice. He was
Ekalaya, the crown prince of Parang
Gelung Kingdom.
Ekalaya wanted to study with
Durna but was rejected, since the man
promised only to teach children of
Pandawa and Kurawa. Still Ekalaya
was neither angry nor revengeful.
His strong will to study from Durna
influenced him go to the forest and
create a statue of Durna as a symbol of
Durna's presence. With this statue as his
ima ginative teacher, Ekalaya learned
how to shoot arrows by himself. The
result was astonishing; Ekalaya turned
very skillfull in shooting arrows just like
Arjuna, Durna's favourite student.
Ekalayafinally encountered Arjuna,
who was hunting in the forest. Arjuna
was surprised to find that an arrow
struck the animal he was hunting.
It turned out the arrow belonged to
Ekalaya. Innocently, Ekalaya said he
was Durna's student.
Durna was surprised when Arjuna
told him about Ekalaya. When he met
Ekalaya, Durna trapped him saying he
would admit Ekalaya as his student if
he cut off the thumb of his right hand as
evidence of his loyalty to his master.
Ekalaya followed the request but
then rea lised he had been cheated.
Angry and disappoin ted, he knew
Durna did not want anybody to rival
Arjuna. Ekalaya became angrier when
he was told by his wife that Arjuna was
in love with her and challenged Arjuna
to a duel.
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