I agree @arnold. The fountain garden is just too small for a garden and awkward to look at. A beautiful fountain as shown above should have been the centerpiece like in Greenbelt (I'm not sure of the place.) which has a similar fountain concept. It should not be set aside.

I agree @arnold. The fountain garden is just too small for a garden and awkward to look at. A beautiful fountain as shown above should have been the centerpiece like in Greenbelt (I'm not sure of the place.) which has a similar fountain concept. It should not be set aside.

Finally, the bells of Santo Nino! The last time I saw those bells was 30 years ago, I couldn't believe I would see it again. It was an unforgetable experience climbing up that narrow & tight coral stone stairwell and seeing that huge bell in the middle of the belltower ceiling. Thanks for sharing the pics Sothernbelle!! :)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1628/bellbsnpc0.jpg

Finally, the bells of Santo Nino! The last time I saw those bells was 30 years ago, I couldn't believe I would see it again. It was an unforgetable experience climbing up that narrow & tight coral stone stairwell and seeing that huge bell in the middle of the belltower ceiling. Thanks for sharing the pics Sothernbelle!! :)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1628/bellbsnpc0.jpg

^^ @dtranspo...y sapayan! So the above picture rekindled your childhood memories diay ha! It feels good isn't it? Nostalgic ba.

remember this?
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5584/dsc01368ws4.jpg

@Ang_Bantayanon! Wow! I just posted those pictures and you added more spices into my interest! Re oldest churchbell in the Visayas, had you mentioned it earlier, I am sure ni simang si Arnold from their itinerary when they went to Bohol recently just to see that bell in Clarin. :lol: I am just wondering why they allowed that bell to be brought to Bohol? Was it given to that church in Clarin as a gift? Maybe? hmmmm...Sige Prof Bantayanon, I will try to check out that book Prof Jose will be releasing soon! Murag interesting kaayo na. I will also tell my brother about this book because he is proud of the fact, that most of the old Philippine churches were built under the Agustinian Order. Once again, daghang salamat sa impormasyon. :)

@arnold, by all means, feel free to use those pictures in your blog. In that way, you can share our treasures to the whole world. Y, sapayan oi. It was meant to be! :)

^^ @dtranspo...y sapayan! So the above picture rekindled your childhood memories diay ha! It feels good isn't it? Nostalgic ba.

remember this?
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5584/dsc01368ws4.jpg

@Ang_Bantayanon! Wow! I just posted those pictures and you added more spices into my interest! Re oldest churchbell in the Visayas, had you mentioned it earlier, I am sure ni simang si Arnold from their itinerary when they went to Bohol recently just to see that bell in Clarin. :lol: I am just wondering why they allowed that bell to be brought to Bohol? Was it given to that church in Clarin as a gift? Maybe? hmmmm...Sige Prof Bantayanon, I will try to check out that book Prof Jose will be releasing soon! Murag interesting kaayo na. I will also tell my brother about this book because he is proud of the fact, that most of the old Philippine churches were built under the Agustinian Order. Once again, daghang salamat sa impormasyon. :)

@arnold, by all means, feel free to use those pictures in your blog. In that way, you can share our treasures to the whole world. Y, sapayan oi. It was meant to be! :)

pic by @oliverbautista of flickr.com


..i forgot the building's name...???
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/399841293_00c77217b9.jpg?v=0

pic by @oliverbautista of flickr.com


..i forgot the building's name...???
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/399841293_00c77217b9.jpg?v=0

^^ The name of the building is GOTIAOCO BUILDING... see the bas relief signage at the centertop of the building's facade.

^^ The name of the building is GOTIAOCO BUILDING... see the bas relief signage at the centertop of the building's facade.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5623/dsc01381dw0.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7918/dsc01378dx3.jpg

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7254/dsc01389yc4.jpg

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5066/dsc01383bq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1580/dsc01361xd5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6816/dsc01372iu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4233/dsc01371qe0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5623/dsc01381dw0.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7918/dsc01378dx3.jpg

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7254/dsc01389yc4.jpg

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5066/dsc01383bq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1580/dsc01361xd5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6816/dsc01372iu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4233/dsc01371qe0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A medieval dungeon in a castle somewhere in Europe? :lol:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/santo_nino04-1.jpg

A medieval dungeon in a castle somewhere in Europe? :lol:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/santo_nino04-1.jpg

Basilica Minore del Santo Niño


Pre-war interior of the church
- Notice the pulpit and the retablos in the transepts.

http://138.23.124.164/images/kmast2/geographic/asia/philippineislands/cebu/details/ku63715.jpg



The interiors were renovated in time for the celebration of the 400th year of the Christianization of the Philippines which was held in Cebu.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/beautifulChurches/ceiling_santonino.jpg




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Basilica Minore del Santo Niño


Pre-war interior of the church
- Notice the pulpit and the retablos in the transepts.

http://138.23.124.164/images/kmast2/geographic/asia/philippineislands/cebu/details/ku63715.jpg



The interiors were renovated in time for the celebration of the 400th year of the Christianization of the Philippines which was held in Cebu.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/beautifulChurches/ceiling_santonino.jpg




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Boljoon finds

By Joeber Bersales
Cebu Daily News
Last updated 12:37pm (Mla time) 02/22/2007

WE are on the last leg of the preliminary study of the pre-Hispanic past in Boljoon and I am proud to report that we will not go home empty handed. We have partial confirmation of the conventional wisdom that Boljoon Parish Church was built (sometime in the early 1600s and rebuilt starting in 1783) on an existing settlement.

First recognized by Spanish Augustinians as a visita in 1599, Boljoon must have been a flourishing coastal settlement. This was our contention when we carried out this month the three-week archaeological survey funded by the University of San Carlos.

On our second week of excavating four 2x2 meter squares or units, we uncovered two burials (technically called inhumations) and artifacts constituting grave accompaniments. One of the inhumations was that of a juvenile who probably died of still unknown causes at the age of nine. The other was clearly an adult with a height of 5’3” with one maloccluded canine tooth that marred an otherwise perfect set without any cavities. He may have died in his mid- to late-twenties.

Low-fired earthenware pottery sherds (broken pieces) were strewn near the two burials that may indicate that pabaon or ritual offerings were placed on the burials. Both burials were most probably males judging from the immediate appearance of their pelvic or hip bones.

While the juvenile had very little in terms of body ornament and grave accompaniment, the adult had a Chinese tradeware ceramic plate, still intact, covering his head. (We have tentatively dated this to sometime during the middle Ming dynasty or around the interregnum between the death of Magellan in 1521 and the arrival of Legazpi in 1565.) A bolo was placed right over the center of his face down to his torso, just above where his hands were clearly clasped very near the neck.

The Spanish captain Alvaro Loarca (writing in 1583), the Jesuit priests Pedro Chirino (1604), Diego de Bobadilla (1640) and Francisco Combes (1667) all reported that our ancestors buried their dead beneath their houses. Another Jesuit, Francisco Colin, wrote in 1663 that the dead were buried with dishes, often containing food, and warriors were buried with their weaponry.

The adult inhumation also had a set of about 29 hollow brass beads painted with what appear to be malachite, which must have been strewn around his waist. Near his neck we located green-colored glass microbeads (probably made in China or Thailand), so tiny that one of the laborers we hired crushed one while scrutinizing it. On another square, we unearthed remnants of the Spanish past through fragments of a clay pipe, clay roof tiles and what appeared to be a small ornament made of bone or ivory.

In just four squares randomly sampled after extensive mapping, we were also able to locate the shoreline of this part of Boljoon during the late pre-Hispanic period. The training of seven faculty members to prepare them for an extensive training on the use of GIS in archaeology in The Netherlands next month was also carried out without any hitches. Thanks to the National Museum team, led by Amalia de la Torre, for the excavations, which we hope will just be the first of a series to be carried out around the vicinity of the Boljoon Church.

At the moment, we hope that this sample helps confirm what the early Spanish Jesuit chroniclers tell us about how our ancestors treated the dead and where they were buried.

Boljoon finds

By Joeber Bersales
Cebu Daily News
Last updated 12:37pm (Mla time) 02/22/2007

WE are on the last leg of the preliminary study of the pre-Hispanic past in Boljoon and I am proud to report that we will not go home empty handed. We have partial confirmation of the conventional wisdom that Boljoon Parish Church was built (sometime in the early 1600s and rebuilt starting in 1783) on an existing settlement.

First recognized by Spanish Augustinians as a visita in 1599, Boljoon must have been a flourishing coastal settlement. This was our contention when we carried out this month the three-week archaeological survey funded by the University of San Carlos.

On our second week of excavating four 2x2 meter squares or units, we uncovered two burials (technically called inhumations) and artifacts constituting grave accompaniments. One of the inhumations was that of a juvenile who probably died of still unknown causes at the age of nine. The other was clearly an adult with a height of 5’3” with one maloccluded canine tooth that marred an otherwise perfect set without any cavities. He may have died in his mid- to late-twenties.

Low-fired earthenware pottery sherds (broken pieces) were strewn near the two burials that may indicate that pabaon or ritual offerings were placed on the burials. Both burials were most probably males judging from the immediate appearance of their pelvic or hip bones.

While the juvenile had very little in terms of body ornament and grave accompaniment, the adult had a Chinese tradeware ceramic plate, still intact, covering his head. (We have tentatively dated this to sometime during the middle Ming dynasty or around the interregnum between the death of Magellan in 1521 and the arrival of Legazpi in 1565.) A bolo was placed right over the center of his face down to his torso, just above where his hands were clearly clasped very near the neck.

The Spanish captain Alvaro Loarca (writing in 1583), the Jesuit priests Pedro Chirino (1604), Diego de Bobadilla (1640) and Francisco Combes (1667) all reported that our ancestors buried their dead beneath their houses. Another Jesuit, Francisco Colin, wrote in 1663 that the dead were buried with dishes, often containing food, and warriors were buried with their weaponry.

The adult inhumation also had a set of about 29 hollow brass beads painted with what appear to be malachite, which must have been strewn around his waist. Near his neck we located green-colored glass microbeads (probably made in China or Thailand), so tiny that one of the laborers we hired crushed one while scrutinizing it. On another square, we unearthed remnants of the Spanish past through fragments of a clay pipe, clay roof tiles and what appeared to be a small ornament made of bone or ivory.

In just four squares randomly sampled after extensive mapping, we were also able to locate the shoreline of this part of Boljoon during the late pre-Hispanic period. The training of seven faculty members to prepare them for an extensive training on the use of GIS in archaeology in The Netherlands next month was also carried out without any hitches. Thanks to the National Museum team, led by Amalia de la Torre, for the excavations, which we hope will just be the first of a series to be carried out around the vicinity of the Boljoon Church.

At the moment, we hope that this sample helps confirm what the early Spanish Jesuit chroniclers tell us about how our ancestors treated the dead and where they were buried.

Basilica Minore del Santo Niño


Pre-war interior of the church
- Notice the pulpit and the retablos in the transepts.

http://138.23.124.164/images/kmast2/geographic/asia/philippineislands/cebu/details/ku63715.jpg



The interiors were renovated in time for the celebration of the 400th year of the Christianization of the Philippines which was held in Cebu.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/beautifulChurches/ceiling_santonino.jpg

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I noticed the floor-to-ceiling height difference between the pre-war basilica & the existing one. If the current church is made of coral stones, does that mean that after the war the basilica had some expansions to heighten the ceiling few meters more? I wonder how the church managed to reproduce coral stone bricks at the existing church especially on its exterior facade if it was rebuilt after the war (1946).

Basilica Minore del Santo Niño


Pre-war interior of the church
- Notice the pulpit and the retablos in the transepts.

http://138.23.124.164/images/kmast2/geographic/asia/philippineislands/cebu/details/ku63715.jpg



The interiors were renovated in time for the celebration of the 400th year of the Christianization of the Philippines which was held in Cebu.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/beautifulChurches/ceiling_santonino.jpg

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I noticed the floor-to-ceiling height difference between the pre-war basilica & the existing one. If the current church is made of coral stones, does that mean that after the war the basilica had some expansions to heighten the ceiling few meters more? I wonder how the church managed to reproduce coral stone bricks at the existing church especially on its exterior facade if it was rebuilt after the war (1946).

^^


I think it's just an illusion bro due to that arch, but I don't know. :dunno:

^^


I think it's just an illusion bro due to that arch, but I don't know. :dunno:

^^


I think it's just an illusion bro due to that arch, but I don't know. :dunno:

maybe an optical illusion brought about by the arch and probably by the photo itself. we have to put in mind that the photo was taken during the years when lens development was not good yet. or i think sa newer photo the photog used a wide angle lens. maybe...

^^


I think it's just an illusion bro due to that arch, but I don't know. :dunno:

maybe an optical illusion brought about by the arch and probably by the photo itself. we have to put in mind that the photo was taken during the years when lens development was not good yet. or i think sa newer photo the photog used a wide angle lens. maybe...

^^

Basta that photo is also displayed at the Santo Niño Museum.. If one examines the photo at the museum, which is far more detailed, one can easily notice that the multi-tiered retablo was really obscured prior to the war. I wonder why they came up with such a design.


Yes bai, nag gamit ko ug wide angle lens sa newer photo.. hehe..

^^

Basta that photo is also displayed at the Santo Niño Museum.. If one examines the photo at the museum, which is far more detailed, one can easily notice that the multi-tiered retablo was really obscured prior to the war. I wonder why they came up with such a design.


Yes bai, nag gamit ko ug wide angle lens sa newer photo.. hehe..

i don't think it's optical illusion. it is probably one of the aisle (aislas) of the basilica. the aisle of the basilica is narrow compared to the nave. we might be able to confirm it by checking the floor tiles of the aisle of the present basilica (if it wasnt removed during the renovation). catholic basilicas often have side altars. the altar you see is probably one of the side altars.

i don't think it's optical illusion. it is probably one of the aisle (aislas) of the basilica. the aisle of the basilica is narrow compared to the nave. we might be able to confirm it by checking the floor tiles of the aisle of the present basilica (if it wasnt removed during the renovation). catholic basilicas often have side altars. the altar you see is probably one of the side altars.

^^

That's actually the nave bro.. The basilica is originally a single-nave church..

^^

That's actually the nave bro.. The basilica is originally a single-nave church..

they probably increased the height of the basilica. the ceiling of the two pictures are very different. and i can see a retablo (partly hidden) at the left side of the picture. the floor tiles is also different.

they probably increased the height of the basilica. the ceiling of the two pictures are very different. and i can see a retablo (partly hidden) at the left side of the picture. the floor tiles is also different.

^^

Here are some excerpts from Ateneo de Manila's Panublion:

"The church underwent major renovation for the quadricentennial of Christianity, celebrated in 1965. Marble was laid on the floor, stained glass windows added and the interior refurbished. The side altars, the pipe organ and parts of the convento were removed. The windows placed by Diez were replaced with stained glass depicting the history of Christianity in the Philippines. In the 1980s, the sacristy suffered an electrical fire, affecting the even the retablo, but all traces of damage have been removed."

^^

Here are some excerpts from Ateneo de Manila's Panublion:

"The church underwent major renovation for the quadricentennial of Christianity, celebrated in 1965. Marble was laid on the floor, stained glass windows added and the interior refurbished. The side altars, the pipe organ and parts of the convento were removed. The windows placed by Diez were replaced with stained glass depicting the history of Christianity in the Philippines. In the 1980s, the sacristy suffered an electrical fire, affecting the even the retablo, but all traces of damage have been removed."

thanks, bro. :) The interior had undergone a major renovation though the facade was preserved, that was probably the reason why it looked so different.

thanks, bro. :) The interior had undergone a major renovation though the facade was preserved, that was probably the reason why it looked so different.

Here's another photo of the interiors from another angle.. I found this in another blog site..

http://www.accesspinoy.net/blog/photos/stock/ninobasilica4.jpg




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Here's another photo of the interiors from another angle.. I found this in another blog site..

http://www.accesspinoy.net/blog/photos/stock/ninobasilica4.jpg




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@ arnold, the pews in the picture below...

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7844/ku63715xc5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


mao imo gilingkuran :)
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/5544/3395868302d3d1f701fcd2.jpg



The only difference is that, the people in the first picture are facing towards the altar while, ikaw sa camera...:lol:

@ arnold, the pews in the picture below...

