Jaranan, appeared in 1041 during the short-lived era of the Hindu-Buddhist kingdom Kahuripan. According to one of the oral histories, there was a king who held a fight contest, the prize was to become the husband of his daughter. The knights and nobles enlist themselves, but there is an ordinary person among them, Pujangga Anom or Bujang Ganong. Bujang Ganong won the battles. He has not killed the knight he defeated, instead forced them to join his parade towards the palace.