If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru’ chinks of his cavern. – William Blake
Taken inside a cave in Argao, Cebu, Philippines. The cave has an opening in its ceiling about 200 meters from the cave’s mouth. The cave’s mouth is literally on the walls of a cliff. When we entered, the cave’s floor is slightly flooded in shallow water after some consecutive days of heavy rains. This picture is from our second visit to this cave locally known as “Balay sa Agta“.
Agta or kapre (in our national language) is a mythological monster. Characterized as a tree dwelling elemental with human characteristics, seers of this being describe it as a tall (reaching up to 9 ft), brown and hairy man. Most of the time he is depicted as having a beard. The kapre is always “seen” dwelling in big trees smoking using a big tobacco pipe or just rolled tobacco.
To illustrate why this cave is called as the house of the kapre, the second picture gives scale as to how high its ceiling is. In the picture taken during our first visit is fellow photographer Al Michael with our local guide.
hmm at nasaan ang bintana sa bahay ng kapre bakit puro labasan nya lang?hihihi
ang ganda ng mga cave kaso lang hindi ko kayang pumasok…para akong matatae na kung ano pag pumapasok sa kahit saang kweba…pakiramdam ko guguho sa akin yun at maililibing ako ng buhay….kainis ang pinag iinarte ko!
just saw al’s photo collections yesterday. katahum gid!
Beautiful shot of the caves – the play of light is divine.
hmmm… got to visit the cave… ganda ng kuha… congrats bro… ang napasok kung mga cave yung sa bohol, sa sagada…
mark, naa sab ka sa cebu daily news. nag lingkod ka…
see link..
http://www.cebudaily.com/townsandcities/argao/balay-sa-agta-cave/
wow..ganda naman!
may TAG ako syo…pls.
really nice. liked the natural light through the ceiling.
i’ve been to argao last year but i never heard of this. nagdrop by lang kasi kami nun. gabi na nung dumaan kami kaya ala nang time para gumala. hehe. nice pics kuya mark!
ang ganda ng dating nung liwanag sa opening nung cave.
wala na kong masabi pa.you’re the man.ganda ng pics.ano pa bang bago?
Pure nature’s beauty! Wow! thanks…
uy, alam mo ba kapatid na ang cafre ay mga lahi ng mga indyano na dinala sa atin ng mga espanyol para gawin nilang mga assassins?ü
yung picture mong ito, parang napanood ko sa isang commercial kung saan may paring nagmimisa under the opening of the cave tapos maraming nakapaligid na palaspas. paano mo pala nagawang ganun kaliwanag ang loob ng kweba?
God bless!