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When Jairatul was at the grave of Jambangan, the flower atop the grave spoke to her and said: Why are you here?
Jairatul said: I am visiting the grave of Jambangan; his love, Sinaganbuhan, is now very thin because of her grief for him.
After a few minutes the flower fell down on the grave and the soil then opened, and Jambangan came out of the grave.
Jairatul said to Jambangan: Since the time you died, Sinaganbuhan did not come from her house. She has behaved as a widow all this time.
[[strikethrough]] J [[/strikethrough]] Jambangan said to Nairatul: You are a wise woman; tell them when you arrive home that Jambangan is still under the care of God.
Five days later, Jambangan rode a horse to the wedding ceremony of Nurulla.
Nurullah met him and said: Why are you here? You are still under the care of God.
The two brothers talked to each other. Jambangan said: It is the will of God that my life be taken from my body. God loves me a great deal because this horse belongs to him. Nurulla invited all the ladies and gentlement to his place to celebrate because Jambangan had become a living person again.
Jairatul Allah and Jambangan are brother and sister; Sinaganbuhan and Nurullah are first cousins.
On that day Jambangan and Sinaganbuhan were solemnized by the imams. The flag of Halimatossaadia was used at the ceremony. Jambangan was bathed by Halimatossaadia and Sinaganbuhan was also bathed by H. After that their eye brows were cut by Halimatossaadia; they were dressed in new clothes and taken to the house of Sinaganbuhan. Incense was then placed in a Golden cup. After the solemnization, the couple planned to go home to the four corners of the earth. Imam Sabidulla (god's assistant) said: Please do not go home yet.
Sahaia then ran to her niece, Sinaganbuhan, and said: You should dance.
But Sinaganbuhan said: Since my childhood, I have not practiced dancing. Then S. was forced to dance. I will try, she said. Her dancing was so beautiful that no one in the audience could outdance her. The movements of her body followed the kulintangan and agong. 
All the people exclaimed: I do not know why S. can dance so well. When she would a child she could not dance at all.
Once of the audience said: She is following the footsteps of her Aunt Sahaia.
After the dancing, S. and J. lived together as man and wife and worked hard.
One day Jambangan and Nurulla went to the sipa game (ball kicking). When Nurualla kicked the sipa, the entire earth shook; when Jambangan kicked the sipa into the sky it landed on the moon.
A bird flew through the sky and told Sinaganbuhan that the son of Prophet Usman has come here to get you. Sinaganbuhan began to cry.
Jambangan stopped his sipa game and ran into the house of his wife and kissed her. Why are you crying? he asked. She said: I am crying because the Prophet Usman's son is coming to get me. We are newly married by I will be