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7844/ku63715xc5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


mao imo gilingkuran :)
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/5544/3395868302d3d1f701fcd2.jpg



The only difference is that, the people in the first picture are facing towards the altar while, ikaw sa camera...:lol:

know what, after examining the photos closely... i think ang kanang old picture is a picture of the right aisle of the basilica. i think lang ha. coz i don't think that they could expand the width of the nave that big. if you compare the width and height of the aisle in the old photo and the size of the present nave, both in reference to the size of the people, the new photo shows a great difference in size between the two subjects.

and as what i've noticed, mura lagig naay grander altar on the left-hand side, which looks more intircate and grandiose as compared to the altar in the middle of the photo.

know what, after examining the photos closely... i think ang kanang old picture is a picture of the right aisle of the basilica. i think lang ha. coz i don't think that they could expand the width of the nave that big. if you compare the width and height of the aisle in the old photo and the size of the present nave, both in reference to the size of the people, the new photo shows a great difference in size between the two subjects.

and as what i've noticed, mura lagig naay grander altar on the left-hand side, which looks more intircate and grandiose as compared to the altar in the middle of the photo.

^^

Sto. Niño Church is originally single nave bro..

Anyway, I didn't expect the old photo I posted earlier to generate so much interest thus I went to Sto. Niño Basilica a while ago to take pictures and satisfy our curiosity, hehe. :lol:


Here are some cellphone photos:

I guess that the old photograph indeed created an illusion because of the heavy arches at the crossing and the low domed ceiling.. When the arch was removed and the dome ceiling replaced with a vaulted one with wooden balusters, it seemed as if the interior's space increased..

Looking at the photo below, the interiors doesn't look big after all; how much more if they didn't remove that arch in the crossing.

Remember, there's a very big difference between a photograph and the real thing itself:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/stonino_comparison05.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/stonino_comparison02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/stonino_comparison04.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/stonino_comparison03.jpg



http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7844/ku63715xc5.jpg


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^^

Sto. Niño Church is originally single nave bro..

Anyway, I didn't expect the old photo I posted earlier to generate so much interest thus I went to Sto. Niño Basilica a while ago to take pictures and satisfy our curiosity, hehe. :lol:


Here are some cellphone photos:

I guess that the old photograph indeed created an illusion because of the heavy arches at the crossing and the low domed ceiling.. When the arch was removed and the dome ceiling replaced with a vaulted one with wooden balusters, it seemed as if the interior's space increased..

Looking at the photo below, the interiors doesn't look big after all; how much more if they didn't remove that arch in the crossing.

Remember, there's a very big difference between a photograph and the real thing itself:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/stonino_comparison05.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/stonino_comparison02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/stonino_comparison04.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/stonino_comparison03.jpg



http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7844/ku63715xc5.jpg


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SINULOG indeed is one of the Cebuanos' very rich heritage. An expression of our profound faith to our Creator in the form of a child! This is what we can truly claim our very own unique Piety and Pride!

I found this very touching and impressive video documentary prepared by a fellow Cebuano.

Watch and be awed...

qwBIaauNFjk

SINULOG indeed is one of the Cebuanos' very rich heritage. An expression of our profound faith to our Creator in the form of a child! This is what we can truly claim our very own unique Piety and Pride!

I found this very touching and impressive video documentary prepared by a fellow Cebuano.

Watch and be awed...

qwBIaauNFjk

^^nice one, really awesome, one great attempt to capture the essence of the whole Fiesta Senyor...although nothing beats having to experience the Fiesta in person...

^^nice one, really awesome, one great attempt to capture the essence of the whole Fiesta Senyor...although nothing beats having to experience the Fiesta in person...

@southernbelle: how to embed a youtube video like the one you posted above?

@southernbelle: how to embed a youtube video like the one you posted above?

@southernbelle: how to embed a youtube video like the one you posted above?


LOL... I only learned how to embed the video from slerz the other day. Below is the instruction from the youtube guru, slerz...

kani nga link sa youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwBIaauNFjk

icopy paste nang letters after anang equals qwBIaauNFjk then i insert ani nga code [ youtube] [ /youtube] like this

note: yaw butangi og space, ako ranang gi butngan og space para mo appear ig post...

@southernbelle: how to embed a youtube video like the one you posted above?


LOL... I only learned how to embed the video from slerz the other day. Below is the instruction from the youtube guru, slerz...

kani nga link sa youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwBIaauNFjk

icopy paste nang letters after anang equals qwBIaauNFjk then i insert ani nga code [ youtube] [ /youtube] like this

note: yaw butangi og space, ako ranang gi butngan og space para mo appear ig post...

Soon.....

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan01.jpg




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Soon.....

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan01.jpg




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Lilo-an Church and lighthouse replica
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan03.jpg



NHI Marker
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan09.jpg



The lighthouse, built in 1904
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan48.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan08.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan47.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan41.jpg



The old Spanish lighthouse
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan16.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan18.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan17.jpg



American and Spanish
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan42.jpg




.:.

Lilo-an Church and lighthouse replica
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan03.jpg



NHI Marker
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan09.jpg



The lighthouse, built in 1904
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan48.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan08.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan47.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan41.jpg



The old Spanish lighthouse
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan16.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan18.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan17.jpg



American and Spanish
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Liloan_Lighthouse/liloan42.jpg




.:.

hello everyone! i am sort of new here. i have been lurking in cebu-related threads here in ssc for almost 1/2 a year now. and finally decided to come out. i congratulate you all for the very informative updates about our beloved cebu :master:

i miss everything that is cebu.. from the bugal-bugalong silingan nga tambay to sitting sa extension sa jeep from school :lol:
it's true.

you keep me close to home..
thanks a lot to everyone :cheer:

hello everyone! i am sort of new here. i have been lurking in cebu-related threads here in ssc for almost 1/2 a year now. and finally decided to come out. i congratulate you all for the very informative updates about our beloved cebu :master:

i miss everything that is cebu.. from the bugal-bugalong silingan nga tambay to sitting sa extension sa jeep from school :lol:
it's true.

you keep me close to home..
thanks a lot to everyone :cheer:

^^ Welcome h20 chick! :) This is our home away from home.

@ arnold, here goes our heritage guy again!!! :)

^^ Welcome h20 chick! :) This is our home away from home.

@ arnold, here goes our heritage guy again!!! :)

^^ Welcome h20 chick! :) This is our home away from home.

@ arnold, here goes our heritage guy again!!! :)

thanks southernbelle for welcoming me .
indeed this (ssc) is home.
it's nice to see pics of old familiar places.. especially parian, colon, m.j cuenco areas where my family and i used to live (my grandparents still live there for 50+ years now) until we moved to consolacion

cebuana kaayo kung dako :banana:

^^ Welcome h20 chick! :) This is our home away from home.

@ arnold, here goes our heritage guy again!!! :)

thanks southernbelle for welcoming me .
indeed this (ssc) is home.
it's nice to see pics of old familiar places.. especially parian, colon, m.j cuenco areas where my family and i used to live (my grandparents still live there for 50+ years now) until we moved to consolacion

cebuana kaayo kung dako :banana:

walcome again h2o chick. hehe. nawelcome na ta ka sa pikas thread. asa diay ka ron kung wa ka sa cebu?

walcome again h2o chick. hehe. nawelcome na ta ka sa pikas thread. asa diay ka ron kung wa ka sa cebu?

walcome again h2o chick. hehe. nawelcome na ta ka sa pikas thread. asa diay ka ron kung wa ka sa cebu?

hi again j-pol! i posted my answer to the other thread.mura ta nagdakop-dakop :) i am now here in ny for work.

walcome again h2o chick. hehe. nawelcome na ta ka sa pikas thread. asa diay ka ron kung wa ka sa cebu?

hi again j-pol! i posted my answer to the other thread.mura ta nagdakop-dakop :) i am now here in ny for work.

Nice one Cebu Heritage thread members.

Nice one Cebu Heritage thread members.

hi again j-pol! i posted my answer to the other thread.mura ta nagdakop-dakop :) i am now here in ny for work.

dia ko ron sa texas... kana si @southernbelle kay michigan man. dba ate hon? hehe. human naa pud na c @d'transporter nga taga LA

kumpleto na ang N-E-W-S. haha

hi again j-pol! i posted my answer to the other thread.mura ta nagdakop-dakop :) i am now here in ny for work.

dia ko ron sa texas... kana si @southernbelle kay michigan man. dba ate hon? hehe. human naa pud na c @d'transporter nga taga LA

kumpleto na ang N-E-W-S. haha

^^ j-pol, I am in Cebu oi! (makak lang gud):lol:

@h2o chick, so you are Cebuanang daku like me!

What are your memories in Downtown Cebu?

I plan to write a memoir about my childhood in Colon. The thing is, I don't have the brains! hahaha.

^^ j-pol, I am in Cebu oi! (makak lang gud):lol:

@h2o chick, so you are Cebuanang daku like me!

What are your memories in Downtown Cebu?

I plan to write a memoir about my childhood in Colon. The thing is, I don't have the brains! hahaha.

I found this article from the website of Lapulapu City Gov't. It included something about the bells from the old church that was demolished in order to construct a new one. Bells na pud, di kaha ko mahimo aning kampanerang kuba. :lol:


There has been no agreement as to the exact year when Opong was established as a Cabacera. While some people gave the year 1711, the registry books of the parroquia itself started with the year 1713. In the souvenir booklet of the Diocese of Cebu, 1719 is given as the foundation year. However, some people say that in 1719, Opong was still served by the Friars of San Nicolas. Still others say that Opong became a parroquia in 1745 when Fr. Francisco Aballe was appointed prior there. As we have said, there is no agreement.


Before Nuestra Señora de Regla, Señor San Roque was the Patron Saint of Opong, a visita even as the Saint is still the Patron and Protector of Cordova, previously a part of Opong. The visita chapel where Sr. San Roque was enshrined is said to have been entrusted to a Mangubat Family, up to the time when the first Rito de la Serna married Tomasa Mangubat, a daughter of Alejandro Mangubat. Today, the ancient image of Sr. San Roque is still under the care of the de la Serna clan who still observe and celebrate the feast of the saint every year. It is said that Sr. Isidro Labrador was chosen as the Patron Saint of farming communities. It is also said that Sr. San Miguel Arcangel was the protector of Cebu before Sr. Santo Niño, and that Sr. Isidro preceded Sr. San Jose in Mandaue.

The Old church of Opong, which the Dutch missionaries (with consent of His Eminence Julio Cardinal Rosales) destroyed to give way to the present edifice, might have been built in 1735 when Fr. Aballe, who was then parish priest of Cotcot, was also the assistant priest of Opong. Or, as some people say, the old church might have been constructed by Fr. Aballe in 1744, when he was named Prior of the Augustinian convent in Opon. At any rate, the old church
stood where the visita chapel of Sr. San Roque had once stood. The old stone church measured 60 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high. The seven bells of the old church, except the smalles one called the "Tiwtiw" by the altar-boys, are still with us today. Every bell is bearing the name of a Saint and a date, but all seven of them bear dates later than 1735, which means that the old church did not have them in the beginning. The biggest bell, which the alter-boys called "Santosan" because it was rung during the "Santos" or the elevations of the consecrated bread and wine during solemn masses, has cracked, and the damage seems irreparable. But worst of all, the loss of the old church is also irreparable.

The Convento of Opong was constructed by Simon Aquirre in 1855. It was Fr. Aquirre who also built the Magellan monument in 1866; the same monument underwent repair and improvement under Fr. Jorge Romanillos who also started the construction of the road leading from the Poblacion to the monument. Fr. Romanillos is also said to have bought one of the bells of the Sto. Niño church in Cebu to the church of Opon. We do not know which of the seven bells is the Sto. Niño bell. The site of the Opon Church was chosen for reasons which we do not know either; one reason could be its proximity to the pueblos of Cebu and Mandaue.

Until 1898, the parish priests of Opong were all Spanish Augustinians. It is said that the first Filipino priest to have been assigned as parish priest of Opong was Fr. Fr. Vicenta Roa (1891 to 1906). From 1906 to 1929, Opong was administered by the Irish Redemptorist. From 1929 to the present time, Opong has been placed under the administration of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The first missionaries were Dutch.

The Demolition of the Casae Municipal behind the church by order of we do not know whom was another sacrilgeious act against History. We cannot tell whether in the future the lack of the deep sense of history will persist; Perhaps, someone will take pride (God forbid) in demolishing the old Conventp. Poeple should begin to seriously realize that they have a sacred obligation to the past, as well as to the succeeding generation. "Ignorance is Bold"-- let this not be said of the Oponganons.

Nuestra Señora Virgin de Regla has a modern house, but it is no longer the ancestral home-- at least, no longer for the Rules of St. Augustine, which the Saint himself promulgated for the religious community which he founded. He entrusted the Augustine, which the Saint himself promulgated for the religious community which he founded. He entrusted the Augustinian community to the Blessed Mother of God, to guide the members in the Augustinian way of life. it is very, very rare to find a parish in the world, placed under patronage of Nuestra Señora de Regla. Thanks to Fr. Franscisco Aballe, first parish priest of Opong, we can feel proud for being one of the very, very rare parishes.

The Author
Ramon Y. de la Serna was an M.S.C. Scholar, he is a native of Lapu-Lapu City and belongs to the notable de la Serna clan. We are very thankful to him for sharing this valuable wealth of information about our City's history of which he is considered an authority.

The link:
http://www.lapulapucity.gov.ph/info.htm#top

I found this article from the website of Lapulapu City Gov't. It included something about the bells from the old church that was demolished in order to construct a new one. Bells na pud, di kaha ko mahimo aning kampanerang kuba. :lol:


There has been no agreement as to the exact year when Opong was established as a Cabacera. While some people gave the year 1711, the registry books of the parroquia itself started with the year 1713. In the souvenir booklet of the Diocese of Cebu, 1719 is given as the foundation year. However, some people say that in 1719, Opong was still served by the Friars of San Nicolas. Still others say that Opong became a parroquia in 1745 when Fr. Francisco Aballe was appointed prior there. As we have said, there is no agreement.


Before Nuestra Señora de Regla, Señor San Roque was the Patron Saint of Opong, a visita even as the Saint is still the Patron and Protector of Cordova, previously a part of Opong. The visita chapel where Sr. San Roque was enshrined is said to have been entrusted to a Mangubat Family, up to the time when the first Rito de la Serna married Tomasa Mangubat, a daughter of Alejandro Mangubat. Today, the ancient image of Sr. San Roque is still under the care of the de la Serna clan who still observe and celebrate the feast of the saint every year. It is said that Sr. Isidro Labrador was chosen as the Patron Saint of farming communities. It is also said that Sr. San Miguel Arcangel was the protector of Cebu before Sr. Santo Niño, and that Sr. Isidro preceded Sr. San Jose in Mandaue.

The Old church of Opong, which the Dutch missionaries (with consent of His Eminence Julio Cardinal Rosales) destroyed to give way to the present edifice, might have been built in 1735 when Fr. Aballe, who was then parish priest of Cotcot, was also the assistant priest of Opong. Or, as some people say, the old church might have been constructed by Fr. Aballe in 1744, when he was named Prior of the Augustinian convent in Opon. At any rate, the old church
stood where the visita chapel of Sr. San Roque had once stood. The old stone church measured 60 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high. The seven bells of the old church, except the smalles one called the "Tiwtiw" by the altar-boys, are still with us today. Every bell is bearing the name of a Saint and a date, but all seven of them bear dates later than 1735, which means that the old church did not have them in the beginning. The biggest bell, which the alter-boys called "Santosan" because it was rung during the "Santos" or the elevations of the consecrated bread and wine during solemn masses, has cracked, and the damage seems irreparable. But worst of all, the loss of the old church is also irreparable.

The Convento of Opong was constructed by Simon Aquirre in 1855. It was Fr. Aquirre who also built the Magellan monument in 1866; the same monument underwent repair and improvement under Fr. Jorge Romanillos who also started the construction of the road leading from the Poblacion to the monument. Fr. Romanillos is also said to have bought one of the bells of the Sto. Niño church in Cebu to the church of Opon. We do not know which of the seven bells is the Sto. Niño bell. The site of the Opon Church was chosen for reasons which we do not know either; one reason could be its proximity to the pueblos of Cebu and Mandaue.

Until 1898, the parish priests of Opong were all Spanish Augustinians. It is said that the first Filipino priest to have been assigned as parish priest of Opong was Fr. Fr. Vicenta Roa (1891 to 1906). From 1906 to 1929, Opong was administered by the Irish Redemptorist. From 1929 to the present time, Opong has been placed under the administration of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The first missionaries were Dutch.

