00000ctmaa22000003a 4500 UP-1685675941123922876 Buklod 20150724101520.0 aa rb |||1 u| ta 150724s xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPTAC-00017509029 UPVTC eng LG 993.5 1991 C66 V35 Vallejera, Imelda L. author. Accounts of aswang encounters of the people in Luntad, a barangay of Palo, Leyte and their educational implications Imelda L. Vallejera. 1991. x, 64 leaves illustrations. Undergraduate thesis (B.A. Communication Arts)-- Univeristy of the Philippines, College Tacloban. Witchcraft still flourishes in the barrios as well as in the cities. The persisting beliefs on these beings survive despite the sophisticated and modern condition of the times. A witch is a very familiar figure since the darker days of childhood but excitable days, too. The child listens to aswang stories with much relish but when told to go for an errand alone especially during nighttime these same aswang stories haunt him. As the child grows older and matures he realizes that aswang is only an imaginary creature used by the old folks to motivate him to obey parental wishes such as being told to go to sleep. Criticisms have been hurled against this type of discipline and stories about love-potions, the evil-eye witch, and eating-corpse flesh or drinking the blood of newborn babies may prove too much to the young mind of the child especially its effects on the intellectual, social and psychological advancement. There are various held beliefs about aswang to be dangerous and can cause of passivity of children nevertheless, such allegations cannot be accounted for, proved or disproved, in such sweeping generalizations. Hence, this study attempts to find out how these stories of aswang encounters affect the education of the children and whether these stories carry educational inferences for young children so that whatever findings the writer can come up with will be of great help to the teachers in the elementary who have a personal interest in the folklore of the country and their use in the education of the children. The informants of the study are confined in Luntad, a barangay of Palo, Leyte. The informants consisted mainly of two laypersons, a professional, a rural health personnel, a midwife, an officer of religious organizations and a student with a total of seven (7) informants. This work intends to gather and record told and retold accounts of aswang encounters. More importantly, it intends to determine the influence of aswang stories on the children's education by trying to find out how much these aswang stories have affected their learning. Stories of aswang encounters of Luntad truly reflect the indigenous folklore of the town and our country as well hence, there is a need for us to do away with Western witch stories because they do not at all reflect our culture rather it enhances the colonial mentality and it is especially the children whose minds are open and receptive to such influences. In the continuing struggle for national identity, it is necessary for the Filipinos to know themselves, their heritage, their folklore that truly reflect our culture distinct from others. It is therefore the intention of the writer to create an awareness among the readers based from the witch accounts of Luntad informants-- our folk beliefs, practices and traditions expressing our ideas, experiences of the supernatural being called aswang. Children are filled with rich imaginations, their creative faculties are intense especially when it comes to the realm of the mysterious, supernatural beings. Educators have found out the importance and function of these mythological beings like the aswang to the education of the children. These supernatural beings could be used in their art forms as subjects and also in the reading, speaking, listening and writing activities in the classroom. The children are keenly interested about these creatures hence, they could be used as part of their reading materials to improve their language and their reading skills. Folk belief on aswang is important for the education of the children because it can help improve their creative faculty and their creative impulses and will make learning English easier through their use in the reading materials of these fascinating supernatural beings called "aswangs". Aswang encounters Barangay Luntad, Palo, Leyte. FI UP UPTAC UPTAC LG 993.5 1991 C66 V35 Thesis