Iloílo & Panay Island Heritage Watch

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You're welcome guys!

[death327]

Hanep! Ang ganda ng version ng Ili-Ili!

[alheaine]

Ang tuLay sang train sa Passi..

[RIZALLON]

wish i could also visit those place.

[alheaine]

share ko lang.. and now, very much restored.



Iloilo International Hotel (circa 1950s to 70s?) may be 1960s. My grandparents told me there was a big fire in Iloilo City during the early 60s and ripped through most of Calle Real. The upper part of the building has been gutted , so was the building before it. And look - we had a "manual" traffic sign and the street is not yet defaced by spaghetti wires.

by Rhods Solis

Now

[alheaine]

The old Calle Real, circa 1800s. The street is now the J.M. Basa Street. At the left hand foreground is the Elizalde International Building which now houses the Commission on Audit and other offices.

by Edgar Siscar

[bulabog jalaur]

wikipedia

Libreria y Imprenta la Panayana the first printing press in the Visayas

established in 1877.



wikipedia
The present La Panayana (circa 2008 Iloilo)


Almanaque La Panayana, perhaps the oldest existing almanac in the Philippines.


We give credit to the Founder: Mariano Perfecto, also established in 1871

Libreria La Panayana the the first bookstore in the whole Visayas & Mindanao.

La Panayana

[barbas_bigote]

next to be restored, woho!

Originally Posted by barbas_bigote

cool!!!


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from main iloilo thread

Originally Posted by rene65

Iloilo Cultural Heritage Foundation bares future projects for Calle Real
by mark segador

Update (OCTOBER 2012):Restoration projects both for Iloilo Lucky Auto Supply or Ng Be Chuat & Sons Building, and the Divinagracia-Alba Building started last September. For Javellana and Dominican Sisters Building, the schedule of the restoration will be announced soon.

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[asnas5002]

Merry Xmas and happy new year ilo ilo

[Donut Eaters]

Originally Posted by bulabog jalaur

wikipedia

Libreria y Imprenta la Panayana the first printing press in the Visayas

established in 1877.



wikipedia
The present La Panayana (circa 2008 Iloilo)


Almanaque La Panayana, perhaps the oldest existing almanac in the Philippines.


We give credit to the Founder: Mariano Perfecto, also established in 1871

Libreria La Panayana the the first bookstore in the whole Visayas & Mindanao.

La Panayana

Wow!

Salamat sa info nga ini. Subong lang ko sini ya kabalo. Salamat abyan!

[bulabog jalaur]

Anthropology as theater: F. Landa Jocano’s ‘Hinilawod’


The transformation of the folk epic Hinilawod at the CCP was achieved with magnificent costumes, imaginative sets.

What is sad about this charming staging of a tribal epic as recorded by Felipe Landa Jocano, the country’s foremost cultural anthropologist, is its very short run at the Cultural Center recently. Money was not spared in this lavish adaptation. It reminded me so much of the comedia as we in the North called it — the folk dramatization of the Christian and Moro wars. As a child I used to watch it during the town fiesta. It differs, of course, from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) production; in those days, there was no sound system or excellent lighting. The comedia was performed by farmers and their children on a makeshift stage roofed with coconut fronds, the prompter sat in a pit covered with a blanket before the crude stage. Since I was often perched so close to him, I could hear him reciting the lines which were then spoken out loud on the stage; at times he scolded his performers for flubbing their lines.

The transformation of the folk epic Hinilawod was achieved with magnificent costumes, imaginative sets. A huge rock represented a dragon. The devil and aswang were made like what we see during the Chinese New Year. The choreographed sword fights and dances were all precise and delightful and the children who composed almost a third of the audience must have had the time of their life. Most of all, the show illustrated this: there is so much in our folk culture that can be used by our creative artists. All we have to do is turn to our cultural anthropologists like Felipe Landa Jocano.

I first met Pepe Jocano when he returned from the University of Chicago in the Fifties. He visited me at the old Manila Times where I was editing the paper’s Sunday magazine with a series of articles on his findings. He is one of those persevering scholars who made baseline studies on Philippine ethnicity that lucidly explains to us our character as a people. He did not confine his findings to academic and esoteric journals — although he did publish in them, too. He wanted to popularize the knowledge which only persistent research can dredge. He has since then written two dozen books and though retired from the University of the Philippines (UP) where he taught for so many decades, he still holds office there as professor emeritus of the UP Asian Center.

Pepe does a lot of theorizing with the supporting empirical evidence of field work. For instance, he spent months in immersion with our different tribes. Returning from months of living in the Ilokos he told me with a wide grin that we Ilokanos are unique. He then proceeded to explain the Iloko character as different from that of other tribal groups, how industrious we are, how frugal — all those stereotypes which he found truly extant.

At one time, he got himself hired as a motel boy while doing a study on sexuality among Filipinos. He confided that he surprised some of his colleagues who patronized these motels. From that study, Pepe gave me a chapter which I published in my journal, Solidarity. Right at the press, some 20 copies disappeared. The issue was sold out in a couple of months, I had to order a reprint. As one academic told me — it was a landmark article — the first “scholarly pornography.”

