The story about the lost city of Biringan is perhaps one of the most popular urban legends among Samareños.
“In Pagsanghan, there is a place there with so many trees. I don’t know if it’s still a forest, but there are two oak trees that stand tall, which many believe to be the portal leading to the center of Biringan,” Bajado said in a mix of Waray and English.One urban myth about the city involves a girl named Carolina, who went to Samar with two friends for vacation. Carolina did not return to Manila. Instead, she wrote a letter to her family explaining that she was happy living in Samar.
“There were stories about people getting lost but eventually winding up under the big oak trees. These people claimed to have gone to Biringan, only to wake up after what seemed to be a dream,” he said.Bajado said we could attribute the myth’s origins to the cultural narrative of animism, or the belief system that objects such as rocks and trees have a spiritual essence.
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