THE THREE FRIENDS AND POSSALIA
Translated from
Tiga Sekawan dan Possalia
written by Herawati
published by
Language Development and Cultivation Agency
Ministry of Education and Culture
in 2016
This translation has been published as the result of the translation program organized
by The Center for Language Strategy and Diplomacy Development,
Language Development and Cultivation Agency, Ministry of Education and Culture
in 2018

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The treasures of regional culture that are spread
throughout the country need to be maintained and preserved.
Cultural values contained in language, customs, and literary
wealth in the form of oral literature need to be passed on to the
next generation of the nation. One of the government's efforts to
preserve oral literature is the writing of children stories. This
activity was carried out by the Language Development and
Cultivation Agency. The writing of children stories aims to
publish literature that is valuable for elementary school-age
children. The program is in line with the National Literacy
Movement being launched by the Ministry of Education and
Culture. With this children storybook, it is hoped that every
school-age child can get used to reading and recognizing the
riches of the nation's literature.
The story entitled The Three Friends and Possalia was
originally titled "Tatalu Topovega Rapa (The Three Best
Friends)". This story is one of the Kaili folklore texts in Central
Sulawesi. This folklore has been documented by Herawati (2005)
through a study entitled "Human Image in Kaili Folklores", but it
has not been published in book form. The author raises this story
because it is loaded with moral teaching values, including the
values of honesty and social solidarity.
The author hopes that the cultural values contained in this
story can be emulated and used as valuable life lessons. Hopefully
this story will be beneficial and can foster good character and
students' interest in reading so that the efforts to make language
into a tool for character growth can be realized. Thank you.

Palu, April 2016
Herawati