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RE: Kim's Quest #40: Tales of Siquijor (Isla del Fuego) - Part I

in Worldmappin4 years ago

ooh that's interesting! reading it creeps me out but please do share the details in next post. Also, coconut leaves walking is funny! I would laugh instead being scared but uh, folktales generally runs deep. No wonder they were really serious about it.

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Of course, I will. It's really amazing how they slowly changed the image of Siquijor to tourists. I heard from my friend's grandmother that they made a special council before to plan on how to reverse the image of Siquijor and I say it worked. It worked well to their advantage. Tourists would flock the island during Holy Week to witness the healing ritual and other stuff. I have some photos of the ritual. We witnessed them in one the highest mountain of the island - Mt. Bandilaan.