Siquihor is located in the heart of the Philippine Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. Tourists are not frequent guests here because the island is notorious for the sorcerers who live on it.
There are more sorcerers on the island than ordinary people, according to the inhabitants of the Philippines. White sorcerers live here, who heal people, and black ones also live - who send damage and disease to people. And if a black sorcerer has done something to a person, then medicine is powerless here, a person will die, and only a white sorcerer can cure him. Everyone has probably heard of the Filipino healers who can do surgical operations without a knife, with their bare hands. The local magicians are also called healers, but they heal in other ways. Ordinary Filipinos who do not have funds for treatment in expensive clinics travel to the island to the sorcerers on cheap ferries. Local sorcerers help everyone, help better than doctors, curing the terminally ill, and they help for free: it is believed that if you take money for treatment, you will lose your gift.
One of the common methods of treating white magicians is considered to be the method of treatment with bubbles, the method of treatment is called bulu-bulu. The patient sits on a chair, the magician takes a large glass, pours spring water there, puts a black stone of volcanic rock and lowers a thin bamboo hollow tube into the glass. Then the sorcerer, blowing air into the glass through a tube, goes around the patient several times. The water in the glass first darkens, then blackens, pieces of some kind of dirt appear in it. After that, the glass is filled with clean water and the procedure is started again, and so on until the water in the glass remains clean. It is believed that the bubbles draw out all his diseases from a person.
There are also black magicians on Sikihor, who should be seriously feared. It is they who are engaged in the instilling of evil spirits into a person. The person becomes insane and will do whatever the black sorcerer orders. He can scream, fight, try to kill someone. Usually relatives associate such a patient and the name of the white sorcerer Juan Ponso, who is famous for his ability to exorcise evil spirits. He literally burns them out of the body of the possessed, and, after the procedure, not the slightest trace of burns remains on the body.
Black magicians can cast spells on food and drink in order to squeeze a person from the light. A person who has consumed any of this feels sharp pains in the stomach. And only a white sorcerer can save him with his prayers and special drinks, otherwise the person will die. Siquihor Island is considered a part of the once sunken continent of Atlantis. It was in this place, according to legend, in Atlantis there was a special energy portal, therefore the island is densely populated by sorcerers who feed themselves on its en
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The island will be interesting for nature lovers. The landscape of Siquihor is hilly, cut by many hiking trails, from which volcanic peaks are visible. There are several parks designed to protect flora and fauna, unique mountain formations: caves and waterfalls.
In 1978, Siquihor Island was declared a marine reserve. Naturally, this island's waters are popular with experienced divers and beginners looking to dive. At Siquihor, you can get diver certificates of the following standards: PADI, CMAS and NAUI.
Fans of unusual purchases can buy souvenirs made by local craftsmen: jewelry, hats and even furniture.