Historical Roots of Chinese Devotion to the Our Lady of Caysasay
In 1603, when Taal was still located in what is now San Nicolas, a fisherman named Juan Maningcad caught an image of the Our Lady of the I...
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Wenceslao Retana’s “El Indio Batangueño,” a Translation [Part II]
Part I | Part II This is the second instalment of the AI-assisted translation of the Spanish colonial official Wenceslao Emilio Retana’...
Wenceslao Retana’s “El Indio Batangueño,” a Translation [Part I]
Part I | Part II Beginning with this post, Batangas History, Culture and Folklore shall serialize translations of El Indio Batangueño, ...
The Evolution of the Province of Batangas into Its Present Form
The province now known as Batangas did not emerge immediately as a clearly defined political unit under Spanish rule. Its present form deve...
A History of the Minor Basilica of San Martin de Tours in Taal, Batangas
The story of the Minor Basilica of San Martin de Tours began in the settlement now known as San Nicolas, Batangas. Before the devastating ...
Are the Calatagan Pot Inscriptions Baybayin? A Scholarly Re‑examination of a Batangas Artifact
The Calatagan Pot is an earthenware vessel recovered in the late 1950’s in Calatagan, Batangas and later acquired by the National Museum o...
Local Polities Identified in Batangas by Spanish Chroniclers
When Spanish expeditions reached the southwestern shores of Luzon in the late sixteenth century, they encountered not an empty frontier bu...
Sixto Lopez, the Nationalist Reformer from Balayan, Batangas
Batangas, one of the eight provinces that first rose in revolt against Spanish rule in 1896, was among the great contributors to the brief...
Pre-Hispanic Religious Life in Batangas: Reconstructing Tagalog Ritual Practice in a Southern Luzon Heartland
The reconstruction of pre-Hispanic religious life in Batangas faces a central limitation of the historical record: early Spanish chronicle...
Mount Malepunyo, East of Lipa
Due east of the City of Lipa in Batangas is a mountain range that borders the city of Santo Tomas in Batangas, the municipality of Alamino...