BAKUNAWA

Bakunawa is a huge sea serpent with wings (Bakunawa is known also in the
"Mahabharata," which is an important epic poem of India. Bakunawa is the god of
the underworld and is the archenemy of the great god "Bathala, the creator ", the
ancients had very afraid of this dragon because Bathala had created seven moons,
but Bakunawa had eaten six, pregnant women had to stay home because according
to tradition, if they were the child would be exposed to the eclipse was born crazy,
malformed or discoloured by skin, the Pinoy of the past believed that god was one
of the most powerful because as mentioned above can affect the sun and the moon
shall devour, but in fact if needed a ritual was invented, the best thing that the
Filipino population know how to make do with what you have available, in fact, the
past inhabitants Filipinos watched the eclipse time as all of us we need to protect
eyes from harmful rays, the means used were the most the map of the candy, the
film that is used in the kitchen but the best I've read and that shows the amazing
ingenuity of the Filipino people was to take a piece of glass and cospragerci above
the soot, the tradition want while watching the eclipse it was necessary that all
these chattering the pots so that the noise would distract the Bakunawa so that
does not devour the last moon. Times have changed since then. people in the
Philippines does not beat most pots to distract the Bakunawa. Most Filipinos can
not even know who is Bakunawa. I hope you enjoyed the story of this great legend
as you read was one of the most important figures of the mythological Philippines ..
I put a photo of Bakunawa