The Demolition of the Casae Municipal behind the church by order of we do not know whom was another sacrilgeious act against History. We cannot tell whether in the future the lack of the deep sense of history will persist; Perhaps, someone will take pride (God forbid) in demolishing the old Conventp. Poeple should begin to seriously realize that they have a sacred obligation to the past, as well as to the succeeding generation. "Ignorance is Bold"-- let this not be said of the Oponganons.

Nuestra Señora Virgin de Regla has a modern house, but it is no longer the ancestral home-- at least, no longer for the Rules of St. Augustine, which the Saint himself promulgated for the religious community which he founded. He entrusted the Augustine, which the Saint himself promulgated for the religious community which he founded. He entrusted the Augustinian community to the Blessed Mother of God, to guide the members in the Augustinian way of life. it is very, very rare to find a parish in the world, placed under patronage of Nuestra Señora de Regla. Thanks to Fr. Franscisco Aballe, first parish priest of Opong, we can feel proud for being one of the very, very rare parishes.

The Author
Ramon Y. de la Serna was an M.S.C. Scholar, he is a native of Lapu-Lapu City and belongs to the notable de la Serna clan. We are very thankful to him for sharing this valuable wealth of information about our City's history of which he is considered an authority.

The link:
http://www.lapulapucity.gov.ph/info.htm#top

flickr pics


Argao Municipal Hall (by @on2boy)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/410770403_f2aee2dd61.jpg?v=0



http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/410770394_4d6fe1b6cd.jpg?v=0



Cebu Heritage Monument (by @finepixd40)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/410636490_d98c882b0b.jpg?v=0

flickr pics


Argao Municipal Hall (by @on2boy)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/410770403_f2aee2dd61.jpg?v=0



http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/410770394_4d6fe1b6cd.jpg?v=0



Cebu Heritage Monument (by @finepixd40)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/410636490_d98c882b0b.jpg?v=0

^^
nice photos....



Perpetual Succour Hospital once occupied the City Library and Museum at the former Jones Avenue.

http://www.pshcebu.com/revised_who%20we%20are/PerpetuoSocorroHospital.JPG



Today
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/rizalmuseum05.jpg

^^
nice photos....



Perpetual Succour Hospital once occupied the City Library and Museum at the former Jones Avenue.

http://www.pshcebu.com/revised_who%20we%20are/PerpetuoSocorroHospital.JPG



Today
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/rizalmuseum05.jpg

^^ j-pol, I am in Cebu oi! (makak lang gud):lol:

@h2o chick, so you are Cebuanang daku like me!

What are your memories in Downtown Cebu?

I plan to write a memoir about my childhood in Colon. The thing is, I don't have the brains! hahaha.

memories? hmmm.. dugay nato dah, okayunon pa!!:lol:
eskwela sa parian day care center.. at the heart of parian mismo nga duol sa bomberohan(i dont know if its still there). ferris wheel,barbecue and bingo every fiesta na sa una kanang site sa monument karon. when i attended 2nd or 3rd ('94 or '95) yr HS mao pagstart og build sa monument.. pwerte dugaya nahuman! nilarga na lang ko after college. glad to know from this thread nga nahuman ra gyud!
then.. fairmart, gazini, rosita's colon, wimpy's pizza sa colon :nuts: i think laray siya sa gaisano main. plaza independencia used to have rides too pero seasonal. sinulog route on the '80s passed by mj cuenco ave or tres martires before.
along mabini st. (likod sa colonnade karon) there used to be hotel humabon where 2 of my aunts worked and later changed to hotel sulayman. nanabtan pa nako pre-reclaimation area diha dapita. usp mabini used to have 3 separate bldgs if i remember it right.. maglabang-labang mi sa una. separate ang grade school from high school and a certain usp college.

taas kaayo narration.. daghan pa pero kapoy na type.

^^ j-pol, I am in Cebu oi! (makak lang gud):lol:

@h2o chick, so you are Cebuanang daku like me!

What are your memories in Downtown Cebu?

I plan to write a memoir about my childhood in Colon. The thing is, I don't have the brains! hahaha.

memories? hmmm.. dugay nato dah, okayunon pa!!:lol:
eskwela sa parian day care center.. at the heart of parian mismo nga duol sa bomberohan(i dont know if its still there). ferris wheel,barbecue and bingo every fiesta na sa una kanang site sa monument karon. when i attended 2nd or 3rd ('94 or '95) yr HS mao pagstart og build sa monument.. pwerte dugaya nahuman! nilarga na lang ko after college. glad to know from this thread nga nahuman ra gyud!
then.. fairmart, gazini, rosita's colon, wimpy's pizza sa colon :nuts: i think laray siya sa gaisano main. plaza independencia used to have rides too pero seasonal. sinulog route on the '80s passed by mj cuenco ave or tres martires before.
along mabini st. (likod sa colonnade karon) there used to be hotel humabon where 2 of my aunts worked and later changed to hotel sulayman. nanabtan pa nako pre-reclaimation area diha dapita. usp mabini used to have 3 separate bldgs if i remember it right.. maglabang-labang mi sa una. separate ang grade school from high school and a certain usp college.

taas kaayo narration.. daghan pa pero kapoy na type.

sweto ko sa una kana dihang lugara.. calero, bonifacio st, pari-an, logarta, colon, sanciangko. wa gyud ko realize sa historical value sa una ana dihang dapita.. casa gorordo is silangan ra namo sa una. we were made aware by our grandparents and family nga spanish-era na nga balay.. intawn duwa ra among tumong sa una. :bash:
ako lola dad-on ko sa una kumpra sa pasil early morning sakay tartanilla from pasil back to our place dha mj cuenco.. lingaw kaayo toh !!!!

haaay.. tons of fond memories!!!

sweto ko sa una kana dihang lugara.. calero, bonifacio st, pari-an, logarta, colon, sanciangko. wa gyud ko realize sa historical value sa una ana dihang dapita.. casa gorordo is silangan ra namo sa una. we were made aware by our grandparents and family nga spanish-era na nga balay.. intawn duwa ra among tumong sa una. :bash:
ako lola dad-on ko sa una kumpra sa pasil early morning sakay tartanilla from pasil back to our place dha mj cuenco.. lingaw kaayo toh !!!!

haaay.. tons of fond memories!!!

here's another trivia..
vice mayor rama used to be a neighbor of my mother. kaduwa na nila sa una diha sa sitio calero. naa ghapon puyo iya cousins dha.. neighbors for life sila sa ako lolo and lola. i even saw richard gutierrez and his twin brother once around mid-90's when they paid a visit to their mom's relatives.
and of course halos tanan UV basketball players ilado sa tanan.. sikat kaayo to sila! wa na lang ko ka-remember sa names but my uncles used to bring us along with them kung naay duwa sa UV mismo!
UC was known beforeas CCC, CNU as CSAT! hahaha
uso sad sauna every fiesta kanang drama sa radio i-stage nila.

here's another trivia..
vice mayor rama used to be a neighbor of my mother. kaduwa na nila sa una diha sa sitio calero. naa ghapon puyo iya cousins dha.. neighbors for life sila sa ako lolo and lola. i even saw richard gutierrez and his twin brother once around mid-90's when they paid a visit to their mom's relatives.
and of course halos tanan UV basketball players ilado sa tanan.. sikat kaayo to sila! wa na lang ko ka-remember sa names but my uncles used to bring us along with them kung naay duwa sa UV mismo!
UC was known beforeas CCC, CNU as CSAT! hahaha
uso sad sauna every fiesta kanang drama sa radio i-stage nila.

kadaghan biya nimog memories h20_chick uy! haha. naabtan na nako tanan pero dyutay na lang ang akong mahinumduman.

kadaghan biya nimog memories h20_chick uy! haha. naabtan na nako tanan pero dyutay na lang ang akong mahinumduman.

flickr pics by @darsidahc


...an old theater in Bantayan
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/409788106_8584205761.jpg?v=0



...Bantayan Church
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/409788111_0c85632c7c.jpg?v=0

flickr pics by @darsidahc


...an old theater in Bantayan
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/409788106_8584205761.jpg?v=0



...Bantayan Church
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/409788111_0c85632c7c.jpg?v=0

Look at what these people will go through just to get rich at the expense of others. It's a good thing this was discovered in time. Based on other churches in other parts of the country, the area beneath the floor of the Cathedral may yield important clues to Cebu's past.



Cebu Daily News / News
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view_article.php?article_id=53640
Secret diggings in Cebu cathedral aborted

Gold quest 'not authorized' by church


By Chito O. Aragon, Jhunnex Napallacan
Cebu Daily News

Posted date: March 08, 2007


IN this holy place, the quest for Yamashita’s World War II treasure has left its mark.
Secret diggings were aborted in the adoration chapel of the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral where laborers broke through the floor allegedly in search for the fabled gold bars of Japanese General Yamashita Tomoyuki.

Cathedral priests denied giving any permission for the excavation, which was discovered Monday afternoon. A church security guard, who heard sounds of a jackhammer, peeped through the chapel window and saw the pit.

She reported her discovery to Msgr. Cayetano Gelbolingo, who ordered the activity stopped. Soon after that, the laborers disappeared.

The hole, as wide as a barrel, was seven to 10 feet deep. It was located at the center of the chapel, a few steps from where the Blessed Sacrament is usually encased in glass on the wall.

Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, who heard news of the diggings over the radio, went to the site yesterday. He said he had not given permission for any excavation much less a treasure hunt.

Waterfront police investigators began an inquiry into the unauthorized digging. Msgr. Gelbolingo, Cathedral team moderator, said he was shocked to learn of the hole because the laborers were only supposed to be changing the floor tiles as part of the ongoing renovation.

The chapel was under renovation for more than a month. Earlier work was focused on the walls and ceilings.

Gelbolingo said Fr. Teogenes “Gene” Herrera, who is also assigned at the Cathedral, had asked his permission for a donor to finance the renovation of the chapel, including the replacement of tiles. For his part, Fr. Herrera said it was retired priest Dominador Dosdos who suggested that the chapel be improved because he had a sponsor for it. The elderly priest was not immediately available for comment.

“I was told by Fr. Herrera there’s a sponsor for the tile replacement and I agreed,” said Msgr. Gelbolingo.

He said he didn’t know the donor’s identity but was told it was a woman from Pari-an.

Desecrated

The digging not only destroyed the floor but was an act of sacrilege in the prayer room where Catholic faithful pray before the Blessed Sacrament, considered the actual presence of Christ.

“It is a desecration,” said Fr. Carlito Pono, head of the Archdiocesan commission on church heritage.

“But I am talking about desecration in a loose sense. They disturbed the sanctity of the place,” he told Cebu Daily News.

“It (the adoration chapel) is a holy place.”

Pono explained that the Church views desecration as a spilling of blood or other grave offense in a holy place.

He said no priest has the authority to order diggings like this.

“They have to get permission from the Cardinal. No priest, even if he is a parish priest, can give that permission.

He recalled similar diggings in church grounds in San Fernando and Cordova towns, which turned up nothing valuable.

The laborers must have been looking for buried treasure such as seven samurai swords and gold bars left by Japanese soldiers during World War II, according to Pancho Ramirez, councilor of barangay Sto. Niño.

He said he was approached several years ago by a Japanese national who claimed to be the son of a Japanese soldier. The man asked for help in appealing to the cardinal in digging up the area beside the cathedral’s tower. But Ramirez said the plan was not allowed by the church officials then.

The adoration chapel, an air-conditioned prayer room, is located beside the cathedral.

Myrna Francisco, 28, church staff security, discovered the pit Monday afternoon when she peeped through holes in the chapel's window. She then told Msgr. Gelbolingo about her discovery.

Francisco was alerted by the sounds of a jackhammer inside the room.

“Nagduda naman ko, akong gi-lili sa bintana, nakit-an dayon nako ang lungag og naay nagtingog sa ilawon” (I became suspicious so I peeped in the window and saw a hole and heard the sound from inside the hole), Francisco said.

She tried to get inside the chapel but found the door locked and barred by a piece of wood.

When the laborers went home later that day, Francisco said she became more suspicious when she was not handed the duplicate keys to the door lock. She also found that the padlock had been changed.

On Tuesday noon, Msgr. Gelbolingo said he checked the chapel and was surprised to be told by the security guard about the excavation.

When the workers showed up and started to work again, Msgr. Gelbolingo said he followed them inside, saw the hole, and told them to stop. He said he then reported the matter to the Cardinal’s office.

Asked why he did not hold the workers for questioning, Msgr. Gelbolingo said that at that time, his main thought was to stop the digging. He said he also had to attend a meeting in Mabolo which lasted until the afternoon.

Trizer Dale Mansueto, the commission's resident historian, said stories about gold being buried in some of Cebu's old churches were just “urban legends.”

“So far, wala pang simbahan nga naay na excavate nga gold bars,” Mansueto said.

“Almost all churches and pre-war buildings are suspected to have buried treasure. The Japanese soldiers may have stayed at the Cathedral but that doesn't mean there’s buried treasure there.”

With a report by Bernadette Parco





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Look at what these people will go through just to get rich at the expense of others. It's a good thing this was discovered in time. Based on other churches in other parts of the country, the area beneath the floor of the Cathedral may yield important clues to Cebu's past.



Cebu Daily News / News
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view_article.php?article_id=53640
Secret diggings in Cebu cathedral aborted

Gold quest 'not authorized' by church


By Chito O. Aragon, Jhunnex Napallacan
Cebu Daily News

Posted date: March 08, 2007


IN this holy place, the quest for Yamashita’s World War II treasure has left its mark.
Secret diggings were aborted in the adoration chapel of the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral where laborers broke through the floor allegedly in search for the fabled gold bars of Japanese General Yamashita Tomoyuki.

Cathedral priests denied giving any permission for the excavation, which was discovered Monday afternoon. A church security guard, who heard sounds of a jackhammer, peeped through the chapel window and saw the pit.

She reported her discovery to Msgr. Cayetano Gelbolingo, who ordered the activity stopped. Soon after that, the laborers disappeared.

The hole, as wide as a barrel, was seven to 10 feet deep. It was located at the center of the chapel, a few steps from where the Blessed Sacrament is usually encased in glass on the wall.

Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, who heard news of the diggings over the radio, went to the site yesterday. He said he had not given permission for any excavation much less a treasure hunt.

Waterfront police investigators began an inquiry into the unauthorized digging. Msgr. Gelbolingo, Cathedral team moderator, said he was shocked to learn of the hole because the laborers were only supposed to be changing the floor tiles as part of the ongoing renovation.

The chapel was under renovation for more than a month. Earlier work was focused on the walls and ceilings.

Gelbolingo said Fr. Teogenes “Gene” Herrera, who is also assigned at the Cathedral, had asked his permission for a donor to finance the renovation of the chapel, including the replacement of tiles. For his part, Fr. Herrera said it was retired priest Dominador Dosdos who suggested that the chapel be improved because he had a sponsor for it. The elderly priest was not immediately available for comment.

“I was told by Fr. Herrera there’s a sponsor for the tile replacement and I agreed,” said Msgr. Gelbolingo.

He said he didn’t know the donor’s identity but was told it was a woman from Pari-an.

Desecrated

The digging not only destroyed the floor but was an act of sacrilege in the prayer room where Catholic faithful pray before the Blessed Sacrament, considered the actual presence of Christ.

“It is a desecration,” said Fr. Carlito Pono, head of the Archdiocesan commission on church heritage.

“But I am talking about desecration in a loose sense. They disturbed the sanctity of the place,” he told Cebu Daily News.

“It (the adoration chapel) is a holy place.”

Pono explained that the Church views desecration as a spilling of blood or other grave offense in a holy place.

He said no priest has the authority to order diggings like this.

“They have to get permission from the Cardinal. No priest, even if he is a parish priest, can give that permission.

He recalled similar diggings in church grounds in San Fernando and Cordova towns, which turned up nothing valuable.

The laborers must have been looking for buried treasure such as seven samurai swords and gold bars left by Japanese soldiers during World War II, according to Pancho Ramirez, councilor of barangay Sto. Niño.

He said he was approached several years ago by a Japanese national who claimed to be the son of a Japanese soldier. The man asked for help in appealing to the cardinal in digging up the area beside the cathedral’s tower. But Ramirez said the plan was not allowed by the church officials then.

The adoration chapel, an air-conditioned prayer room, is located beside the cathedral.