And at one time, a relative accosted him in Quiapo where he was actually begging at the church door to gather data on his study of the urban poor. The relative was so shocked to see him there in tatters, he had to drag away the protesting scholar with the promise to help him.

This, his latest work, is a translation into English of the Sulod epic Hinilawod from Central Panay island, He started it in the Fifties but was unable to finish till recently. The epic illustrates the richness of our earliest literature. Staged at the CCP, it became excellent entertainment.

In recording these epics, scholars like Pepe Jocano are actually setting up the cultural foundation of this nation, providing us with materials from which creative writers can draw sustenance. From such epics we also get to know our ancestors. As mythical stories, these anchor us to the past, a connection as well to the land itself. Although the authors of such epics are not really identified, they illustrate the earliest examples of our literature whereon we will build.

Most of our tribes — the Ilokanos, included — have such epics. Some of them have already been recorded and translated into English. The classic Darangen of the Maranaos has been translated into several volumes in English by Sister Delia Coronel.

It is now a job for the writers to use these epics, transform them into what will be the classics of the future the way Homer worked with the old Greek folk tales. Cirilo Bautista’s longer poems belong to this genre. Ditto with Francis Macansantos

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[Christerdom]

Originally Posted by death327

Hanep! Ang ganda ng version ng Ili-Ili!

nice!

[Donut Eaters]

Originally Posted by bulabog jalaur

Anthropology as theater: F. Landa Jocano’s ‘Hinilawod’


The transformation of the folk epic Hinilawod at the CCP was achieved with magnificent costumes, imaginative sets.

What is sad about this charming staging of a tribal epic as recorded by Felipe Landa Jocano, the country’s foremost cultural anthropologist, is its very short run at the Cultural Center recently. Money was not spared in this lavish adaptation. It reminded me so much of the comedia as we in the North called it — the folk dramatization of the Christian and Moro wars. As a child I used to watch it during the town fiesta. It differs, of course, from the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) production; in those days, there was no sound system or excellent lighting. The comedia was performed by farmers and their children on a makeshift stage roofed with coconut fronds, the prompter sat in a pit covered with a blanket before the crude stage. Since I was often perched so close to him, I could hear him reciting the lines which were then spoken out loud on the stage; at times he scolded his performers for flubbing their lines.

The transformation of the folk epic Hinilawod was achieved with magnificent costumes, imaginative sets. A huge rock represented a dragon. The devil and aswang were made like what we see during the Chinese New Year. The choreographed sword fights and dances were all precise and delightful and the children who composed almost a third of the audience must have had the time of their life. Most of all, the show illustrated this: there is so much in our folk culture that can be used by our creative artists. All we have to do is turn to our cultural anthropologists like Felipe Landa Jocano.

I first met Pepe Jocano when he returned from the University of Chicago in the Fifties. He visited me at the old Manila Times where I was editing the paper’s Sunday magazine with a series of articles on his findings. He is one of those persevering scholars who made baseline studies on Philippine ethnicity that lucidly explains to us our character as a people. He did not confine his findings to academic and esoteric journals — although he did publish in them, too. He wanted to popularize the knowledge which only persistent research can dredge. He has since then written two dozen books and though retired from the University of the Philippines (UP) where he taught for so many decades, he still holds office there as professor emeritus of the UP Asian Center.

Pepe does a lot of theorizing with the supporting empirical evidence of field work. For instance, he spent months in immersion with our different tribes. Returning from months of living in the Ilokos he told me with a wide grin that we Ilokanos are unique. He then proceeded to explain the Iloko character as different from that of other tribal groups, how industrious we are, how frugal — all those stereotypes which he found truly extant.

At one time, he got himself hired as a motel boy while doing a study on sexuality among Filipinos. He confided that he surprised some of his colleagues who patronized these motels. From that study, Pepe gave me a chapter which I published in my journal, Solidarity. Right at the press, some 20 copies disappeared. The issue was sold out in a couple of months, I had to order a reprint. As one academic told me — it was a landmark article — the first “scholarly pornography.”

And at one time, a relative accosted him in Quiapo where he was actually begging at the church door to gather data on his study of the urban poor. The relative was so shocked to see him there in tatters, he had to drag away the protesting scholar with the promise to help him.

This, his latest work, is a translation into English of the Sulod epic Hinilawod from Central Panay island, He started it in the Fifties but was unable to finish till recently. The epic illustrates the richness of our earliest literature. Staged at the CCP, it became excellent entertainment.

In recording these epics, scholars like Pepe Jocano are actually setting up the cultural foundation of this nation, providing us with materials from which creative writers can draw sustenance. From such epics we also get to know our ancestors. As mythical stories, these anchor us to the past, a connection as well to the land itself. Although the authors of such epics are not really identified, they illustrate the earliest examples of our literature whereon we will build.

