When we hear the word
Balete, most of us would readily associate it with the enchanted and the supernatural
beings like “kapre” and “tikbalang” (that’s “tayhu” to the Ilonggos), or where
sorcery rituals are usually performed, and if we are superstitious then most
probably we would avoid getting near this tree. However, this is not the case
with the giant Balete Tree in Barangay Campalanas, in Lazi town of Siquijor
