Tuktok ng bundok, may nakabaon daw na yaman sa tila lawa raw ng kumunoy?! | Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho - video Dailymotion

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Kayamanan diumano ng mga Hapon, pinaniniwalaang inilubog daw sa mga quick sand o kumunoy sa tuktok ng isang bundok sa Oriental Mindoro?!   Gaano ito katotoo? Panoorin ang video.

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00:00 Kumonoy or Kwik-San?

00:03 Is that what you think?

00:05 Harmless white sand or sand?

00:07 That's what you can call "lamunin"!

00:11 For decades, we've been being teased by stories

00:16 that the Japanese during World War II

00:19 left behind wealth in different parts of the Philippines.

00:29 Here in the town of Victoria in Oriental Mindoro,

00:32 the wealth of the Japanese

00:35 was left behind in the depths of a mountain.

00:40 It's surrounded by big trees and it's like a forest.

00:44 Before, there were rivers.

00:46 And the depths are surrounded by seven different lakes

00:51 where the rich were drowned.

00:54 They believed that Kumonoy is just a place for the rich.

00:59 Kwik-San or Kumonoy?

01:06 Yes, the place you're watching right now

01:13 is like a land where the accidenters have been buried.

01:17 It's almost like a trap.

01:22 You're back there, there's water.

01:24 If you step on it, you'll drown.

01:27 The believers, the real people,

01:30 believe that Kumonoy is a place for the rich.

01:32 There are treasures that the Japanese buried there.

01:35 Are you ready to submit to the white sand

01:40 just to get the Kumonoy that's buried here?

01:45 From Barangay Villa Cerveza,

01:50 it takes two hours to trek to the place.

01:54 It's tiring.

01:55 The path that our team has taken is not a joke.

02:00 They had to cross rivers and mountains.

02:04 We're here at what they call Kumonoy.

02:08 They reached the 36 hectares of land

02:13 that is surrounded by tall trees and moss.

02:18 Be careful when you're walking

02:20 because you might get soaked in the water.

02:26 This is the biggest of the seven lakes

02:32 that they believed to be Kumonoy in Tuktuk ng Bundok.

02:37 It's almost 30 meters deep.

02:40 It used to be water.

02:43 If you knock it, it'll almost float.

02:45 If you knock it hard, your feet will sink.

02:49 It's said that the surroundings are very secluded.

02:52 According to the locals,

02:54 Kumonoy is really secluded.

02:57 You'll get lost.

02:59 If you go there and get lost,

03:01 you won't be able to get out because it's hard.

03:03 That's why some residents, like Lola Salume,

03:08 consider this place sacred.

03:11 We are grateful to God

03:13 and to Kumonoy for this place.

03:16 They say they perform rituals before fishing.

03:21 We shout if we can fish or not.

03:24 We say that we'll go home first.

03:28 If you shout loudly, you can.

03:30 But if you don't answer, you won't be able to go home.

03:34 It's very spacious.

03:35 The fish are also full of energy.

03:38 We caught a fish weighing 5 kilos.

03:41 We caught a fish weighing 2 kilos.

03:45 So whenever they're lucky,

03:48 they don't forget to play tag or play tag.

03:52 We play tag with the big fish.

03:54 This is your share.

03:56 Lexter made fishing a part of his life

04:00 in the Lawa of Kumonoy.

04:03 I started fishing there

04:05 to catch fish.

04:06 I was a youngster.

04:07 The taste of the fish there was different.

04:10 It was yellow.

04:11 But the rich people here have been talking about this place for a long time.

04:16 The rich people who believe in the heart of the Lawa of Puti.

04:24 There are treasures buried there.

04:28 The Japanese during the war,

04:30 they were chased away.

04:31 They couldn't bring their belongings.

04:33 They buried them in Kumonoy.

04:36 When the Japanese arrived here,

04:38 they said that there's a treasure truck.

04:40 But when they went there,

04:41 they were not brought.

04:42 Maybe they were taken to the Philippines.

04:45 They were scattered.

04:46 Until now, I haven't seen it.

04:47 But if Max is the one who will ask,

04:50 there's really a treasure here.

04:53 But it's not under the Lawa.

04:55 But it's under the cave and the land.

04:59 Because their place is really a treasure hunt.

05:04 The chance that I came here,

05:06 there is.

05:07 But it's like they're trying to hide it.

05:11 I suspect that there's a Japanese presence in Mindoro.

05:16 In the minds of the people,

05:18 it's World War II.

05:19 When the Japanese arrived here in the Philippines,

05:21 especially General Tomoyuki Yamashita,

05:23 he said that he brought treasures

05:26 that were taken from different countries in Southeast Asia.

05:30 This news spread even after the war.

05:33 It became a favorite story of treasure hunters.

05:35 The place was visited by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office

05:40 of the City of Victoria.

05:42 And after they told us about it,

05:44 they wanted to explain that the Lawa of Putik

05:48 is not really a commune,

05:54 but a pitland or swamp land.

05:57 A pitland is a waterlogged or saturated with water.

06:00 As time goes by,

06:02 it's filled with remains from dead trees,

06:05 branches, and whatever.

06:07 It's formed and it's rotting and running away.

06:09 These become organic materials

06:12 that will eventually grow trees.

06:15 The quicksand was formed because there's a hole

06:18 that's filled with sand.

06:19 When water comes, it goes down.

06:21 But actually, the pitland is also called a commune

06:23 by the local people here.

06:25 It's not true that when you go down to the commune,

06:28 you'll be dragged down until you drown and eat the soil.

06:33 If you don't squeeze the ground, it won't drown.

06:35 If you're going to throw up,

06:37 you should do it with your feet so you can throw up easily.

06:40 That's the truth of the commune.

06:43 The first thing you should do is not to panic.

06:45 Because if you panic, whatever you do,

06:48 that will tend to submerge you even more deeper.

06:51 Just relax.

06:52 If you can lift your feet,

06:53 you can slowly lift them up.

06:54 And your body will slowly sink,

06:57 meaning you'll lie down on top of the commune.

06:59 If you do that, you'll be able to breathe

07:01 and eventually, you'll survive.

07:02 Meanwhile, to help with tourism,

07:06 the village head Villa Cerveza

07:09 and the local government of Victoria

07:11 plan to develop this tourist spot.

07:14 Our plan is to make an ATD.

07:17 The commune can pass through its side.

07:20 The village also plans to put cottages,

07:24 ponds, or boats

07:27 to be used as a port for our visitors.

07:30 We'll help the village by fixing the road

07:34 so that it's more accessible to tourists.

07:37 Actually, it's safe because we asked the fishermen there.

07:41 They're using a banana raft.

07:44 It might have a boat,

07:45 but it's not the commune that you go to

07:48 and you're eating under it.

07:50 It's okay, maybe.

07:51 You're adding income to the village.

07:52 I hope it won't destroy the environment.

07:54 I hope the lives of our fellowmen,

07:59 especially the most vulnerable of our fellowmen,

08:03 will also be able to survive the hardship.

08:08 [dramatic music]

08:11 Thank you so much, Kapuso!

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Tuktok ng bundok, may nakabaon daw na yaman sa tila lawa raw ng kumunoy?! | Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho

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