Reviving Folk Narratives: A Qualitative and Digital Study of an Engkanto Myth in Barangay Pagbabangnan, San Julian, Eastern Samar

This study examines the Engkanto myth of Brgy. Pagbabangnan San Julian Eastern Samar. Modernization and advancement of technology threatens the transmission of this local folklore. Narratives about Engkanto are deeply rooted in rural Philippine communities, originating from precolonial animistic beliefs. In order to maintain this cultural knowledge. This paper has managed to document and analyze the tales about Engkanto and transform the cultural information into the modern media. Applying a qualitative research methodology with the assistance of the modified ADDIE, Analysis, Design, Development, and Evaluation (ADDE), the researchers collected the information based on the interviews, observation, and narrative beliefs to get to know the community perceptions of Engkanto as a community and cultural documentation. The data was then translated into a developed material and evaluated by reference to the modified DepEd Region III Nueva Ecija Evaluation Rating Sheet on Storybooks and Big Books. Factor 1 and 2 were both rated 4.7, which were considered highly acceptable and met all the necessary standards. This indicates that the storybook is considered acceptable for academic purposes and the basis for methodological studies.

Engkanto, folklore, indigenous beliefs

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