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sepia-toned parchment-style illustration of Malakas and Maganda . It captures the breathtaking moment when the primordial bamboo splits open on the island’s shore, releasing the first man and woman into a world newly born from the clash of Sky and Sea. The majestic bird circles above them in blessing, while Langit and Dagat swirl in the background. The inscription OldFolktales.com appears at the bottom right

The Bamboo Birth: How the First Filipinos Emerged in Tagalog Legend

Before memory, before names, before the very concept of time itself, there existed only two vast realms: Langit, the Sky, and Dagat, the Sea. They stretched endlessly in all directions, meeting at a horizon that was neither beginning nor end. Langit arched above like an enormous dome of endless blue, sometimes brilliant with light, sometimes dark and studded with distant

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