ABSTRACT: Folklore is a historical phenomenon; and the science of folklore is a historical discipline. The science of folklore and the historical discipline are two integrated disciplines to produce inter-discipliner sciences. Panjalu is an area of the former kingdom of Islam in Priangan (the heartland of the Sundanese in West Java, Indonesia), whose people have folklore of Sanghiyang Prabu Borosngora. This folklore is an ancient cultural heritage of Panjalu’s people, whose existence is not only believed as imagination but also supported by the facts supporting people’s belief. This research was to study the phenomena of the history of Panjalu described in folklore of Sanghiyang Prabu Borosngora. This research was an ethnographic study applying descriptive analysis of which the data were taken from interviews and observation. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively. The result showed that the historicity of folklore of Sanghiyang Prabu Borosngora can be easily found in the appropriateness between intrinsic elements of literature (character, setting, and plot) and historical elements of which they can also be related to the existing historical inheritance. Beside that, the historicity of Sanghiyang Prabu Borosngora’s folklore is based on the spread of Islam in Priangan, whose truth is believed by Panjalu people. Hence, the folklore of Sanghiyang Prabu Borosngora can be used to reconstruct the history of Panjalu after being purified from pre-logical and irrational things.

KEY WORDS: History; Folklore; Phenomena; Panjalu People; Islamic Kingdom.

About the Author: Dr. Heri Jauhari is a Lecturer at the Department of Islamic Civilization, Faculty of Adab and Humanities UIN SGD (State Islamic University, Sunan Gunung Djati) Bandung, Jalan A.H. Nasution No.105 Cipadung, Bandung 40614, West Java, Indonesia. Corresponding author is: hari.jauhari@yahoo.com

How to cite this article? Jauhari, Heri. (2016). “The Folklore of Sanghiyang Prabu Borosngora as Phenomena of Panjalu History in Ciamis Regency, West Java, Indonesia” in TAWARIKH: International Journal for Historical Studies, Vol.8(1) October, pp.13-20. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press and UIN SGD Bandung, ISSN 2085-0980.

Chronicle of the article: Accepted (August 24, 2016); Revised (September 25, 2016); and Published (October 28, 2016).

History; Folklore; Phenomena; Panjalu People; Islamic Kingdom

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