"The Legend of Magat River"

The legend of Magat from Bayombong is a popular story in the Philippines that has been passed down through oral tradition,from generation and generations. It is a tale of love and promise of a Boy to his wife and his promise broke and her wife turn into a crocodile,and the boy drowned him self because of suffering and regretness of his broked promise.That is the beggining of the "Legend of magat river"

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