Malin Kundang
A tragic folktale from West Sumatra about a poor boy named Malin Kundang who leaves his mother to seek fortune overseas. After years of hardship, he becomes a wealthy merchant, marries a princess, and returns to his home village in a grand ship. His aging mother, overjoyed to see him, rushes to embrace him, but Malin Kundang, ashamed of his humble origins, cruelly denies knowing her and orders her driven away. Heartbroken, his mother kneels and prays to God to punish her ungrateful son. A violent storm immediately strikes, and Malin Kundang and his ship are turned to stone. The stone ship rema