Myrna Francisco, 28, church staff security, discovered the pit Monday afternoon when she peeped through holes in the chapel's window. She then told Msgr. Gelbolingo about her discovery.

Francisco was alerted by the sounds of a jackhammer inside the room.

“Nagduda naman ko, akong gi-lili sa bintana, nakit-an dayon nako ang lungag og naay nagtingog sa ilawon” (I became suspicious so I peeped in the window and saw a hole and heard the sound from inside the hole), Francisco said.

She tried to get inside the chapel but found the door locked and barred by a piece of wood.

When the laborers went home later that day, Francisco said she became more suspicious when she was not handed the duplicate keys to the door lock. She also found that the padlock had been changed.

On Tuesday noon, Msgr. Gelbolingo said he checked the chapel and was surprised to be told by the security guard about the excavation.

When the workers showed up and started to work again, Msgr. Gelbolingo said he followed them inside, saw the hole, and told them to stop. He said he then reported the matter to the Cardinal’s office.

Asked why he did not hold the workers for questioning, Msgr. Gelbolingo said that at that time, his main thought was to stop the digging. He said he also had to attend a meeting in Mabolo which lasted until the afternoon.

Trizer Dale Mansueto, the commission's resident historian, said stories about gold being buried in some of Cebu's old churches were just “urban legends.”

“So far, wala pang simbahan nga naay na excavate nga gold bars,” Mansueto said.

“Almost all churches and pre-war buildings are suspected to have buried treasure. The Japanese soldiers may have stayed at the Cathedral but that doesn't mean there’s buried treasure there.”

With a report by Bernadette Parco





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ewan ko if these belong here but im wondering what building is this,
para syang may pagka art deco
papunta to sa toledo from cebu ct

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ewan ko if these belong here but im wondering what building is this,
para syang may pagka art deco
papunta to sa toledo from cebu ct

Thanks for the photos. Looks like art deco, aight..

Thanks for the photos. Looks like art deco, aight..

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ewan ko if these belong here but im wondering what building is this,
para syang may pagka art deco
papunta to sa toledo from cebu ct

do you mean the manipis route from cebu city to toledo? if this the one you mean, then most probably this building is locted in camp 7, minglanilla. if it is, i think that is the denr office there. there are some old structures there being one of the earliest reforestration areas in the philippines!

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ewan ko if these belong here but im wondering what building is this,
para syang may pagka art deco
papunta to sa toledo from cebu ct

do you mean the manipis route from cebu city to toledo? if this the one you mean, then most probably this building is locted in camp 7, minglanilla. if it is, i think that is the denr office there. there are some old structures there being one of the earliest reforestration areas in the philippines!

One of the angels lining the nave of the St. Catherine of Alexandria church in Carcar fell. For fear that the rest of the angels might follow suit thereby posing a danger to the churchgoers, Cardinal Vidal authorized the removal of the rest for safety purposes. The angels however have been put at the sides.. :okay:

Photos by Ang_Bantayanon

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One of the angels lining the nave of the St. Catherine of Alexandria church in Carcar fell. For fear that the rest of the angels might follow suit thereby posing a danger to the churchgoers, Cardinal Vidal authorized the removal of the rest for safety purposes. The angels however have been put at the sides.. :okay:

Photos by Ang_Bantayanon

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^^no wonder why the picture i saw on a book that featured Carcar Church looked oddly different, it was because of those angels...

too bad they had to be taken down...

^^no wonder why the picture i saw on a book that featured Carcar Church looked oddly different, it was because of those angels...

too bad they had to be taken down...

^^

Yeah they have to be taken down in consideration of the safety of the churchgoers. Anyway, I guess it would just be temporary.

^^

Yeah they have to be taken down in consideration of the safety of the churchgoers. Anyway, I guess it would just be temporary.

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Samboan Church
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San Nicolas Tolentino Church - Malabuyoc
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Samboan Church
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San Nicolas Tolentino Church - Malabuyoc
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USC Main Chapel (by @junrebayla)
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USC Main Chapel (by @junrebayla)
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@ Rajah, nice kaayo bai.

@ Rajah, nice kaayo bai.

CEBUANOS!!!! HELLOOOOOOOO!!!!

Nice to meet you all!!! :)

CEBUANOS!!!! HELLOOOOOOOO!!!!

Nice to meet you all!!! :)

I've learned that the original ARZOBISPADO, which was an oversized Bahay-na-Bato right across the Cebu Cathedral actually survived World War II.

It was demolished sometime in the 50-60s. A number of people protested its destruction which included Professor Jumalon. It was regarded as the first case in Cebu City of a heritage site being torn down.

I've also learned that there were plans before to tear down Fort San Pedro..

I've learned that the original ARZOBISPADO, which was an oversized Bahay-na-Bato right across the Cebu Cathedral actually survived World War II.

It was demolished sometime in the 50-60s. A number of people protested its destruction which included Professor Jumalon. It was regarded as the first case in Cebu City of a heritage site being torn down.

I've also learned that there were plans before to tear down Fort San Pedro..

Shanties to go once city manages fort

The Freeman 03/12/2007

All shanties constructed by vendors beside the Fort San Pedro in barangay San Roque Ciudad will be demolished once the city starts managing the maintenance of said the public park.

Vice Mayor Michael Rama said the shanties of vendors are eyesores not only to tourists but to anybody who wants to tour the fort, which is one of tourist attractions in Cebu City.

Fort San Pedro, also known as Fuerza de San Pedro, is a military defense structure built by the soldiers under the command of Spanish conquistador, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and the then Spanish government in Cebu.

It is located in Cebu City's port area in what is now called Plaza Independencia National Park.

The fort is one of the oldest, smallest and well preserved colonial forts in the country which occupies a land area of 2,202 square meters.

It was first constructed out of log and earth in 1565 for protection from violent attacks from the native Sugbuanons and Muslim pirates. But it was then developed, upgraded and constructed using hard stone, which made the surrounding walls stronger and tougher with high and thick walls.

Today the fort houses a museum displaying artifacts from the era such as documents written in Spanish, paintings, sculptures and cannons.

Large statues of Legazpi and Antonio Pigafetta are also outside the fort.

But the beauty of the fort is said to have slowly diminished after the Philippine Tourism Authority allowed the vendors to build shanties beside the plaza and collect daily fees from them.

Even San Roque barangay captain Roger Ruizo is also against vendors in the area. Mayor Tomas Osmeña suspended the demolition of said shanties until last December 31 only, but up to now these have not been removed. - Rene U. Borromeo/MEEV

Shanties to go once city manages fort

The Freeman 03/12/2007

All shanties constructed by vendors beside the Fort San Pedro in barangay San Roque Ciudad will be demolished once the city starts managing the maintenance of said the public park.

Vice Mayor Michael Rama said the shanties of vendors are eyesores not only to tourists but to anybody who wants to tour the fort, which is one of tourist attractions in Cebu City.

Fort San Pedro, also known as Fuerza de San Pedro, is a military defense structure built by the soldiers under the command of Spanish conquistador, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and the then Spanish government in Cebu.

It is located in Cebu City's port area in what is now called Plaza Independencia National Park.

The fort is one of the oldest, smallest and well preserved colonial forts in the country which occupies a land area of 2,202 square meters.

It was first constructed out of log and earth in 1565 for protection from violent attacks from the native Sugbuanons and Muslim pirates. But it was then developed, upgraded and constructed using hard stone, which made the surrounding walls stronger and tougher with high and thick walls.

Today the fort houses a museum displaying artifacts from the era such as documents written in Spanish, paintings, sculptures and cannons.

Large statues of Legazpi and Antonio Pigafetta are also outside the fort.

But the beauty of the fort is said to have slowly diminished after the Philippine Tourism Authority allowed the vendors to build shanties beside the plaza and collect daily fees from them.

Even San Roque barangay captain Roger Ruizo is also against vendors in the area. Mayor Tomas Osmeña suspended the demolition of said shanties until last December 31 only, but up to now these have not been removed. - Rene U. Borromeo/MEEV

@ Rajah, nice kaayo bai.

tnxs... i'm coming up with a better one ... :cheers:

@ Rajah, nice kaayo bai.

tnxs... i'm coming up with a better one ... :cheers:

@arnold: just got back from the exhibit at the basilica museum...nice and infromative...

@arnold: just got back from the exhibit at the basilica museum...nice and infromative...

I've learned that the original ARZOBISPADO, which was an oversized Bahay-na-Bato right across the Cebu Cathedral actually survived World War II.

It was demolished sometime in the 50-60s. A number of people protested its destruction which included Professor Jumalon. It was regarded as the first case in Cebu City of a heritage site being torn down.

I've also learned that there were plans before to tear down Fort San Pedro..

i think only a portion of it survived after the war. i saw picture of that protest long time ago, but i dont remember which book was that.... i think the demolition of recoletos church was much earlier...

I've learned that the original ARZOBISPADO, which was an oversized Bahay-na-Bato right across the Cebu Cathedral actually survived World War II.

It was demolished sometime in the 50-60s. A number of people protested its destruction which included Professor Jumalon. It was regarded as the first case in Cebu City of a heritage site being torn down.

I've also learned that there were plans before to tear down Fort San Pedro..

i think only a portion of it survived after the war. i saw picture of that protest long time ago, but i dont remember which book was that.... i think the demolition of recoletos church was much earlier...

^^

Thanks for the info Gee..

Anyway, there's an ongoing exhibit now of LENTEN Images at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Museum.

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Time immemorial
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Thanks for the info Gee..

Anyway, there's an ongoing exhibit now of LENTEN Images at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Museum.

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Time immemorial
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Sts. Peter and Paul Church
(Bantayan Island, Cebu)

Text and photos by Ang_Bantayanon


Bantayan was the first parish to be established in Cebu by the Augustinians. It was founded on June 11, 1580 as the Convento dela Asuncion de Nuestra Señora. It was one of the few parishes to be a part of the Archdiocese of Mexico (with the Archdiocese of Manila separating only in 1595) and is older than San Nicolas by four years (the latter founded in 1584)!

The present church is probably the fourth or fifth church erected, with the other churches destroyed by natural calamities and the constant Moro raids who did not only leave the island in wreck but also abducted its residents.

This church was built by an Ilonggo priest named Padre Doroteo Andrada del Rosario from 1839-1863. It probably has the thickest walls among all stone churches in Cebu, being not only a house of God but also a refuge during the times when Christians were in constant danger.

Bantayan is now known for its marvelous processions and is inundated with people during Holy Week.

In 2005, a museum was inaugurated during the time of Rev. Fr. Camilo Alia, EV, in celebration of the 425th anniversary of the founding of the parish with no less than the archbishop of Manila, Gaudencio Rosales in attendance.


Beautiful and Venerable stone church of Bantayan
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Carved image of Saint Dominic de Guzman with a dog. The Dominicans are the "dogs of the Lord," which in Latin is Domini-canis.
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An image of Saint Anthony of Padua carved in stone with an interesting depiction of the Holy Child as the Santo Niño de Cebu.
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Retablo
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One of the exhibits in the church museum
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Sts. Peter and Paul Church
(Bantayan Island, Cebu)

Text and photos by Ang_Bantayanon


Bantayan was the first parish to be established in Cebu by the Augustinians. It was founded on June 11, 1580 as the Convento dela Asuncion de Nuestra Señora. It was one of the few parishes to be a part of the Archdiocese of Mexico (with the Archdiocese of Manila separating only in 1595) and is older than San Nicolas by four years (the latter founded in 1584)!

The present church is probably the fourth or fifth church erected, with the other churches destroyed by natural calamities and the constant Moro raids who did not only leave the island in wreck but also abducted its residents.

This church was built by an Ilonggo priest named Padre Doroteo Andrada del Rosario from 1839-1863. It probably has the thickest walls among all stone churches in Cebu, being not only a house of God but also a refuge during the times when Christians were in constant danger.

Bantayan is now known for its marvelous processions and is inundated with people during Holy Week.

In 2005, a museum was inaugurated during the time of Rev. Fr. Camilo Alia, EV, in celebration of the 425th anniversary of the founding of the parish with no less than the archbishop of Manila, Gaudencio Rosales in attendance.


Beautiful and Venerable stone church of Bantayan
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Carved image of Saint Dominic de Guzman with a dog. The Dominicans are the "dogs of the Lord," which in Latin is Domini-canis.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/beautifulChurches/Bantayan_Church/BantayanChurch02.jpg



An image of Saint Anthony of Padua carved in stone with an interesting depiction of the Holy Child as the Santo Niño de Cebu.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/beautifulChurches/Bantayan_Church/BantayanChurch03.jpg



Retablo
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/beautifulChurches/Bantayan_Church/BantayanChurch04.jpg



One of the exhibits in the church museum
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repost. original post by @soulmaker27 in the YLOILO: Campeón Filipino De la Herencia - Dos (2) thread

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repost. original post by @soulmaker27 in the YLOILO: Campeón Filipino De la Herencia - Dos (2) thread

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^^

Nice, here it is right now:

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^^

Nice, here it is right now:

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Holy Week Procession in Bantayan Island

Photos by Ang_Bantayanon


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Holy Week Procession in Bantayan Island

Photos by Ang_Bantayanon


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^^although not yet final, my classmates are planning to have a 'pilgrimage' to Bantayan for the holy week...

^^although not yet final, my classmates are planning to have a 'pilgrimage' to Bantayan for the holy week...

Colon Street, then and now... (From Benjie Ordonez's blog, http://benjieordonez.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html)


This is a view of Colon from the spot where the obelisk now stands. The building at the far is probably the spot where Gaisano building is right now.
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Vision Theater at Colon Street
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Colon today
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Colon Street, then and now... (From Benjie Ordonez's blog, http://benjieordonez.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html)


This is a view of Colon from the spot where the obelisk now stands. The building at the far is probably the spot where Gaisano building is right now.
http://img248.echo.cx/img248/4301/mabinicorcolon19000ht.jpg



Vision Theater at Colon Street
http://img252.echo.cx/img252/5586/visiontheater19451si.jpg




Colon today
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here's another trivia..
vice mayor rama used to be a neighbor of my mother. kaduwa na nila sa una diha sa sitio calero. naa ghapon puyo iya cousins dha.. neighbors for life sila sa ako lolo and lola. i even saw richard gutierrez and his twin brother once around mid-90's when they paid a visit to their mom's relatives.
and of course halos tanan UV basketball players ilado sa tanan.. sikat kaayo to sila! wa na lang ko ka-remember sa names but my uncles used to bring us along with them kung naay duwa sa UV mismo!
UC was known beforeas CCC, CNU as CSAT! hahaha
uso sad sauna every fiesta kanang drama sa radio i-stage nila.


Thanks very much for sharing some of your fond memories h20-chick! Hope we can meet up and magtabi ta about our experiences before. :)

As far as i can remember, as a child, everything about me is Colon! I lived, studied (UV), and shopped there or basically Colon was my playground! :lol:

here's another trivia..
vice mayor rama used to be a neighbor of my mother. kaduwa na nila sa una diha sa sitio calero. naa ghapon puyo iya cousins dha.. neighbors for life sila sa ako lolo and lola. i even saw richard gutierrez and his twin brother once around mid-90's when they paid a visit to their mom's relatives.
and of course halos tanan UV basketball players ilado sa tanan.. sikat kaayo to sila! wa na lang ko ka-remember sa names but my uncles used to bring us along with them kung naay duwa sa UV mismo!
UC was known beforeas CCC, CNU as CSAT! hahaha
uso sad sauna every fiesta kanang drama sa radio i-stage nila.


Thanks very much for sharing some of your fond memories h20-chick! Hope we can meet up and magtabi ta about our experiences before. :)

As far as i can remember, as a child, everything about me is Colon! I lived, studied (UV), and shopped there or basically Colon was my playground! :lol:

The Holy Image up close! Venerated by the Cebuanos for 441 years.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1962/ninocebumn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Taken after the garments were changed during the Fiesta Señor this year. The replica is right next to the original image
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/6567/nino12ho9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Indeed, our well-kept treasure! Cebu's ultimate pride!
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/725/nio4awi9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


The Holy Image in His full regalia.
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/214/nio7ahs3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

That irresistible Divine smile :)
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5752/nio9agj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The Holy Image up close! Venerated by the Cebuanos for 441 years.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1962/ninocebumn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Taken after the garments were changed during the Fiesta Señor this year. The replica is right next to the original image
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/6567/nino12ho9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Indeed, our well-kept treasure! Cebu's ultimate pride!
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/725/nio4awi9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


The Holy Image in His full regalia.
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/214/nio7ahs3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

That irresistible Divine smile :)
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5752/nio9agj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

CEBUANOS!!!! HELLOOOOOOOO!!!!

