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    Sura the shark and Buaya the crocodile were constantly fighting over food in the water. They decided to divide the hunting areas, with Sura taking the salty sea and Buaya the freshwater rivers. However, one day Sura came into the river looking for food and the two began fighting again. This time Buaya won and forced Sura back to the sea. The city of Surabaya gets its name from this folktale, combining the names Sura and Buaya.

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    Sura the shark and Buaya the crocodile were constantly fighting over food in the water. They decided to divide the hunting areas, with Sura taking the salty sea and Buaya the freshwater rivers. However, one day Sura came into the river looking for food and the two began fighting again. This time Buaya won and forced Sura back to the sea. The city of Surabaya gets its name from this folktale, combining the names Sura and Buaya.

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    Sura the shark and Buaya the crocodile were constantly fighting over food in the water. They decided to divide the hunting areas, with Sura taking the salty sea and Buaya the freshwater rivers. However, one day Sura came into the river looking for food and the two began fighting again. This time Buaya won and forced Sura back to the sea. The city of Surabaya gets its name from this folktale, combining the names Sura and Buaya.

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    Surabaya

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    Sura the shark and Buaya the crocodile were constantly fighting over food in the water. They decided to divide the hunting areas, with Sura taking the salty sea and Buaya the freshwater rivers. However, one day Sura came into the river looking for food and the two began fighting again. This time Buaya won and forced Sura back to the sea. The city of Surabaya gets its name from this folktale, combining the names Sura and Buaya.

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    Surabaya

    By: Adien Gunarta

    Once upon the time, there were a Sura and Buaya (see text
    below). They always fight for get some food in the water (sea
    and river). They were very strong. During the time, there
    was none win and lose. Finally, buaya met sura to talk about
    their hunting area.

    “I am tired to fight for eat, Buaya!” said sura.


    “I am too, how about if we share our area!” said buaya.
    “Okay, I have hunting area in the salty water and you in
    the river. How about that?” said sura
    “Perfect, I agree” said buaya.

    After that, no more fight in the water but one day, sura came
    to the river ending to find some food. There, sura met buaya.

    “Hey! Stay away from here! It is my hunting area! You


    break our agreement!” yell buaya.
    “No, you break our agreement first! This is salty water!”
    said sura.
    “It is plain water!” said buaya.
    Finally, they fought again. At this time, buaya winning the
    fight. Sura came back to the sea with hurts and buaya get
    his river again.

    People call that area such as “Surabaya” which took from


    Javanese language, Suro become Sura, and boyo become
    buaya become baya.

    +Sura is shark
    +Baya is crocodile
    Folktale from: Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
    Category : Fable, Myth
    Advice : if you right, do not be afraid to against
    someone fault.

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