Parangtritis, Between The Beauty Queen of South Beach and Myth

In the dry season, the wind blowing like not to be outdone by waves as high as an average of 2-3 meters. Often heard the news there are visitors to the beach south of the lost trail of the wave. Strangely, the bodies of visitors who Nahas, it disappeared like a swallowed by the earth. SAR team could average only 2-3 days later to find his body after conducting searches. Typically, the location of the discovery of the bodies are not in an area where visitors are swallowed by the waves. The corpse was found hundreds of meters, sometimes even several kilometers from its original location.

Among local communities, such mysterious events, reinforce the myth that marine authorities commonly known as Nyi Roro Kidul (Queen of South Beach), likes to "eliminate" people who do not heed the rules of nature. From the scientific side, such incidents further strengthen the theory that the sea south of Java Trench is full undercurrent that continues to move. Any item abject from the beach, dragged down and stranded in different locations.

Local people's confidence about the legend of Nyi Roro Kidul is also its own birth charm. Almost every Friday night and Tuesday POND POND, visitors and local fishermen perform ritual ceremony on the beach. Pelarungan colored ritual offerings and colorful flowers into the sea. Top of the ritual is usually occur at night a Suro, and two-three days after Idul Fitri and Idul Adha. In essence, fishermen asked for salvation and mercy sustenance from the rulers of the earth and sky.