Nice to meet you all!!! :)

Hello IsabelPresley, nice to meet you too! Thanks for dropping by! Welcome to CEBU again! :)


@ arnold, I read from Benjie Ordonez's blog (from the link you posted above) re documentary about Colon. Do you have any idea if nahuman siya? Because the date in his blog was sometime 2005 pa man gud...And by the way, great Liloan and Bantayan Heritage posts! I have not been to those historical places yet, I will include them in my future itinerary sa suroy-suroy sa Sugbu puhon! :)

CEBUANOS!!!! HELLOOOOOOOO!!!!

Nice to meet you all!!! :)

Hello IsabelPresley, nice to meet you too! Thanks for dropping by! Welcome to CEBU again! :)


@ arnold, I read from Benjie Ordonez's blog (from the link you posted above) re documentary about Colon. Do you have any idea if nahuman siya? Because the date in his blog was sometime 2005 pa man gud...And by the way, great Liloan and Bantayan Heritage posts! I have not been to those historical places yet, I will include them in my future itinerary sa suroy-suroy sa Sugbu puhon! :)

^^what amazes me most is that the Image looks as if It was just carved yesterday...

^^what amazes me most is that the Image looks as if It was just carved yesterday...

Thanks for the photos Southernbelle.. I notice that camera flash was used.. Wouldn't this damage the image?


The Holy Image up close! Venerated by the Cebuanos for 441 years.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1962/ninocebumn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks for the photos Southernbelle.. I notice that camera flash was used.. Wouldn't this damage the image?


The Holy Image up close! Venerated by the Cebuanos for 441 years.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1962/ninocebumn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yap-Sandiego House
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110930.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110924.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110918-1.jpg



A warehouse at the port area
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110947.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110948.jpg


Cebu Trade School
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110953.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110954.jpg




.:.

Yap-Sandiego House
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110930.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110924.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110918-1.jpg



A warehouse at the port area
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110947.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110948.jpg


Cebu Trade School
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110953.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j93/ragandacmichael/P1110954.jpg




.:.

Thanks for the photos Southernbelle.. I notice that camera flash was used.. Wouldn't this damage the image?

I think it is alright to use flash on the replica, but not on an original image with original encarna since that paint will deteriorate. It's the reason why flash bulbs should never be used on paintings. I think flash bulbs should not be used on ivory image too.


What is the story behind the legs of the Nino?

Thanks for the photos Southernbelle.. I notice that camera flash was used.. Wouldn't this damage the image?

I think it is alright to use flash on the replica, but not on an original image with original encarna since that paint will deteriorate. It's the reason why flash bulbs should never be used on paintings. I think flash bulbs should not be used on ivory image too.


What is the story behind the legs of the Nino?

@ pirena, yes, the Holy Image was carved centuries ago but the reason why the face looks refreshing is, it has undergone "facelift" too (not with Dra. Belo :lol: ). I read from a magazine, that a certain Teddy Bentain, from Talisay City, who is an award-winning Cebuano sculptor and who is into Santo Niño image-making business, did the repair. I qoute," As recognition to his talent, the Agustinian priests commissioned him to repair the original Sto. Niño de Cebu image, with three padres in attendance to guard their treasure, " from the text of Trizer Mansueto, Southwall Magazine.

@arnold, you are such a keen observant. Re flash, I did not even noticed it. I was more engrossed into putting patches in the writing sa whiteboard at the background of the Sto. Niño. I think when the first picture was taken, the photographer was not aware that the flash was on, because in the succeeding pictures, the flash was no longer used... you got the chance to visit the Sandiego ancestral home! Wow! If only naa pa lang ko diha ay. :)

By the way, I am sure you have heard about Dr. Lydia Aznar-Alfonso, she has collections of antic images of the Sto. Niño, her house is said to be a virtual museum of Cebuano religious antiquities. You might want to include her mini-museum in your next Heritage Walk. Just a thought.

@ pirena, yes, the Holy Image was carved centuries ago but the reason why the face looks refreshing is, it has undergone "facelift" too (not with Dra. Belo :lol: ). I read from a magazine, that a certain Teddy Bentain, from Talisay City, who is an award-winning Cebuano sculptor and who is into Santo Niño image-making business, did the repair. I qoute," As recognition to his talent, the Agustinian priests commissioned him to repair the original Sto. Niño de Cebu image, with three padres in attendance to guard their treasure, " from the text of Trizer Mansueto, Southwall Magazine.

@arnold, you are such a keen observant. Re flash, I did not even noticed it. I was more engrossed into putting patches in the writing sa whiteboard at the background of the Sto. Niño. I think when the first picture was taken, the photographer was not aware that the flash was on, because in the succeeding pictures, the flash was no longer used... you got the chance to visit the Sandiego ancestral home! Wow! If only naa pa lang ko diha ay. :)

By the way, I am sure you have heard about Dr. Lydia Aznar-Alfonso, she has collections of antic images of the Sto. Niño, her house is said to be a virtual museum of Cebuano religious antiquities. You might want to include her mini-museum in your next Heritage Walk. Just a thought.

I think it is alright to use flash on the replica, but not on an original image with original encarna since that paint will deteriorate. It's the reason why flash bulbs should never be used on paintings. I think flash bulbs should not be used on ivory image too.


What is the story behind the legs of the Nino?

Hello Pinoy_ako, below is an answer to your question. :)

A Tale Of The Santo Nino

It is told that when, in the days of Legaspi, the capital was moved from Cebu to Manila, the authorities decreed that the image of the Sto. Nino should also be moved to the new capital.

So, the image was crated and shipped to manila, but the crate arrived there empty. The image miraculously disappeared, reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. It was recreated, and the crate placed inside another box, and then shipped to manila. Again, the boxes arrived in Manila empty. The image was crated a third time, and the crate placed not in one but in two boxes - but in vain. The Santo Nino was back in Cebu.

Eventually, the shippers sent the image out in a series of Chinese boxes, one inside another, with the seventh and inner-most box containing the image. In this manner, the image arrived in Manila and was enthroned in the Augustinian church of the capital city. The image, however, kept disappearing from the Augustinian church and reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. And so, it is told, the Manila Augustinians decided to cut off one of the Holy Child’s legs to stop it from escaping and returning to Cebu. This proved of no avail. The Santo Nino still kept on returning to Cebu

Manila finally gave up and Cebu kept its little Lord. Today, it is said, one can still notice how unevenly the Santo Nino stands. It is a sign of how, at one time, it had been amputated to keep it from returning to its beloved home.
In other versions of this story, the image was shipped not to Manila but to Spain. Whatever the version, however, it is a story told to show how intimately wedded to each other Cebu and the Santo Nino have become.


Reprinted from the book: Cebu: More Than an Island
Pangilin: Festivals and Religions Rituals
By: Erma M. Cuizon


The link:http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/culture/stonino.htm

I think it is alright to use flash on the replica, but not on an original image with original encarna since that paint will deteriorate. It's the reason why flash bulbs should never be used on paintings. I think flash bulbs should not be used on ivory image too.


What is the story behind the legs of the Nino?

Hello Pinoy_ako, below is an answer to your question. :)

A Tale Of The Santo Nino

It is told that when, in the days of Legaspi, the capital was moved from Cebu to Manila, the authorities decreed that the image of the Sto. Nino should also be moved to the new capital.

So, the image was crated and shipped to manila, but the crate arrived there empty. The image miraculously disappeared, reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. It was recreated, and the crate placed inside another box, and then shipped to manila. Again, the boxes arrived in Manila empty. The image was crated a third time, and the crate placed not in one but in two boxes - but in vain. The Santo Nino was back in Cebu.

Eventually, the shippers sent the image out in a series of Chinese boxes, one inside another, with the seventh and inner-most box containing the image. In this manner, the image arrived in Manila and was enthroned in the Augustinian church of the capital city. The image, however, kept disappearing from the Augustinian church and reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. And so, it is told, the Manila Augustinians decided to cut off one of the Holy Child’s legs to stop it from escaping and returning to Cebu. This proved of no avail. The Santo Nino still kept on returning to Cebu

Manila finally gave up and Cebu kept its little Lord. Today, it is said, one can still notice how unevenly the Santo Nino stands. It is a sign of how, at one time, it had been amputated to keep it from returning to its beloved home.
In other versions of this story, the image was shipped not to Manila but to Spain. Whatever the version, however, it is a story told to show how intimately wedded to each other Cebu and the Santo Nino have become.


Reprinted from the book: Cebu: More Than an Island
Pangilin: Festivals and Religions Rituals
By: Erma M. Cuizon


The link:http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/culture/stonino.htm

@ pirena, yes, the Holy Image was carved centuries ago but the reason why the face looks refreshing is, it has undergone "facelift" too (not with Dra. Belo ). I read from a magazine, that a certain Teddy Bentain, from Talisay City, who is an award-winning Cebuano sculptor and who is into Santo Niño image-making business, did the repair. I qoute," As recognition to his talent, the Agustinian priests commissioned him to repair the original Sto. Niño de Cebu image, with three padres in attendance to guard their treasure, " from the text of Trizer Mansueto, Southwall Magazine.

cool trivia...our very own Sto. Nino at home was made at his workshop...

@ pirena, yes, the Holy Image was carved centuries ago but the reason why the face looks refreshing is, it has undergone "facelift" too (not with Dra. Belo ). I read from a magazine, that a certain Teddy Bentain, from Talisay City, who is an award-winning Cebuano sculptor and who is into Santo Niño image-making business, did the repair. I qoute," As recognition to his talent, the Agustinian priests commissioned him to repair the original Sto. Niño de Cebu image, with three padres in attendance to guard their treasure, " from the text of Trizer Mansueto, Southwall Magazine.

cool trivia...our very own Sto. Nino at home was made at his workshop...

Hello Pinoy_ako, below is an answer to your question. :)

A Tale Of The Santo Nino

It is told that when, in the days of Legaspi, the capital was moved from Cebu to Manila, the authorities decreed that the image of the Sto. Nino should also be moved to the new capital.

So, the image was crated and shipped to manila, but the crate arrived there empty. The image miraculously disappeared, reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. It was recreated, and the crate placed inside another box, and then shipped to manila. Again, the boxes arrived in Manila empty. The image was crated a third time, and the crate placed not in one but in two boxes - but in vain. The Santo Nino was back in Cebu.

Eventually, the shippers sent the image out in a series of Chinese boxes, one inside another, with the seventh and inner-most box containing the image. In this manner, the image arrived in Manila and was enthroned in the Augustinian church of the capital city. The image, however, kept disappearing from the Augustinian church and reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. And so, it is told, the Manila Augustinians decided to cut off one of the Holy Child’s legs to stop it from escaping and returning to Cebu. This proved of no avail. The Santo Nino still kept on returning to Cebu

Manila finally gave up and Cebu kept its little Lord. Today, it is said, one can still notice how unevenly the Santo Nino stands. It is a sign of how, at one time, it had been amputated to keep it from returning to its beloved home.
In other versions of this story, the image was shipped not to Manila but to Spain. Whatever the version, however, it is a story told to show how intimately wedded to each other Cebu and the Santo Nino have become.


Reprinted from the book: Cebu: More Than an Island
Pangilin: Festivals and Religions Rituals
By: Erma M. Cuizon


The link:http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/culture/stonino.htm


the story sounds so strange because no good catholic would dare to commit such sacrilege by amputating a venerated image.

anyway, people always have their own stories to tell. the one i heard long time ago was how the people found the santo nino floating at sea and so they believe that is the reason why there is a black santo nino of cebu.

Hello Pinoy_ako, below is an answer to your question. :)

A Tale Of The Santo Nino

It is told that when, in the days of Legaspi, the capital was moved from Cebu to Manila, the authorities decreed that the image of the Sto. Nino should also be moved to the new capital.

So, the image was crated and shipped to manila, but the crate arrived there empty. The image miraculously disappeared, reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. It was recreated, and the crate placed inside another box, and then shipped to manila. Again, the boxes arrived in Manila empty. The image was crated a third time, and the crate placed not in one but in two boxes - but in vain. The Santo Nino was back in Cebu.

Eventually, the shippers sent the image out in a series of Chinese boxes, one inside another, with the seventh and inner-most box containing the image. In this manner, the image arrived in Manila and was enthroned in the Augustinian church of the capital city. The image, however, kept disappearing from the Augustinian church and reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. And so, it is told, the Manila Augustinians decided to cut off one of the Holy Child’s legs to stop it from escaping and returning to Cebu. This proved of no avail. The Santo Nino still kept on returning to Cebu

Manila finally gave up and Cebu kept its little Lord. Today, it is said, one can still notice how unevenly the Santo Nino stands. It is a sign of how, at one time, it had been amputated to keep it from returning to its beloved home.
In other versions of this story, the image was shipped not to Manila but to Spain. Whatever the version, however, it is a story told to show how intimately wedded to each other Cebu and the Santo Nino have become.


Reprinted from the book: Cebu: More Than an Island
Pangilin: Festivals and Religions Rituals
By: Erma M. Cuizon


The link:http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/culture/stonino.htm


the story sounds so strange because no good catholic would dare to commit such sacrilege by amputating a venerated image.

anyway, people always have their own stories to tell. the one i heard long time ago was how the people found the santo nino floating at sea and so they believe that is the reason why there is a black santo nino of cebu.

Hello Pinoy_ako, below is an answer to your question. :)

A Tale Of The Santo Nino

It is told that when, in the days of Legaspi, the capital was moved from Cebu to Manila, the authorities decreed that the image of the Sto. Nino should also be moved to the new capital.

So, the image was crated and shipped to manila, but the crate arrived there empty. The image miraculously disappeared, reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. It was recreated, and the crate placed inside another box, and then shipped to manila. Again, the boxes arrived in Manila empty. The image was crated a third time, and the crate placed not in one but in two boxes - but in vain. The Santo Nino was back in Cebu.

Eventually, the shippers sent the image out in a series of Chinese boxes, one inside another, with the seventh and inner-most box containing the image. In this manner, the image arrived in Manila and was enthroned in the Augustinian church of the capital city. The image, however, kept disappearing from the Augustinian church and reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. And so, it is told, the Manila Augustinians decided to cut off one of the Holy Child’s legs to stop it from escaping and returning to Cebu. This proved of no avail. The Santo Nino still kept on returning to Cebu

Manila finally gave up and Cebu kept its little Lord. Today, it is said, one can still notice how unevenly the Santo Nino stands. It is a sign of how, at one time, it had been amputated to keep it from returning to its beloved home.
In other versions of this story, the image was shipped not to Manila but to Spain. Whatever the version, however, it is a story told to show how intimately wedded to each other Cebu and the Santo Nino have become.


Reprinted from the book: Cebu: More Than an Island
Pangilin: Festivals and Religions Rituals
By: Erma M. Cuizon


The link:http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/culture/stonino.htm

southernbelle,

Thanks for the info! I have heard some Cebuanos talking about the legs of the Nino but I couldn't figure out the story. Now I know some stories about it.

Here in Manila, there are also stories of images disappearing and allegedly being sent to Manila but reappearing after sometime. So, the disappearances and reappearances are "national" stories.

Hello Pinoy_ako, below is an answer to your question. :)

A Tale Of The Santo Nino

It is told that when, in the days of Legaspi, the capital was moved from Cebu to Manila, the authorities decreed that the image of the Sto. Nino should also be moved to the new capital.

So, the image was crated and shipped to manila, but the crate arrived there empty. The image miraculously disappeared, reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. It was recreated, and the crate placed inside another box, and then shipped to manila. Again, the boxes arrived in Manila empty. The image was crated a third time, and the crate placed not in one but in two boxes - but in vain. The Santo Nino was back in Cebu.

Eventually, the shippers sent the image out in a series of Chinese boxes, one inside another, with the seventh and inner-most box containing the image. In this manner, the image arrived in Manila and was enthroned in the Augustinian church of the capital city. The image, however, kept disappearing from the Augustinian church and reappearing in its shrine in Cebu. And so, it is told, the Manila Augustinians decided to cut off one of the Holy Child’s legs to stop it from escaping and returning to Cebu. This proved of no avail. The Santo Nino still kept on returning to Cebu

Manila finally gave up and Cebu kept its little Lord. Today, it is said, one can still notice how unevenly the Santo Nino stands. It is a sign of how, at one time, it had been amputated to keep it from returning to its beloved home.
In other versions of this story, the image was shipped not to Manila but to Spain. Whatever the version, however, it is a story told to show how intimately wedded to each other Cebu and the Santo Nino have become.


