Focus on the St. Martin de Tour Basilica in Taal, Batangas
The hilltop silhouette of the Basilica of St. Martin de Tours in Taal, Batangas, is the product of more than three centuries of faith, rel...
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Taal Longganisa: Garlicky Excellence not Well-Known Outside Batangas
[CULTURE: FOOD] The Philippine "longganisa" is a type of sausage Filipinos have enjoyed since the Spanish colonial era. The name...
Late 19th Century Taal as Described by the UK-Born Priest Rev. J.E. Tenison-Woods
From an 1888 paper 1 written by the noted priest-cum-geologist Reverend Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods, we are able to obtain a very vivid d...
The Old Batangas Practice of Using Poison to Stun Fish in the Pansipit River
[Batangas Culture] Back in the late 1940s, it was the practice of some people to catch fish from the Pansipit River 1 using a mild poi...
Photos of Taal, Batangas Early in the American Colonial Era
The photos below were digitally extracted from an article published in the October 1903 edition of the Journal of the United States Cavalr...
How American GIs Helped Revive Batangas’ Balisong Industry
The first balisong or Batangas fan-knife, one of the lasting symbols of the Batangueño, was created by one Perfecto de Leon of the barrio ...
Why the Capital of Batangas Moved from Taal to Batangas in 1754
In 1754, the seat of the provincial government or the capital of Batangas was in the municipality of Taal. Not the present location of Ta...
Testimony of Conchita Alas Lualhati on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Taal, Batangas in 1945
[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains the testimony of Conchita Alas Lualhati on Japanese atrocities committed in the town of Taal, Batangas...
2nd Testimony of Hilario Laro on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Taal, Batangas in 1945
[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains the testimony of Hilario Laro on Japanese atrocities committed in the town of Taal, Batangas in 1945. ...
Testimony of Juan K. Solis on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Taal, Batangas in 1945
[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains the testimony of Juan K. Solis on Japanese atrocities committed in the town of Taal, Batangas in 1945....
2nd Testimony of Milagros Barrion on Japanese Atrocities Committed in Taal, Batangas in 1945
[TRANSCRIPTION] This page contains the testimony of Milagros Barrion on Japanese atrocities committed in the town of Taal, Batangas in 19...
The Revival of the "Haybing" Religious Drama in Taal in 1929
According to one Claudia M. Cruz in an ethnographic paper 1 submitted to the University of the Philippines in 1930, a religious drama cal...
The Oral History of the Sawali Industry of Taal
[In this article: Sawali, bamboo mat, Taal Batangas, Taal History, traditional Filipino homes, bahay kubo, oral history, Mahabang Lodlod] ...
Old Courtship, Marriage and Birth Traditions in Taal, Batangas
[Topics in this article: Taal Batangas, Batangas Beliefs, Batangas Traditions, Beliefs in Taal, traditional courtship, marriage customs Ta...
Superstitions of the People of Taal, Batangas Circa 1925
From the Henry Otley-Beyer Ethnographic Collection 1 , we are able to obtain colorful insights about Philippine culture early during the A...
Antonio de las Alas, the Outstanding Taal-born Public Servant of the American Colonial Era
The 1931 publication “Men of the Philippines 1 ” included several Batangueños. In the book’s foreword, the gentlemen included were qualif...
Eulalio and Glicera Villavicencio of Taal’s Patriotic Ilustrado Class: Funders of the Philippine Revolution
If one reads through the histories of barrios in Taal and nearby towns, one finds countless stories of village folk, tired of Spanish oppr...
Taal, Batangas in the 19th Century, as Described by a Spanish Historian
This article is part of a series that attempts to bring to modern day readers descriptive images of the towns of Batangas in the late nine...
An Old Tourist Spot in Taal Called the Pansipit Fishery
I still carry inside my head very hazy memories of a family trip to the Taal-Lemery area back in the early or mid-sixties. I could not ha...
The Balisong and the Old Knife-Making Rivalry between Taal and Lipa
The blacksmithing industry in the Philippines likely predates the arrival of the Spaniards. A 1590 manuscript called the Boxer Codex 1 , ...