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THE LEGEND OF MIRASOL
(The City Flower of
San Carlos)
by: PSDS Rogelio M. Lasco
District II - Division of San Carlos
City
Brgy. Palampas is the home of the city flower of San Carlos, the
MIRASOL - (Sunflower)
The story goes this way...
In the 1900,
there lived a couple named Isabel and Quiriko. They lived as a couple for many
years but were not blessed with a child. They heard about San Carlos and they
prayed for his intercession to have a child. Soon their prayers were granted .
Isabel gave birth to a beauteous girl and named her Mira, which means to look at
or to stare at. Wherever Mira went, people stared at her.
On her 18th
year, she had three ardent suitors, a Datu who expressed his love through an
English song, a Cebuano who rendered a balak and a Tagalog who sang
harana.
None of the suitors was accepted by Mira for she fantasized the
love of the sun and oftentimesseen staring at it. The sun transformed into a
human being named Sol (an Immortal) and tried to convinced Mira that her fantasy
was impossible so he sang for her a song "Impossible Dream".
Mira got ill
but doctors didn't find any cause or reason for her illness and later she
died.
Before Mira's death, she requested to be buried in the
cave.
In the cave where Mira was buried , a beautiful yellow flower
sprouted and the natives called it MIRASOL in honor of MIRA and
SOL.
Thus, the birth of the flower Mirasol or Sunflower, which the
generous people of San Carlos City have chosen to be their city flower.
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