A Story
Today I'm going to tell you a legend called"Mahsuri"from Langkawi.
Mahsuri is the daughter of a humble farmer who together with Mahsuri had moved to the Island Langkawi.When she moved to Langkawi she became the most beatiful woman there.
Mahsuri then married a warrior named"Wan Darus".
When the war came Wan Darus left Mahsuri.
During the period of war Mahsuri meet a traveler called"Deraman"and they became friends.
The village chief's wife heard about this and decided to make a rumor about her since she despised her because of her beauty.The rumor was that Mahsuri was cheating on her husband with Deraman.
At first they were just small little rumors but then the rumors got bigger and bigger until they acuased her openly.Mahsuri said she was innocent but none of the villagers believed her.In the end she ended up being tied to a tree and being executed many times but none of the execution methods worked.Mahsuri told them that the only way to kill her was to use her family's keris(a small dagger) and she told them if her blood was white in colour then she was innocent.So the villagers took her family's keris and killed her but when the blood came out it was white in colour.Then on her last breath she cursed Langkawi for seven generations of bad luck.
The End
This is a painting of Mahsuri.
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