Case file · Folklore / legend
Mahsuri's curse on Langkawi
Langkawi legend says Mahsuri, a young woman falsely accused of adultery, bled white blood when executed and cursed the island to seven generations of misfortune; the Siamese invasion of 1821 was seen as its fulfilment.
1821 CE · 6.34, 99.80 · status: legend
The account
Langkawi's boom as a tourist island from the late 1980s was popularly said to show that the seven generations had passed. Her tomb, Makam Mahsuri, is a shrine and attraction.