Reprinted from the book: Cebu: More Than an Island
Pangilin: Festivals and Religions Rituals
By: Erma M. Cuizon


The link:http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/culture/stonino.htm

southernbelle,

Thanks for the info! I have heard some Cebuanos talking about the legs of the Nino but I couldn't figure out the story. Now I know some stories about it.

Here in Manila, there are also stories of images disappearing and allegedly being sent to Manila but reappearing after sometime. So, the disappearances and reappearances are "national" stories.

^^

It's good to know that the Santo Niño didn't reappear in an antique shop or in a family collection cabinet..

^^

It's good to know that the Santo Niño didn't reappear in an antique shop or in a family collection cabinet..

@arnold: st. rita with the skull is definitely a piece of curio...it caught the attention of a lot of those students who visited the museum this afternoon, and i even got to a chance to explain it to some of them...

@arnold: st. rita with the skull is definitely a piece of curio...it caught the attention of a lot of those students who visited the museum this afternoon, and i even got to a chance to explain it to some of them...

^^

Let's ask Ang_Bantayanon about it although this is what he said in the other thread:

Yes, there is quite a lot of carved skulls in the church. In Christian iconography, skulls represent the next life or the immortality of the soul. St. Rita of Cascia is often represented by a skull or other saints belonging to the monastic orders.

^^

Let's ask Ang_Bantayanon about it although this is what he said in the other thread:

Yes, there is quite a lot of carved skulls in the church. In Christian iconography, skulls represent the next life or the immortality of the soul. St. Rita of Cascia is often represented by a skull or other saints belonging to the monastic orders.

@arnold: st. rita with the skull is definitely a piece of curio...it caught the attention of a lot of those students who visited the museum this afternoon, and i even got to a chance to explain it to some of them...

The skull is a symbol for death, both physical and spiritual. A skull placed at the foot of the cross is usually understood to be the skull of Adam, a reminder that in Adam all died, but in Christ, the Second Adam, all will be made alive.

more info about symbols in christian art & architecture:
http://wegast.home.att.net/symbols/

@arnold: st. rita with the skull is definitely a piece of curio...it caught the attention of a lot of those students who visited the museum this afternoon, and i even got to a chance to explain it to some of them...

The skull is a symbol for death, both physical and spiritual. A skull placed at the foot of the cross is usually understood to be the skull of Adam, a reminder that in Adam all died, but in Christ, the Second Adam, all will be made alive.

more info about symbols in christian art & architecture:
http://wegast.home.att.net/symbols/

^^

Let's ask Ang_Bantayanon about it although this is what he said in the other thread:

yup i told them about the immortality thing...

^^

Let's ask Ang_Bantayanon about it although this is what he said in the other thread:

yup i told them about the immortality thing...

it is placed at the foot of the cross because...

the bible says jesus was crucified on a hill called skull. Matthew 27:33

in iconography it is a reminder of the temporal state of earthly life.

it is placed at the foot of the cross because...

the bible says jesus was crucified on a hill called skull. Matthew 27:33

in iconography it is a reminder of the temporal state of earthly life.

Hi Gee, long time no post..

Hi Gee, long time no post..

Hi Gee, long time no post..

^^ yeah! quite busy with studies ... memorizing hundreds of chinese characters:)

Hi Gee, long time no post..

^^ yeah! quite busy with studies ... memorizing hundreds of chinese characters:)

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Cebu Under the Spanish Flag
1521-1896

Cebu Under the Spanish Flag “Cebu Under the Spanish Flag, 1521-1896. An Economic-Social History” by Bruce Fenner is the first documented history of the City and Island of Cebu to appear in print. There have been one or two previous attempts at writing what purported to be a history of Cebu but as they were short on documentation and long on legend and hearsay, none of them had a right to the title of ‘history.’ Bruce Fenner, the author of this book has undertaken the indispensable spadework in various archives in order to reconstruct the up-to-now virtually unknown part of Cebu history in the period covered by his book. For the first time there is an answer to that often asked question, “What happened in Cebu between the time when Lgaspi transferred the capital of the territory just occupied by the Spaniards to Manila and the end of Spanish rule in these islands?”

The author wisely decided to leave aside the purely political events and to devote his attention to the social and economic developments. The emerging story of decline and the eventual re-emergence of Cebu as a center of trade during the last decades under Spain puts the Cebuanos themselves on center stage – whether they were native to the island or had elected to become its citizens, once the long closed doors were opened. We are introduced to these men and women who did more than their political masters to set Cebu firmly on that road to eminence on the national scene which it possesses today.

The book should be found engrossing reading by all Cebuanos as well as by all those whose interest in the City and in the Philippines at large has been aroused by what they have experienced and seen in these islands. As a well-documented study in the field of regional history it will be welcomed by professional historian as a further stone for the construction of a real national history of the Philippines.


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This book chronicles over 400 years of the history of the University of San Carlos, one of the premier academic institutions of the country today. Culled from published and unpublished sources, interviews, official documents and archival matrial, the book traces the historical development of San Carlos from its humble beginnings as a small Jesuit colegio named in honor of San Eldefonso in 1595 to a competitive higher educational institution today. In nine chapters, the book provides important information on significant events that propelled the University to a favored position in academia today. All told, the authors weave a narrative tracing the early project of the Seminario-Colegio de San Carlos as an educator of men for the priesthood during the Spanish and early American periods under the care of the Jesuit, Dominican and Vincentian orders, as the “Alma Mater of the Visayas” on the eve of the separation of spiritual and secular spheres of learning in 1931, and as a diamond in the rough polished into the crown jewel of the SVD-popularly called the Divine Word Missionaries-in the Philippines today.

source: http://www.usc.edu.ph/administration/san_carlos_publication_publications_available.jsp

http://www.usc.edu.ph/dynamic/photos/administration/content/spanish_flag.jpg

Cebu Under the Spanish Flag
1521-1896

Cebu Under the Spanish Flag “Cebu Under the Spanish Flag, 1521-1896. An Economic-Social History” by Bruce Fenner is the first documented history of the City and Island of Cebu to appear in print. There have been one or two previous attempts at writing what purported to be a history of Cebu but as they were short on documentation and long on legend and hearsay, none of them had a right to the title of ‘history.’ Bruce Fenner, the author of this book has undertaken the indispensable spadework in various archives in order to reconstruct the up-to-now virtually unknown part of Cebu history in the period covered by his book. For the first time there is an answer to that often asked question, “What happened in Cebu between the time when Lgaspi transferred the capital of the territory just occupied by the Spaniards to Manila and the end of Spanish rule in these islands?”

The author wisely decided to leave aside the purely political events and to devote his attention to the social and economic developments. The emerging story of decline and the eventual re-emergence of Cebu as a center of trade during the last decades under Spain puts the Cebuanos themselves on center stage – whether they were native to the island or had elected to become its citizens, once the long closed doors were opened. We are introduced to these men and women who did more than their political masters to set Cebu firmly on that road to eminence on the national scene which it possesses today.

The book should be found engrossing reading by all Cebuanos as well as by all those whose interest in the City and in the Philippines at large has been aroused by what they have experienced and seen in these islands. As a well-documented study in the field of regional history it will be welcomed by professional historian as a further stone for the construction of a real national history of the Philippines.


http://www.usc.edu.ph/dynamic/photos/administration/content/book_usc.jpg

This book chronicles over 400 years of the history of the University of San Carlos, one of the premier academic institutions of the country today. Culled from published and unpublished sources, interviews, official documents and archival matrial, the book traces the historical development of San Carlos from its humble beginnings as a small Jesuit colegio named in honor of San Eldefonso in 1595 to a competitive higher educational institution today. In nine chapters, the book provides important information on significant events that propelled the University to a favored position in academia today. All told, the authors weave a narrative tracing the early project of the Seminario-Colegio de San Carlos as an educator of men for the priesthood during the Spanish and early American periods under the care of the Jesuit, Dominican and Vincentian orders, as the “Alma Mater of the Visayas” on the eve of the separation of spiritual and secular spheres of learning in 1931, and as a diamond in the rough polished into the crown jewel of the SVD-popularly called the Divine Word Missionaries-in the Philippines today.

source: http://www.usc.edu.ph/administration/san_carlos_publication_publications_available.jsp

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MOJARES, RESIL B. Casa Gorordo in Cebu: Urban Residence in a Philippine Province.
Cebu. Ramon Aboitiz Foundation. 1983. Soft Cover, 4to. Ill.: B/w & color photos & illus. Notes and Interview listings. A sociohistorical reconstruction of the home of Bishop Juan Gorordo and the urban surroundings of Cebu. 148pp.

http://palhbooks.com/parian.jpg
Briones, Concepcion. LIFE IN OLD PARIAN, by Concepcion G. Briones, originally published in 1983 by the Cebuano Studies Center, and reprinted in 2000 by Kaguikan Sa Parian, Inc. Softcover, new, 98 pages. It has 2 old maps of Old Cebu inside, one is 1913, the other is 1935.

This hard to find books is a first person account by a noted Cebuana writer of her growing up in the old historic district of Cebu called Parian.

http://palhbooks.com/gorordo.jpg

MOJARES, RESIL B. Casa Gorordo in Cebu: Urban Residence in a Philippine Province.
Cebu. Ramon Aboitiz Foundation. 1983. Soft Cover, 4to. Ill.: B/w & color photos & illus. Notes and Interview listings. A sociohistorical reconstruction of the home of Bishop Juan Gorordo and the urban surroundings of Cebu. 148pp.

http://palhbooks.com/parian.jpg
Briones, Concepcion. LIFE IN OLD PARIAN, by Concepcion G. Briones, originally published in 1983 by the Cebuano Studies Center, and reprinted in 2000 by Kaguikan Sa Parian, Inc. Softcover, new, 98 pages. It has 2 old maps of Old Cebu inside, one is 1913, the other is 1935.

This hard to find books is a first person account by a noted Cebuana writer of her growing up in the old historic district of Cebu called Parian.

http://www.ateneopress.org/d.%20cebuano.jpg

Collected and translated into English by Resil Mojares and Erlinda Alburo. Includes the plays "Ang Asawa ng Sugarol" (by Ismael Paras), "Rajah Hamabar" (by Junne Cañizares), "Ang Peke" (by Buenaventura Rodriguez), and "Ang Pag-ibig sa Lupang Sinilangan" (by Vicente Sotto).
Winner of National Book Award, as part of the Panitikan Series. http://www.ateneopress.org/detail_lang.asp?ID=15

http://www.kabayancentral.com/book/ateneo/9715052989.jpg
A definitive account of the American occupation of Cebu province. Brings together a large mass of original data not only on battles and skirmishes but also on such topics as the finances of the resistance, collaboration, and factionalism among Cebuanos. Tells of brigandage and the background and motives of the personalities involved in the events. Carries the reader forward, beyond the war itself, to a reflection of the making of local history.

http://www.ateneopress.org/d.%20cebuano.jpg

Collected and translated into English by Resil Mojares and Erlinda Alburo. Includes the plays "Ang Asawa ng Sugarol" (by Ismael Paras), "Rajah Hamabar" (by Junne Cañizares), "Ang Peke" (by Buenaventura Rodriguez), and "Ang Pag-ibig sa Lupang Sinilangan" (by Vicente Sotto).
Winner of National Book Award, as part of the Panitikan Series. http://www.ateneopress.org/detail_lang.asp?ID=15

http://www.kabayancentral.com/book/ateneo/9715052989.jpg
A definitive account of the American occupation of Cebu province. Brings together a large mass of original data not only on battles and skirmishes but also on such topics as the finances of the resistance, collaboration, and factionalism among Cebuanos. Tells of brigandage and the background and motives of the personalities involved in the events. Carries the reader forward, beyond the war itself, to a reflection of the making of local history.

^^

Let's ask Ang_Bantayanon about it although this is what he said in the other thread:


So, still about skulls.. well, one might ask why the skull represented immortality particularly among monks & enclosed nuns... Actually, when one enters the monastery, one is considered dead to the world because one can no longer go out of it. 2nd reason is that, those who entered the monastery particularly during the middle ages, wanted perfect communion with God, thus, they sort of wanted to die to achieve this. Santa Rita isn't the only good representation for this but also San Guillermo de Aquitania, patron saint of Catmon & Dalaguete, Cebu. San Guillermo also holds a skull.

To know more about Saints & Beati and their iconography, visit http://catholicforum.com/saints_index.html

@gee, interesting resource for Christian iconography

^^

Let's ask Ang_Bantayanon about it although this is what he said in the other thread:


So, still about skulls.. well, one might ask why the skull represented immortality particularly among monks & enclosed nuns... Actually, when one enters the monastery, one is considered dead to the world because one can no longer go out of it. 2nd reason is that, those who entered the monastery particularly during the middle ages, wanted perfect communion with God, thus, they sort of wanted to die to achieve this. Santa Rita isn't the only good representation for this but also San Guillermo de Aquitania, patron saint of Catmon & Dalaguete, Cebu. San Guillermo also holds a skull.

To know more about Saints & Beati and their iconography, visit http://catholicforum.com/saints_index.html

@gee, interesting resource for Christian iconography

Cebu - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Help preserve Cebu's glorious past


Cebu today
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/cebubusinesspark.jpg


A bridge in Pari-an built in 1920
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/bridge02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/bridge01.jpg


Yap-Sandiego House, built by Chinese merchants in the late 1600s. This is one of the oldest houses in the Philippines. Mr. Sandiego is planning to put a gallery of famous Cebuano artists at the ground floor and a museum at the second level. Restoration of the interiors however would take some time due to its condition and the huge financial resources that it would be needing.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/yapsandiego04.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/yapsandiego02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/yapsandiego03.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/yapsandiego01.jpg


During Christmas. The house is also decorated during special occasions like Chinese New Year
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/sandiegoyap.jpg

Cebu - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Help preserve Cebu's glorious past


Cebu today
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/cebubusinesspark.jpg


A bridge in Pari-an built in 1920
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/bridge02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/bridge01.jpg


Yap-Sandiego House, built by Chinese merchants in the late 1600s. This is one of the oldest houses in the Philippines. Mr. Sandiego is planning to put a gallery of famous Cebuano artists at the ground floor and a museum at the second level. Restoration of the interiors however would take some time due to its condition and the huge financial resources that it would be needing.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/yapsandiego04.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/yapsandiego02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/yapsandiego03.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Parian/yapsandiego01.jpg


During Christmas. The house is also decorated during special occasions like Chinese New Year
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/sandiegoyap.jpg

Project old, historic Cebu: French envoy

TO GET the attention of European tourists, Cebu City should make efforts to improve the image of its old city streets considering that it is where the Philippine history started, a foreign economic official said.

“When you go to Cebu, Mactan island is nice, other areas are nice, but the old Cebu City is not nice,” said Dominique Lebastard, head of the economic department of the French Embassy.

He stated that most Europeans interested to see the “historical old city” as it depicts Cebu’s “colonial past,” will somehow be disappointed with what they will see in places like Colon St.

It won’t take much to improve the area for tourists, he said, as the old buildings don’t even have to be torn down.

“You only have to make some renovations, like putting some fresh paint,” he said in an interview with Sun.Star Cebu at a gathering of businessmen in Pasay City last Wednesday night.

Brazil was successful in a previous project of reviving old cities, he cited.

In a separate interview, Cebu City Councilor Arsenio Pacaña agreed with the European official’s observation that some areas of the city are dirty, but he said steps are being taken for improvements.

Pacaña, chairman of the council’s committee on tourism, said the City is planning to give tax incentives to owners of old buildings to encourage them to renovate or repaint their properties.

Special attention will be given to structures along Colon St. and other historical sites in the city.

“They made a very good observation and I agree that some areas look dirty. There is really a need to improve some buildings, especially those that are dilapidated,” he said in a phone interview.

Pacaña also said there are plans to improve and repaint historical sites that will be part of the City’s Heritage Tour program, including Colon, Plaza Independencia and Magellan’s Cross.

The City, however, decided to wait until Plaza Independencia is cleared of equipment being used for the construction of the SRP tunnel.

“Tax incentives will be given to those who will help us on this project, particularly the owners of the old buildings in the city,” the councilor added.

It’s true that Cebu has good beaches, Lebastard said, but tourists will also love to know how ordinary streets in Cebu City look on ordinary days.

