The Aswang Phenomenon

The Aswang Phenomenon

#400 years of fear is about to be undone


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1h 26m 2011 HD

What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real. In the Philippines for the last 400 years, the 'aswang' has been used as propoganda and social control by Spanish Colonizers, the Catholic Church, the Philippine Administration, and even the CIA.


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