Task 10: Folklore Story

Group member :

1. Erna Bika
2. Yenisawati Bte Sidek
3. Cindy David
4. Dolinik Rosian
5. Nazratul Atiqah binti Abdul Rahman
6. Rameclarina bte Nosri@Josli
7. Ibranlly Nuviyona Simon
8. Salsabilla Shahren

Story of a legend “Aswang” in the Philippines

Maria Labo is from the province of Capiz. Maria Labo had a happy family she had a kind and loving husband and one son. Maria Labo decided to work abroad in England for the sake of her family. She had a good employer, who treated her well, but she did not know that the employer was a vampire. As a maid , Maria will have to prepare half-cooked liver for her employer to eat. After months of working for him, Maria began to feel sick. She did not know that she had ingested some blood from her vampire employer. Due to her unknown illness, Maria decided to return home to the Philippines, to live with her family. The vampire agreed.

Maria’s husband was a police officer. One day, after her husband returned home from work, Maria told her husband that she had already prepared dinner. The husband of Maria sat down to the table and asked Maria, “Where is our son?“. Maria replied, “Our son is right there!“. The husband did not know what she meant. He was unaware that the meat he ate was in fact their son! He opens the refrigerator and was shocked to see the head of their son in the refrigerator. Maria’s husband was so angry, he picked up a big knife and slashed the face of Maria. Maria had big scar on her face, which is why she was called ”Maria Labo”.

From that day on, Maria would stalk or hunt in many different locations within the Philippines, but her husband continued to hunt for Maria because he wanted to kill her. Whenever Maria was known to be in any place within the Philippines, all or the people tried to find and kill her, to save their own children. From those days till the present, the Filipino people gave Maria the nickname of the “Aswang”, meaning Queen of the Vampires.