"The Legend Island" a Pulau Langkawi Travel Page by hash09

The best-known folk tale of Langkawi is about Mahsuri. Mahsuri was a pretty lady who cursed the island when she was wrongly accused of adultery some 200 years ago.

Mahsuri was married to Wan Darus, son of the Chief of Langkawi. While her husband went away to fight against the invading Siamese army, a travelling male musician called Deraman came along. Mahsuri and Deraman became good friends, causing her mother-in-law to accuse her of having an affair with the musician. The villagers speculated too.

When her father-in-law, Dato Karma Jaya heard about the rumor from the villagers, he was furious and ordered her to be sentenced to death. Despite her protests of innocence, Mahsuri was executed.

However, the swords and machetes used by the executors could not injure her. This is believed to be a proof of her innocence. They kept trying but to no avail. Mahsuri then told them to use a special sword kept in her house so that she could be executed. White blood was seen gushing out of her wound during the execution, as further proof of her innocence.

Mahsuri uttered her curse on Langkawi just before she died

"There shall be no peace and prosperity on this island for a period of seven generations."

I am at mini Langkawi, you can walk around this park and enjoy the small trip, in this park they have make a few places and tell you the storey about the island.

It is in the midle of the ocean, but Dayang bunting lake has been surrounding by a mountain, and the middle places are becoming a lake.

You can have other activites when you get here, u can feed the monkey, kayaking and skirling or just sit at the jetty and watching people swimming in the lake