“It’s good that you have Ayala or SM, but foreigners will also be interested to see how your typical market looks like. I once stayed in Parklane Hotel, that area is nice but I got a taxi and asked the driver to bring me to Carbon market where ordinary Cebuanos go, and I see it can do with a lot of improvements like cleaning up and seeing to it that there’s no danger,” he added.

Cebu can take advantage of the fact that it is in the Philippines, the only country in Asia with “strong European influence” because of its past, he said. (JPM/LCR)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/03/23/news/project.old.historic.cebu.french.envoy.html

Project old, historic Cebu: French envoy

TO GET the attention of European tourists, Cebu City should make efforts to improve the image of its old city streets considering that it is where the Philippine history started, a foreign economic official said.

“When you go to Cebu, Mactan island is nice, other areas are nice, but the old Cebu City is not nice,” said Dominique Lebastard, head of the economic department of the French Embassy.

He stated that most Europeans interested to see the “historical old city” as it depicts Cebu’s “colonial past,” will somehow be disappointed with what they will see in places like Colon St.

It won’t take much to improve the area for tourists, he said, as the old buildings don’t even have to be torn down.

“You only have to make some renovations, like putting some fresh paint,” he said in an interview with Sun.Star Cebu at a gathering of businessmen in Pasay City last Wednesday night.

Brazil was successful in a previous project of reviving old cities, he cited.

In a separate interview, Cebu City Councilor Arsenio Pacaña agreed with the European official’s observation that some areas of the city are dirty, but he said steps are being taken for improvements.

Pacaña, chairman of the council’s committee on tourism, said the City is planning to give tax incentives to owners of old buildings to encourage them to renovate or repaint their properties.

Special attention will be given to structures along Colon St. and other historical sites in the city.

“They made a very good observation and I agree that some areas look dirty. There is really a need to improve some buildings, especially those that are dilapidated,” he said in a phone interview.

Pacaña also said there are plans to improve and repaint historical sites that will be part of the City’s Heritage Tour program, including Colon, Plaza Independencia and Magellan’s Cross.

The City, however, decided to wait until Plaza Independencia is cleared of equipment being used for the construction of the SRP tunnel.

“Tax incentives will be given to those who will help us on this project, particularly the owners of the old buildings in the city,” the councilor added.

It’s true that Cebu has good beaches, Lebastard said, but tourists will also love to know how ordinary streets in Cebu City look on ordinary days.

“It’s good that you have Ayala or SM, but foreigners will also be interested to see how your typical market looks like. I once stayed in Parklane Hotel, that area is nice but I got a taxi and asked the driver to bring me to Carbon market where ordinary Cebuanos go, and I see it can do with a lot of improvements like cleaning up and seeing to it that there’s no danger,” he added.

Cebu can take advantage of the fact that it is in the Philippines, the only country in Asia with “strong European influence” because of its past, he said. (JPM/LCR)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/03/23/news/project.old.historic.cebu.french.envoy.html

^^ it's time na gyud bai....

^^ it's time na gyud bai....

moabot ragyung panahon bai na manindot ug balik ang old district of cebu since people are becoming increasingly aware and becoming more interested in our past and the major role that we play in the history of the philippines, and to some extent asia. although karon napakos gawas, i really can feel that more and more people are interested in rediscovering cebu's rich past, just basing on news articles which talk about the restoration of old structures, even redevelopment of whole districts etc etc. hinaut unta ma maintain ang level of interest about heritage conservation and restoration, and that people have genuine curiousity when it comes to this things kay sometimes i feel nga some people are only intersted in it para lang pagattract ug tourists

moabot ragyung panahon bai na manindot ug balik ang old district of cebu since people are becoming increasingly aware and becoming more interested in our past and the major role that we play in the history of the philippines, and to some extent asia. although karon napakos gawas, i really can feel that more and more people are interested in rediscovering cebu's rich past, just basing on news articles which talk about the restoration of old structures, even redevelopment of whole districts etc etc. hinaut unta ma maintain ang level of interest about heritage conservation and restoration, and that people have genuine curiousity when it comes to this things kay sometimes i feel nga some people are only intersted in it para lang pagattract ug tourists

di na nato mabalik ang karaan na colon ug downtown area oi kay daghandaghan na nausab.

tiglakawlakaw man ko diha sa una sa colon labi na kanang magcutting classes mi. diha mi magtambay sa colon. :D gibalikan mana nako ang colon several years after ug halos masaag nako ug pangita sa mga adtoan nako na lugar kay lain na ang ilang mga tupad, lahi na ang hitsura sa mga building, lahi na ang color sa pintal ug nagsunodsunod na ang mga fastfood chains like jolibee ug greenwich.

di na nato mabalik ang karaan na colon ug downtown area oi kay daghandaghan na nausab.

tiglakawlakaw man ko diha sa una sa colon labi na kanang magcutting classes mi. diha mi magtambay sa colon. :D gibalikan mana nako ang colon several years after ug halos masaag nako ug pangita sa mga adtoan nako na lugar kay lain na ang ilang mga tupad, lahi na ang hitsura sa mga building, lahi na ang color sa pintal ug nagsunodsunod na ang mga fastfood chains like jolibee ug greenwich.

Maayong gabii ninyong tanan. Just registered and I wanna commend all the guys & gals who posted the excellent pictures and articles of old Cebu and new Cebu. Nindut; maanindut kaayo (way labut tong bati kaayong "blue waterfall fountain" sa kilid sa Mandaue City Hall - makau-ulaw kaayo kay taga Mandaue ra ba ko niadto). BTW, may I ask which agency or entity is charged with the preservation of these wonderful sites and structures? And are they doing a good job? Thank you; daghang salamat ug way sakayan...

Maayong gabii ninyong tanan. Just registered and I wanna commend all the guys & gals who posted the excellent pictures and articles of old Cebu and new Cebu. Nindut; maanindut kaayo (way labut tong bati kaayong "blue waterfall fountain" sa kilid sa Mandaue City Hall - makau-ulaw kaayo kay taga Mandaue ra ba ko niadto). BTW, may I ask which agency or entity is charged with the preservation of these wonderful sites and structures? And are they doing a good job? Thank you; daghang salamat ug way sakayan...

^ Hi there, welcome to SkyscraperCity! :wave:

^ Hi there, welcome to SkyscraperCity! :wave:

Mercato, for religious sites (catholic), there's a Heritage Commission under the Archdiocese... There's also the City Historical and Cultural Affairs Commission (CHAC), it's under the Cebu City Government. Of course, we also have the National Historical Institute (NHI) and some private and independent heritage groups/advocates.. :okay:



The indult in Bantayan Island, photo courtesy of Ang_Bantayanon
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Bantayan_Church_Indultcopy.jpg


An old house in Bogo, now a Pizza Pub
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo04.jpg


Cebu Northern Institute, one of the oldest schools in Bogo
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo05.jpg


Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo11.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo10.jpg


An old house in Bogo, now a resto bar and bakeshop
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo13.jpg




.:.

Mercato, for religious sites (catholic), there's a Heritage Commission under the Archdiocese... There's also the City Historical and Cultural Affairs Commission (CHAC), it's under the Cebu City Government. Of course, we also have the National Historical Institute (NHI) and some private and independent heritage groups/advocates.. :okay:



The indult in Bantayan Island, photo courtesy of Ang_Bantayanon
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Bantayan_Church_Indultcopy.jpg


An old house in Bogo, now a Pizza Pub
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo04.jpg


Cebu Northern Institute, one of the oldest schools in Bogo
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo05.jpg


Church of St. Vincent Ferrer
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo11.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo10.jpg


An old house in Bogo, now a resto bar and bakeshop
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo13.jpg




.:.

Thank you Arnold

That "Indulto" document was quite rivetting. But how can we understand what it says if most of us do not speak Spanish anymore. (Ans. hire a translator? :nuts:) But the rest of the pics are awesome, I must say.

There is so much material here I haven't even begun enjoying it all. I seriously hope nobody closes this thread. :bash:

Ubay ubay man sab gyud ning atong mga kauban dinhi sa pikas kalibotan (ubang forums) nga uyog ra ba ug pa-mensar. I will try to download all the material as soon as I can.

Mientras tanto, More power to you and your associates.

M

Thank you Arnold

That "Indulto" document was quite rivetting. But how can we understand what it says if most of us do not speak Spanish anymore. (Ans. hire a translator? :nuts:) But the rest of the pics are awesome, I must say.

There is so much material here I haven't even begun enjoying it all. I seriously hope nobody closes this thread. :bash:

Ubay ubay man sab gyud ning atong mga kauban dinhi sa pikas kalibotan (ubang forums) nga uyog ra ba ug pa-mensar. I will try to download all the material as soon as I can.

Mientras tanto, More power to you and your associates.

M

Yes Mercato, this thread will close when it reaches 500 posts, hehe.. But don't worry, a *** thread will follow it... Hehe...


CEBU NORTHERN INSTITUTE, now Cebu Northern Colleges


Before
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/northern_institute_***.jpg


Now
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo05.jpg



...more photos
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120184copy.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120195copy.jpg




.:.

Yes Mercato, this thread will close when it reaches 500 posts, hehe.. But don't worry, a *** thread will follow it... Hehe...


CEBU NORTHERN INSTITUTE, now Cebu Northern Colleges


Before
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/northern_institute_***.jpg


Now
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/bogo05.jpg



...more photos
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120184copy.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120195copy.jpg




.:.

Photos from my grandfather's cabinet:


Botany and Anatomy class at Colegio de San Jose Recoletos (Cebu)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120285.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120283.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120282.jpg


A newly ordained priest celebrating his first "High Mass"
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120280.jpg


Cebuano delegates to the Boy Scouts World Jamboree held in Laguna in the 50s
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120289.jpg


Baptismal Ceremony. Note the priest with a "cape" and the sacristans
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120287.jpg


Funeral procession in Medellin, Cebu. Note the vestment worn by the priest
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120279.jpg


At a funeral wake of a family friend. Note how they pose with the coffin.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120281.jpg


A model house inside a school compound in Bogo, Cebu
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120284.jpg


A school building in Bogo, Cebu
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120278.jpg

Photos from my grandfather's cabinet:


Botany and Anatomy class at Colegio de San Jose Recoletos (Cebu)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120285.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120283.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120282.jpg


A newly ordained priest celebrating his first "High Mass"
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120280.jpg


Cebuano delegates to the Boy Scouts World Jamboree held in Laguna in the 50s
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120289.jpg


Baptismal Ceremony. Note the priest with a "cape" and the sacristans
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120287.jpg


Funeral procession in Medellin, Cebu. Note the vestment worn by the priest
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120279.jpg


At a funeral wake of a family friend. Note how they pose with the coffin.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120281.jpg


A model house inside a school compound in Bogo, Cebu
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120284.jpg


A school building in Bogo, Cebu
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/CebuHeritageWalk/Old_Photos/P1120278.jpg

Bogo Central I School
(A Gabaldon school building)

- I was not able to take front view shots because there were a lot of teachers sitting in the stairs, hehe..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120248.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120246.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120245.jpg



.:.

Bogo Central I School
(A Gabaldon school building)

- I was not able to take front view shots because there were a lot of teachers sitting in the stairs, hehe..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120248.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120246.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120245.jpg



.:.

nice pix... you still plan to go to the Cebuano Studies Center?

nice pix... you still plan to go to the Cebuano Studies Center?

^^

interested jud ko bai, hhehe.. pero tigum pa ko money kay murag mahal2x ang tuition, hehehe...

^^

interested jud ko bai, hhehe.. pero tigum pa ko money kay murag mahal2x ang tuition, hehehe...

University of San Carlos
Certificate in Cebuano Heritage Studies

The Cebuano Heritage Studies Program provides cultural workers in public and private sectors with knowledge of the varied cultural heritage of Cebu that can help them in their respective work/career.

This program also caters to tourism officers, museum curators, heritage professionals, local historians, festival organizers, and history teachers. It aims to:

* make the students appreciate the richness of Cebuano culture;
* make the students knowledgeable on the landmarks of Cebuano history, culture and the arts;
* equip the students with skills in research on Cebuano heritage; and
* enable the students to manage cultural and educational activities showcasing Cebuano heritage.

http://cas.usc.edu.ph/history/certificate_in_cebuano_heritage_studies.jsp

For the Certificate in Cebuano Heritage Studies, the requirements are: a bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution and a proof of involvement in cultural work related to Cebuano heritage.

http://cas.usc.edu.ph/history/admission_requirements.jsp

University of San Carlos
Certificate in Cebuano Heritage Studies

The Cebuano Heritage Studies Program provides cultural workers in public and private sectors with knowledge of the varied cultural heritage of Cebu that can help them in their respective work/career.

This program also caters to tourism officers, museum curators, heritage professionals, local historians, festival organizers, and history teachers. It aims to:

* make the students appreciate the richness of Cebuano culture;
* make the students knowledgeable on the landmarks of Cebuano history, culture and the arts;
* equip the students with skills in research on Cebuano heritage; and
* enable the students to manage cultural and educational activities showcasing Cebuano heritage.

http://cas.usc.edu.ph/history/certificate_in_cebuano_heritage_studies.jsp

For the Certificate in Cebuano Heritage Studies, the requirements are: a bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution and a proof of involvement in cultural work related to Cebuano heritage.

http://cas.usc.edu.ph/history/admission_requirements.jsp

University of San Carlos
The Conservation and Heritage Research Institute and Workshop (CHERISH)

The CHERISH Studio serves as the arm of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts in responding to the urgent need for skills training in heritage conservation among students and practicing architects.

It aims to make this knowledge and skills available to practicing architects in the region through seminars and workshops. The studio will be the anchor venue for the courses offered as training modules for professional architects wishing to gain knowledge and skills in the preservation of architectural heritage.

It will also complement the existing Architecture offerings. Training will be incorporated into the BS Architecture curriculum.

Students and practicing architects need to understand the importance of conserving our architectural heritage even as they are engaged in modern development projects. They also need to be trained to undertake conservation work as part of the architectural practice.

The CHERISH studio provides training for students and professionals in the conservation of heritage sites in Cebu and the Region.

It enjoys linkages with other units in USC and various organizations and government agencies mandated to protect heritage sites and structures.

Through this tie-up, CHERISH is able to extend assistance to stakeholders through research and documentation prior to the crafting of Conservation Management Plans (CMPs) for these historic places.

http://cafa.usc.edu.ph/cherish/cherish.jsp

University of San Carlos
The Conservation and Heritage Research Institute and Workshop (CHERISH)

The CHERISH Studio serves as the arm of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts in responding to the urgent need for skills training in heritage conservation among students and practicing architects.

It aims to make this knowledge and skills available to practicing architects in the region through seminars and workshops. The studio will be the anchor venue for the courses offered as training modules for professional architects wishing to gain knowledge and skills in the preservation of architectural heritage.

It will also complement the existing Architecture offerings. Training will be incorporated into the BS Architecture curriculum.

Students and practicing architects need to understand the importance of conserving our architectural heritage even as they are engaged in modern development projects. They also need to be trained to undertake conservation work as part of the architectural practice.

The CHERISH studio provides training for students and professionals in the conservation of heritage sites in Cebu and the Region.

It enjoys linkages with other units in USC and various organizations and government agencies mandated to protect heritage sites and structures.

Through this tie-up, CHERISH is able to extend assistance to stakeholders through research and documentation prior to the crafting of Conservation Management Plans (CMPs) for these historic places.

http://cafa.usc.edu.ph/cherish/cherish.jsp

Bogo Central I School
(A Gabaldon school building)

- I was not able to take front view shots because there were a lot of teachers sitting in the stairs, hehe..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120248.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120246.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120245.jpg



.:.

arns, la jud ko kabalo asa ila central school, mao bani katong luyo sa bogo water district nga dapit sa pantalan?

Bogo Central I School
(A Gabaldon school building)

- I was not able to take front view shots because there were a lot of teachers sitting in the stairs, hehe..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120248.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120246.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/Bogo/P1120245.jpg



.:.

arns, la jud ko kabalo asa ila central school, mao bani katong luyo sa bogo water district nga dapit sa pantalan?

SoAn, History professors begin GIS training at Larenstein

Six professors from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (SoAn) and one from the Department of History began their six-week training on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in archaeology at Larenstein University of Professional Education in The Netherlands last March 26, 2007.

