Antique

Antique

Pandan, Antique is about an hour-and-a-half by land from caticlan, with usual stops on nabas crossing in Aklan, where there are jeepney rides to Pandan. vans for hire are available in caticlan for P5,500 for a four-hour travel to San Jose in Antique. call Gerald at +63908/ 922 2824.

The province of Antique in Western Visayas has developed somewhat isolated from its bustling neighbors Aklan and Iloilo, and many of its folk traditions have remained intact well into the modern age. It is not difficult to find first-hand accounts of witches, spells and ‘elementals’, aswangs (bloodsuckers) or non- human entities, recounted with conviction. Tales of duwende (elves or dwarves) living in forests and guarding trees under threat from loggers are often heard. Sometimes described as gray little old men with one-eye, a big nose, and only one nostril, duwendes are generally considered a harbinger of good fortune to humans, unless the human has bad intentions or energies about them. Kapres, or giants, are also frequently mentioned, and even now, construction workers are loathe to cut down balete or old acacia  trees for fear of angering the kapres and bringing curses  upon themselves. While existing in a parallel dimension certainly makes these assorted elementals pretty hard to find at will, the foothills around Mt. Madja-as are rife with reported sightings and stories told with chilling detail and dead serious poker faces.

Photo and Article Source : Inflight Magazine (Seair)