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Jan Garanoz
Thanon Pemavipat
Chiang Rai, 57000
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Malaysia
/ Kedah / Pulau Dayang Bunting
Photo: Pulau Dayang Bunting
Nestled in
the midst of lushly forested hills on this island south
of Pulau Langkawi is Tasik Dayang Bunting (Lake of the Pregnant
Maiden), the largest lake in all the islands of Langkawi. The
outline of hills and rocky outcrops on one side of the lake takes
the shape of a pregnant maiden lying on her back. But the name
of both the island and the lake is attributed to a legend
of a lovely fairy princess who married an earthly prince. Her
first child died shortly after birth. So sad and depressed was
she that she buried the child in the crystal clear waters of the
lake. Before she returned to her fairy adobe, she blessed the
waters so that henceforth any childless maiden who bathed in the
lake would conceive thereafter.
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