The
legend of the City of Bais 1980
Writer:
Josefa Baena Villanueva –Perez
Translated
from Cebuano to English:
Leonaga Tulabing Larena,RN,MPM
Bais
before was already the center of trade in the island of Negros Oriental. The
Chinese were already coming here to trade their magnificent silk and porcelain
with lumber for building houses and sugar coming from sugar cane plant ( Tubo).
The
natives of Bais idolizes the spirit ( Anitos ) and God and Goddesses that lived
in the forest. They make the forests a sacred place to pray. They sometimes do
not during moonlight nights and they sing native songs in their language for
their beloved Anitas due to their greediness and weaknesses. They denuded the
forests, they cut down all trees and build their houses there and celebrated
fiestas.The sacredness of the place was forgotten.
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| Bais City Sunset by : Photographer Kenzo G. Laxina |
The
Anitos got very angry and famine resulted, their harvests failed and the
natives were hungry. Despite what happened the anitos stile pitied the native.
They created rivers and seas were numerous fish appeared which the natives were
gathering freshwater eel called “Bais” caught in the
fish traps. The natives were given fish to eat by the anitos.
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