That said, in ancient times there spirits (supernatural) which is very bad berstana in a river. Spirits are called Leang mats. These creatures are known to be very bad for the pleasure of hiding away even the children. It is said Leang mats are very pleased with the bright colors like red. According to the story of the citizens, Leang mats comes when the rain arrived and when the flow of the river rapids.
According to the story, Leang mats is believed to be the incarnation of an evil witch in the ancient times. Witch was very happy to hide a small child. Witch was very pleased with the little boy who wore a red shirt. Once upon a time a little child victims of the witch's ignorance. Finally,
because people get upset and disturbed by the existence of witches, the
residents decided to roll in trying to capture and destroy the witch. Various
kinds of ways do citizens to capture the witch's supernatural powers,
but always failed because of the knowledge possessed by the witch. On one occasion, a resident witch's trap by using a child as pancingannya. Finally, people managed to scoop up the witch. Residents then wrapped the body of the witch with a mat is then rolled-Roll. After
the rolled-Roll on the mat, the grandmother's body was thrown into the
river enclosed a torrential flow of water in the afternoon when it
rained. Enclosed grandmother believed that eventually destroyed by the citizens.
Several years after the incident, residents were surprised by the return loss of a child at the riverside. That said, it's a lost little boy wearing red and playing on the edge of the river when it rains. Then the people investigating the incident along with an intelligent man (shaman). After investigation, it turns out the missing child was hidden by a creature. Said the wise man (shaman), beings that hide the little girl is the incarnation of the witch who once destroyed the people. Smart people (healers) believe that the creature is the incarnation of the witch as the creature was also pleased with the little boy who wore a red shirt. Previously residents had destroyed a cruel witch with her away in a raging river in the afternoon when the rain falls, as well as the missing child. The little boy lost in the afternoon when the rain fell when he was playing at the edge of the river that flows swift water. The creature was later named Leang mats. This is exactly what underlies the idea that the quack mats Leang it is the incarnation of the witch. This creature is believed to be citizens of the little boy hiding. From here then people believed in witches incarnate beings (Leang mats) are cruel.
Incarnation being witches were called Leang mats because the creature appears to be a roll mat figure is drifting in the river. That said, Lombok resident said, every child around the river wearing a red shirt will be struck and carried away by Leang mats to a place, just as he had done by a cruel witch in the ancient times. That said, when there is never a smart person (shaman) who wanted to see the outline of the Leang mats. He was very curious about the figure of beings who are happy with the color red. Various kinds issued by the shaman's spell. In the end it shows itself Leang mats with wrath because he was deeply troubled by the shaman's spell. From this it becomes cruelty Leang mats-so. According to the story, the little boy across the river by using a red shirt when the rain arrived may be struck by Leang mats.
Until now people still believe in the existence of Leang mats as the incarnation of a cruel witch. That is why every parent there forbids their children to pass on the edge of the river when the rain arrived wearing red especially. That's a myth that people should not use a red shirt when he was in the river when it rains because of the existence of a creature named Leang mats yyang found on the island of Lombok.
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