Tinago Falls

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The Tinago waterfall near Iligan City, is a watchable waterfall on the island of Mindanao in the province of Lanao del Norte in southern Philippines. He is next to the Maria Cristina Falls and the Waterfall Limunsudan one of the main attractions of the city of Iligan City, which also has the nickname of city of majestic waterfalls.

The word Tinago has its origins in Filipino language and means something like "hidden" because the cases are hidden by a long-drawn Deep. To get to the falls, it is necessary, a 500 -step spiral staircase to descend. The water falls from a height of 73 m above cascades into a deep and calm basin, which appears like a blue lagoon and has a depth of more than 16 m. Under the waterfall there is a small cave that you can enter to be impressed there by the roar of the water.

Geography

The Tinago Waterfall are both in the area of ​​Barangay ( hamlet ) Ditucalan, Iligan City, although they are also claimed by the municipality Linamon. They are a distance of 20 waterfalls in the vicinity of Iligan City and nearly 14 kilometers from the city center.

Legend

According to legend, there was once an influential and powerful Sultan called Agok, who ruled with his wife with pride and selfishness over his subjects. As the wife of the sultan was pregnant, she attended a disguised as a beggar sorceress and asked their help. But her request for help went unheard in the ruling family and they sent them away. Then the enchantress cursed the couple to their child would be ugly, but this did not take seriously the words of the woman and banished the enchantress forever from their realm.

When the girl was born, it was really ugly, which is why the couple was sad and disappointed, as they expected the child would be as beautiful as his mother. So they hid the child from embarrassment in a cave, in which the baby had to live called Tin -Ag, which means "hidden face ". The parents took care of the child and visited her daughter often in the cave. After the girl was an adult, it came out of the cave and was surprised by her own face. The enchantress, who had cursed her parents, she looked and presented her a deal by them, to transform their suggested in something of great beauty and splendor. She accepted the offer and so became of her Tinago the waterfall.