Most of our tribes — the Ilokanos, included — have such epics. Some of them have already been recorded and translated into English. The classic Darangen of the Maranaos has been translated into several volumes in English by Sister Delia Coronel.

It is now a job for the writers to use these epics, transform them into what will be the classics of the future the way Homer worked with the old Greek folk tales. Cirilo Bautista’s longer poems belong to this genre. Ditto with Francis Macansantos

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Maganda to sanang gawing movie trilogy!

[METROPOLITAN_ILOILO]

Guess where?

[METROPOLITAN_ILOILO]

Originally posted by habagatcentral1

Aren't we just proud that we have this kind of indigenous culture that will be portrayed in Ateneo's theater in Manila?

I was thinking if the next year's Dinagyang Festival would incorporate the epics and the rest of Cultura Panayana.

We should also promote this in our very own city, once more.



This is great!

Panayanon Culture is very rich!

I hope someday we can make a movie out of this!

[METROPOLITAN_ILOILO]

La Estrella Del Norte Omega Pocket Watch

by Latakia » Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:07 pm
Just acquired this beauty, a full hunter cased Omega pocket watch made for La Estrella del Norte which as we know was one of the high end boutiques in Escolta at the turn of the century(the 20th century that is ), it has a period correct Omega Caliber 17(?) movement and has so far kept excellent time since I acquired it yesterday night. As was sometimes the practice in those times, the retailers name is shown more prominently than the maker, which at times doesn't even appear in the dial. The watches serial number in the outer hunter caseback matches the serial number in the caseback dust cover and from web sites the serial number 1,427,xxx dates the watch between 1895 and 1902. I have always loved antiques and have collected everything vintage from old coins, furniture, cameras,stamps, guns but this is my first antique watch and as I see it, it won't be the last.

Just a bit of trivia; there were 2 high end shops that were at it's height in those times, Puerta del Sol(literally gate of the sun) and La Estrella del Norte(The star of the North or Northstar) which were situated in the east and west ends of Calle Escolta. It was popular humor then to state that the longest street in the world was Escolta as it stretches from the Sun to the Northstar

Hi , La Estrella del Norte had branches in Manila and Iloilo, further on I think they even set up a branch in Lipa, Batangas. The firm is still existent and there is an office in Amorsolo Milelong arcade but it is a shadow of it's glorious past.

a testament to the glory days of "la muy leal y noble ciudad de iloilo" then...thank you very much sir!

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Originally Posted by batusay

University of San Agustin, oldest university in Western Visayas, promotes cultural heritage



At over 100 years old and Western Visayas’ first and oldest university, the University of San Agustin (USA) in Iloilo is focusing on heritage and history, especially the conservation of the cultural patrimony of the Augustinian institution and of the Church and people of Panay island.

The focus will be evident in USA’s celebration of the 60th anniversary of its declaration as a university on March 1. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), will be the main celebrant of the thanksgiving Mass at 9 a.m. at the university gymnasium.

Fr. Harold Rentoria, OSA, vice president for academic affairs and former commissioner of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, said the festivities would be “a commemoration of the past, a celebration of the present, and a commitment to the future.”

USA was declared a university such by the Philippine government on March 1, 1953. As a memorial, USA will construct the Garden of Firsts, a gallery of leaders, events, and innovations that have contributed to the welfare of society.

Historical markers will also be mounted near the Urdaneta Hall, built in 1939, the oldest intact building inside the campus, which survived World War II.

A cultural mapping of the university will also be a highlight of the anniversary, which will be complemented by seminar-workshops on cultural heritage.

The friars of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) established the Colegio de San Agustin de Iloilo on July 15, 1904.

Valuable repository

Part of the celebrations is the opening of the new university archives and museum, which showcases antique wooden items, such as religious icons; earthen glass and ceramics from ancient China; and pre-Hispanic artifacts.

The archives has a priceless collection of microfilmed baptismal records that span from the Spanish era up to 1946. The Genealogical Society of Utah and the Archdiocese of Jaro donated the documents to the university in 2001.

The archives also has the first book on grammar of the Hiligaynon language, written by Fr. Alonso de Mentrida, OSA, and published in 1628.

USA has also embarked on the publication of notable works. It has published a translation of the “Monografias de los Pueblos de la Isla de Panay,” written by Fray Juan Fernandez, OSA, and published in the beginning of the 20th century; it’s a valuable historical reference on the towns of Panay. This project received a significant report from the Spanish Embassy’s Office for Cultural Cooperation.

English and Tagalog translations of exemplary literary creations of Magdalena Jalandoni, Agustin Misola, Quin Baterna and Ma. Luisa Gibraltar—who wrote in the Panay languages Hiligaynon, Akeanon and Kinaray-a—have seen print with the Libro Agustino imprint of USA publishing.

more than 100 years of Agustinian education and influence on the lives of all ilonggos .

Virtus et Scientia!

[Panayanhon]

Originally Posted by wanhandredwan

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

The remnant culture of Panay Bukidnon or Sulodnon, the living legacy of

pre spanish visayan malay culture.