Led by SoAn chair Jose Eleazar R. Bersales, the seven are expected to spend six weeks in The Netherlands as part of a Tailor-Made Training Project of the Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP), with funding from the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic) and addition support from the University of San Carlos.

The team was met at the airport by Engr. Ubo Pakes of the Larenstein University Training and Consultancy group. Pakes is the main training officer of the project. Other than Bersales, the participants include Dr. Fiscalina A. Nolasco, Dr. Leny G. Ocasiones, Dr. Elmira Judy T. Aguilar, Zona Saniel-Amper, Bonn L. Aure and Boy Riel M. Gaid.

Part of the training includes visits to archaeological projects both in Holland and Germany, as well as applications in Cebu upon the return of the participants on May 6. Geoplan Foundation, Inc., which provided the pre-Netherlands phase of the project by providing basic GIS training last March 12-16, is also expected to provide a two-week follow-up to the project in Cebu.

Already there are plans to negotiate for a possible heritage-related project between USC and Larenstein for possible funding by foundations in The Netherlands.

http://www.usc.edu.ph/news_and_announcements/?news=132

SoAn, History professors begin GIS training at Larenstein

Six professors from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (SoAn) and one from the Department of History began their six-week training on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in archaeology at Larenstein University of Professional Education in The Netherlands last March 26, 2007.

Led by SoAn chair Jose Eleazar R. Bersales, the seven are expected to spend six weeks in The Netherlands as part of a Tailor-Made Training Project of the Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP), with funding from the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic) and addition support from the University of San Carlos.

The team was met at the airport by Engr. Ubo Pakes of the Larenstein University Training and Consultancy group. Pakes is the main training officer of the project. Other than Bersales, the participants include Dr. Fiscalina A. Nolasco, Dr. Leny G. Ocasiones, Dr. Elmira Judy T. Aguilar, Zona Saniel-Amper, Bonn L. Aure and Boy Riel M. Gaid.

Part of the training includes visits to archaeological projects both in Holland and Germany, as well as applications in Cebu upon the return of the participants on May 6. Geoplan Foundation, Inc., which provided the pre-Netherlands phase of the project by providing basic GIS training last March 12-16, is also expected to provide a two-week follow-up to the project in Cebu.

Already there are plans to negotiate for a possible heritage-related project between USC and Larenstein for possible funding by foundations in The Netherlands.

http://www.usc.edu.ph/news_and_announcements/?news=132

Master plan divides city into 3 areas

By Doris C. Bongcac
Cebu Daily News
Last updated 10:38am (Mla time) 03/27/2007

Geared towards rapid urbanization, the Cebu City Master Plan of the city government is also placing priority in “heritage villages” in the downtown area.

Architect Ma. Jessica Banaag of the city planning and development office (CPDO) on Monday gave a briefing of the proposed urban development that divides Cebu City into three main areas.

Banaag said the downtown area or central Cebu will be made the heritage hub, the south will serve as the industrial hub, while the north is for information technology and recreation.

This will be the development program that the city government will be implementing until year 2020.

Banaag said the city government should impose restrictions on proposals to implement more development projects in the downtown area.

Economic and other social activities will have to be “dispersed” to other parts of the city to ensure less commercial interference in the heritage areas.

Banaag said there is a need to create an authority that will oversee the preservation and rehabilitation of historical sites in barangays (villages) of Pasil, Sawang Calero and Basak San Nicolas, on the coastlines of which was found the miraculous image of the Sto. Niño.

Also historical landmarks in barangays Kalubihan and Pari-an “will have to be enriched to make the city the tourism hub in Asia.”

Cebu City, she said, is rich in indigenous and cultural heritage but most of the historical structures are starting to deteriorate.

Spending on a heritage infrastructure is a form of economic investment for the city government, she said.

Restricting commercial activities in the central district will also require the transfer of other economic activities to other parts of the city.

This is why industrialization will have to be moved to the southern barangays like Duljo, Labangon, Punta Princesa, Tisa, Guadalupe, Calamba, Mambaling, Kinasang-an and Quiot.

Banaag said the 300-hectare South Road Properties will serve as the industrial technology corridor of southern Cebu City.

In the north district, a 27.34-square kilometer lot in barangays Apas, Busay, Banilad, Kasambagan and Talamban has been identified as the city's information technology centers, recreational and convention destination because of the availability of world class facilities like hotels, convention centers and casinos in the area.

With the Transcentral Highway, the north district also has easy access to scenic areas in the upland barangays that may be developed as tourist destinations.

Banaag said the Pulang Bato lagoon and park is among the scenic mountain views that may be developed as tourist attraction.

“But the need to protect and rehabilitate the protected and watershed areas will limit the type and level of development that may be implemented in the area,” she said.

Meanwhile, Banaag told Cebu Daily News that no one has discussed with her office Mayor Tomas Osmeña's plan to establish a cable car system that will connect the mountain barangay of Taptap to Barangay Gaas in Balamban town.

But the P500-million project may also be implemented as among the city's tourism development projects, she said.

CPDO's Nigel Paul Villarete said the planned cable car project is a specific project that may be incorporated in the proposed urban design “for as long as it is in line with the master plan.”

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view_article.php?article_id=57210

Master plan divides city into 3 areas

By Doris C. Bongcac
Cebu Daily News
Last updated 10:38am (Mla time) 03/27/2007

Geared towards rapid urbanization, the Cebu City Master Plan of the city government is also placing priority in “heritage villages” in the downtown area.

Architect Ma. Jessica Banaag of the city planning and development office (CPDO) on Monday gave a briefing of the proposed urban development that divides Cebu City into three main areas.

Banaag said the downtown area or central Cebu will be made the heritage hub, the south will serve as the industrial hub, while the north is for information technology and recreation.

This will be the development program that the city government will be implementing until year 2020.

Banaag said the city government should impose restrictions on proposals to implement more development projects in the downtown area.

Economic and other social activities will have to be “dispersed” to other parts of the city to ensure less commercial interference in the heritage areas.

Banaag said there is a need to create an authority that will oversee the preservation and rehabilitation of historical sites in barangays (villages) of Pasil, Sawang Calero and Basak San Nicolas, on the coastlines of which was found the miraculous image of the Sto. Niño.

Also historical landmarks in barangays Kalubihan and Pari-an “will have to be enriched to make the city the tourism hub in Asia.”

Cebu City, she said, is rich in indigenous and cultural heritage but most of the historical structures are starting to deteriorate.

Spending on a heritage infrastructure is a form of economic investment for the city government, she said.

Restricting commercial activities in the central district will also require the transfer of other economic activities to other parts of the city.

This is why industrialization will have to be moved to the southern barangays like Duljo, Labangon, Punta Princesa, Tisa, Guadalupe, Calamba, Mambaling, Kinasang-an and Quiot.

Banaag said the 300-hectare South Road Properties will serve as the industrial technology corridor of southern Cebu City.

In the north district, a 27.34-square kilometer lot in barangays Apas, Busay, Banilad, Kasambagan and Talamban has been identified as the city's information technology centers, recreational and convention destination because of the availability of world class facilities like hotels, convention centers and casinos in the area.

With the Transcentral Highway, the north district also has easy access to scenic areas in the upland barangays that may be developed as tourist destinations.

Banaag said the Pulang Bato lagoon and park is among the scenic mountain views that may be developed as tourist attraction.

“But the need to protect and rehabilitate the protected and watershed areas will limit the type and level of development that may be implemented in the area,” she said.

Meanwhile, Banaag told Cebu Daily News that no one has discussed with her office Mayor Tomas Osmeña's plan to establish a cable car system that will connect the mountain barangay of Taptap to Barangay Gaas in Balamban town.

But the P500-million project may also be implemented as among the city's tourism development projects, she said.

CPDO's Nigel Paul Villarete said the planned cable car project is a specific project that may be incorporated in the proposed urban design “for as long as it is in line with the master plan.”

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view_article.php?article_id=57210

@Gee,

Gee, after sa Certificate in Cebuano Studies kay himu-on na daw na ug Masters in Cebuano Studies, ehehe.. nice nice..

@Gee,

Gee, after sa Certificate in Cebuano Studies kay himu-on na daw na ug Masters in Cebuano Studies, ehehe.. nice nice..

For the Certificate in Cebuano Heritage Studies, the requirements are: a bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution and a proof of involvement in cultural work related to Cebuano heritage.

http://cas.usc.edu.ph/history/admission_requirements.jsp

aw di diay pwede kung trip lang nimo mo-take sa course?

For the Certificate in Cebuano Heritage Studies, the requirements are: a bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution and a proof of involvement in cultural work related to Cebuano heritage.

http://cas.usc.edu.ph/history/admission_requirements.jsp

aw di diay pwede kung trip lang nimo mo-take sa course?

@Gee,

Gee, after sa Certificate in Cebuano Studies kay himu-on na daw na ug Masters in Cebuano Studies, ehehe.. nice nice..

kinahanglan pa ko muapil ug cultural work related sa cebuano heritage aron muapil? unsa man mga organization ngara na pwede apilan?
nindot sab kung MA na na siya aron AB history na ko, Ma history, MA in cebuano studes pa gyud. hehehe

@Gee,

Gee, after sa Certificate in Cebuano Studies kay himu-on na daw na ug Masters in Cebuano Studies, ehehe.. nice nice..

kinahanglan pa ko muapil ug cultural work related sa cebuano heritage aron muapil? unsa man mga organization ngara na pwede apilan?
nindot sab kung MA na na siya aron AB history na ko, Ma history, MA in cebuano studes pa gyud. hehehe

@Gee,

Gee, after sa Certificate in Cebuano Studies kay himu-on na daw na ug Masters in Cebuano Studies, ehehe.. nice nice..

wa pa kadungog ana, pero possible kay kining certificate in cebuano studies under man sa graduate program sa history department.

@Gee,

Gee, after sa Certificate in Cebuano Studies kay himu-on na daw na ug Masters in Cebuano Studies, ehehe.. nice nice..

wa pa kadungog ana, pero possible kay kining certificate in cebuano studies under man sa graduate program sa history department.

kinahanglan pa ko muapil ug cultural work related sa cebuano heritage aron muapil? unsa man mga organization ngara na pwede apilan?
nindot sab kung MA na na siya aron AB history na ko, Ma history, MA in cebuano studes pa gyud. hehehe

This program caters to tourism officers, museum curators, heritage professionals, local historians, festival organizers, and history teachers.

kinahanglan pa ko muapil ug cultural work related sa cebuano heritage aron muapil? unsa man mga organization ngara na pwede apilan?
nindot sab kung MA na na siya aron AB history na ko, Ma history, MA in cebuano studes pa gyud. hehehe

This program caters to tourism officers, museum curators, heritage professionals, local historians, festival organizers, and history teachers.

This program caters to tourism officers, museum curators, heritage professionals, local historians, festival organizers, and history teachers.

AB History man ko, pwede na na siya? unya plano pa nako mag MA in History sa akong school...

This program caters to tourism officers, museum curators, heritage professionals, local historians, festival organizers, and history teachers.

AB History man ko, pwede na na siya? unya plano pa nako mag MA in History sa akong school...

This program caters to tourism officers, museum curators, heritage professionals, local historians, festival organizers, and history teachers.

di diay pwede pang hobby lang?

btw, we just got back from lilo-an, and we passed by a shop selling clay pots and vases where my lola decided to buy some so she could repot her plants, and she also bought a new 'palayok', that's when she started talking about 'palihi sa kun' which is some kind of ritual that's supposed to be done on the clay pot before it could be used, or else you wont be able to cook anything on it...does anyone have any idea about this ritual?

This program caters to tourism officers, museum curators, heritage professionals, local historians, festival organizers, and history teachers.

di diay pwede pang hobby lang?

btw, we just got back from lilo-an, and we passed by a shop selling clay pots and vases where my lola decided to buy some so she could repot her plants, and she also bought a new 'palayok', that's when she started talking about 'palihi sa kun' which is some kind of ritual that's supposed to be done on the clay pot before it could be used, or else you wont be able to cook anything on it...does anyone have any idea about this ritual?

^^ same thing with my mother....i really don't know where she got the ritual and why they're doing it....

^^ same thing with my mother....i really don't know where she got the ritual and why they're doing it....

Bai Arnold,

May I have your permission to copy and send ur pics to my parientes overseas? After having said that puede kahang mangutana kon giunsa or unsa man ang procedure sa paghimo nianang so-called embedded pictures in this forum, yahoo or any other form of email, for that matter? Daghang salamat ug way sakayan.

Bai Arnold,

May I have your permission to copy and send ur pics to my parientes overseas? After having said that puede kahang mangutana kon giunsa or unsa man ang procedure sa paghimo nianang so-called embedded pictures in this forum, yahoo or any other form of email, for that matter? Daghang salamat ug way sakayan.

kinahanglan pa ko muapil ug cultural work related sa cebuano heritage aron muapil? unsa man mga organization ngara na pwede apilan?
nindot sab kung MA na na siya aron AB history na ko, Ma history, MA in cebuano studes pa gyud. hehehe

For more information, please call the Office of the Chair at (+63 32) 253 1000 local 161 or email at histdept@usc.edu.ph.

kinahanglan pa ko muapil ug cultural work related sa cebuano heritage aron muapil? unsa man mga organization ngara na pwede apilan?
nindot sab kung MA na na siya aron AB history na ko, Ma history, MA in cebuano studes pa gyud. hehehe

For more information, please call the Office of the Chair at (+63 32) 253 1000 local 161 or email at histdept@usc.edu.ph.

Does anyone know the origin of the word Visayas? I know I was taught in grade school that it came from the SriVijayan Empire. But recently, I read somewhere that the name may had also come from a province in Northern Spain called Biscay / Viscay / Biskaia / Viscaya. A few young Indians I talked to asked me if there are historical artifacts or monuments that can prove the Hindu presence like the ones in Bali, then I was taken aback & replied "No, none that I know of,"... Were my schoolbooks wrong on this one?

Does anyone know the origin of the word Visayas? I know I was taught in grade school that it came from the SriVijayan Empire. But recently, I read somewhere that the name may had also come from a province in Northern Spain called Biscay / Viscay / Biskaia / Viscaya. A few young Indians I talked to asked me if there are historical artifacts or monuments that can prove the Hindu presence like the ones in Bali, then I was taken aback & replied "No, none that I know of,"... Were my schoolbooks wrong on this one?

^^ hindu influence can be seen in the native bisayan language like rajah. and it is said that the native called their god bathala, bathala/batara is hindu, it comes from the word "batara guru". and i believe the word bisaya is not from vizcaya. in borneo, we know there are people who are also called bisaya. it is more possible that the word originate from the empire called "sri vjaya".

^^ hindu influence can be seen in the native bisayan language like rajah. and it is said that the native called their god bathala, bathala/batara is hindu, it comes from the word "batara guru". and i believe the word bisaya is not from vizcaya. in borneo, we know there are people who are also called bisaya. it is more possible that the word originate from the empire called "sri vjaya".

^^

I used to think that way, but those words were so few and far between. The Malays brought those words over when they migrated to our islands, not necessarily proving that we were directly under the Sri Vijaya.

What my Indian friends are telling me is that their civilization is traditionally those of monument builders, being deeply intertwined with the Hindu religion and its pantheon of gods and goddesses. Thus, wherever Indian civilization goes, there will always be telltale signs of monuments, altars, shrines, etc. etc. The most famous example would be Bali, of course. They asked me if there are any archaelogical evidence of Hindu civilization & I replied, "None that I know of..." (From Panay to Samar I find none). And yet, Zaide and other authors claim otherwise without any solid archaeological proof (or at least I haven't seen any pics at all in my old books). How can any modern Filipino reconcile this? Something is wrong somewhere.

:cheers: :nuts:

^^

I used to think that way, but those words were so few and far between. The Malays brought those words over when they migrated to our islands, not necessarily proving that we were directly under the Sri Vijaya.

What my Indian friends are telling me is that their civilization is traditionally those of monument builders, being deeply intertwined with the Hindu religion and its pantheon of gods and goddesses. Thus, wherever Indian civilization goes, there will always be telltale signs of monuments, altars, shrines, etc. etc. The most famous example would be Bali, of course. They asked me if there are any archaelogical evidence of Hindu civilization & I replied, "None that I know of..." (From Panay to Samar I find none). And yet, Zaide and other authors claim otherwise without any solid archaeological proof (or at least I haven't seen any pics at all in my old books). How can any modern Filipino reconcile this? Something is wrong somewhere.

:cheers: :nuts: