Cika wannan jumla: Wata majiya ta yi nuni ga annabcin Jayabaya - wani sarki mai ilimin halin kwakwalwa na karni na 12 na Kediri Kingdom - kamar yadda ya hango gwagwarmaya tsakanin babban farin shark da wani babban farin aladu da ke faruwa a yankin, wanda a wasu lokuta ake fassara shi a matsayin tsinkaya na
Mamayewar Mongol na Java, babban rikici tsakanin sojojin Kublai Khan, Mongol mai mulkin China, da na Majapahit na Raden Wijaya a cikin 1293. Yanzu ana amfani da dabbobin biyu a matsayin alamar birnin, tare da fuskokin biyu da ke kewaye da juna, kamar yadda aka nuna a cikin wani mutum-mutumi da ke kusa da ƙofar gidan zoo na birnin (duba hoto a shafin Surabaya).