“My Fairyland”
I was born in Curvada Kpt. Lanao del Norte, the province of
my father. It was a peaceful place it also has many beautiful tourist spot that
you can visit anytime. One of the most beautiful places that I want to come
back again is the Tinago falls; the falls is like a shining pearl that I found
in the deep of the ocean after the struggles that we faced even though we’re so
tired walking in the afternoon while under in the sun it is still worth it when
you can finally hear the drops of the water of Tinago falls it’s like every
steps that you make is worth it just to see a peaceful view.
One of the reasons why I like this place is because of the
unique food and fruits that you can only find there. One of my favourite fruit
there is the “Macupa” it was sweet and delicious fruit it is also popular there
because many kids like to eat Macupa. I still remember when I was still young
my “ninong laways brought Macupa when he came back home from farming. It was a
simple gift for me but yet it made my day complete just because of that simple
gift. I also enjoyed eating the Cacao fruit when you can recycle the beans into
Cocoa or chocolate drink.
Festivals are one of the most important events in provinces,
in Lanao del Norte they performed Kahumayan Festival to show a thanks giving to
God for making their rice (palay) grow.
It was fun and exciting to see when they are performing the rituals. The
performance can make you amused all the time, the dancers are very talented and
creative to their props and outfit. In the festival, the queen is always what I
want to see while dancing the ritual and holding a St. Francis statue. They said that before the Lanao del Norte has
a mysterious history about existing of St. Francis and this Saint also help
them to make their food and fruits grow. They said that God send this Saint to
help them and guide them how to treasure the nature and how to live a simple
life with God. Even though half of it is just a bluff but this history makes
the people there responsible and a guardian of the nature.
But after the tragedy this beautiful memories was covered by
a nightmares that makes everyone suffered in sadness and terrified in dangers.
The Tinago falls that used to be a peaceful place is now crushed because of the
typhoon. The people now scared to go there to avoid incidence. It was sad to
think that this place is used to be a beautiful and peaceful place but now many
people was suffered because of hunger and scared that this kind of disaster
might be happened to them again.
