Town History

Town History - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore Town History - Batangas History, Culture and Folklore

<style>/*<meta name='google-adsense-platform-account' content='ca-host-pub-1556223355139109'/>
<meta name='google-adsense-platform-domain' content='blogspot.com'/>

<!-- data-ad-client=ca-pub-3582197434415225 -->

</head><body>*/</style>

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 ...

Batangas History 18 Feb, 2020

Nasugbu in World War II: A Historical Narrative

From the 1953 document entitled “Historical Data of the Municipality of Nasugbu 1 ,” Batangas History presents this historical narrative o...

Batangas History 25 Jan, 2019

Mataasnakahoy: the Celso Landicho Mayoralty

[In this article: Batangas Province, Mataasnakahoy Batangas, History of Mataasnakahoy, Ceferino Capuchino, Isagani Laluna, Mayor Celso Lan...

Batangas History 16 Jan, 2019

Mataasnakahoy: on to the Golden Jubilee Year of 1982

[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, history of Mataasnakahoy, kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy. Ceferino Capuchino, Florencio Landicho, A...

Batangas History 31 Dec, 2018

Mataasnakahoy: World War II to Martial Law Years

[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, History of Mataasnakahoy, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Japanese occupation of Batangas, World Wa...

Batangas History 22 Dec, 2018

Particulars of Mataasnakahoy’s Separation from Lipa in 1932

[In this article: Batangas Province, Mataasnakahoy Batangas, History of Mataasnakahoy, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Ceferino Capuchino, Ge...

Batangas History 8 Dec, 2018

Old Beliefs about Birth, Baptism, Love, Weddings, Death and Burial in Lemery, Batangas

[In this article: Batangas province, Lemery Batangas, beliefs and superstitions, old customs, marriage beliefs, baptism beliefs, beliefs a...

Batangas History 5 Dec, 2018

Mataasnakahoy: Recovering from the Abaca Decline in the 1920s

[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Mataasnakahoy history, Ceferino Capuchino, Templo family, Silva fami...

Batangas History 30 Nov, 2018

Gurumay: a Traditional Game Played in San Jose, Batangas in the 1920s and Earlier

[In this article: San Jose Batangas, Batangas Province, traditional Filipino games, traditional children’s games in the Philippines] Fr...

Batangas History 29 Nov, 2018

Mataasnakahoy and the 19th Century Coffee Boom in Lipa

[In this article: Mataasnakahoy Batangas, Kasaysayan ng Mataasnakahoy, Mataasnakahoy history, Ceferino Capuchino, Templo family, Silva fami...

Batangas History 3 Nov, 2018

<style>/*
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/widgets/3432011497-widgets.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
window['__wavt'] = 'AEUoTZrgktflBKzqXqahFGGVAM0x:1785308628864';_WidgetManager._Init('//www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID\x3d5017679340403654888','//www.batangashistory.date/search/label/Town%20History?max-results\x3d10','5017679340403654888');
_WidgetManager._SetDataContext([{'name': 'blog', 'data': {'blogId': '5017679340403654888', 'title': 'Batangas History, Culture and Folklore', 'url': 'https://www.batangashistory.date/search/label/Town%20History?max-results\x3d10', 'canonicalUrl': 'https://www.batangashistory.date/search/label/Town%20History?max-results\x3d10', 'homepageUrl': 'https://www.batangashistory.date/', 'searchUrl': 'https://www.batangashistory.date/search', 'canonicalHomepageUrl': 'https://www.batangashistory.date/', 'blogspotFaviconUrl': 'https://www.batangashistory.date/favicon.ico', 'bloggerUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com', 'hasCustomDomain': true, 'httpsEnabled': true, 'enabledCommentProfileImages': true, 'gPlusViewType': 'FILTERED_POSTMOD', 'adultContent': false, 'analyticsAccountNumber': 'G-9HNB6QYG8T', 'analytics4': true, 'encoding': 'UTF-8', 'locale': 'en', 'localeUnderscoreDelimited': 'en', 'languageDirection': 'ltr', 'isPrivate': false, 'isMobile': false, 'isMobileRequest': false, 'mobileClass': '', 'isPrivateBlog': false, 'isDynamicViewsAvailable': false, 'feedLinks': '', 'meTag': '', 'adsenseClientId': 'ca-pub-3582197434415225', 'adsenseHostId': 'ca-host-pub-1556223355139109', 'adsenseHasAds': false, 'adsenseAutoAds': false, 'boqCommentIframeForm': true, 'loginRedirectParam': '', 'isGoogleEverywhereLinkTooltipEnabled': true, 'view': '', 'dynamicViewsCommentsSrc': '//www.blogblog.com/dynamicviews/4224c15c4e7c9321/js/comments.js', 'dynamicViewsScriptSrc': '//www.blogblog.com/dynamicviews/68dd02567aef746f', 'plusOneApiSrc': 'https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js', 'disableGComments': true, 'interstitialAccepted': false, 'sharing': {'platforms': [{'name': 'Get link', 'key': 'link', 'shareMessage': 'Get link', 'target': ''}, {'name': 'Facebook', 'key': 'facebook', 'shareMessage': 'Share to Facebook', 'target': 'facebook'}, {'name': 'BlogThis!', 'key': 'blogThis', 'shareMessage': 'BlogThis!', 'target': 'blog'}, {'name': 'X', 'key': 'twitter', 'shareMessage': 'Share to X', 'target': 'twitter'}, {'name': 'Pinterest', 'key': 'pinterest', 'shareMessage': 'Share to Pinterest', 'target': 'pinterest'}, {'name': 'Email', 'key': 'email', 'shareMessage': 'Email', 'target': 'email'}], 'disableGooglePlus': true, 'googlePlusShareButtonWidth': 0, 'googlePlusBootstrap': '\x3cscript type\x3d\x22text/javascript\x22\x3ewindow.___gcfg \x3d {\x27lang\x27: \x27en\x27};\x3c/script\x3e'}, 'hasCustomJumpLinkMessage': true, 'jumpLinkMessage': 'Continue reading \xbb', 'pageType': 'index', 'searchLabel': 'Town History', 'pageName': 'Town History', 'pageTitle': 'Batangas History, Culture and Folklore: Town History', 'metaDescription': 'A credible resource for the History of Batangas. Contains well-researched articles about local history.'}}, {'name': 'features', 'data': {}}, {'name': 'messages', 'data': {'edit': 'Edit', 'linkCopiedToClipboard': 'Link copied to clipboard!', 'ok': 'Ok', 'postLink': 'Post Link'}}, {'name': 'template', 'data': {'name': 'custom', 'localizedName': 'Custom', 'isResponsive': true, 'isAlternateRendering': false, 'isCustom': true}}, {'name': 'view', 'data': {'classic': {'name': 'classic', 'url': '?view\x3dclassic'}, 'flipcard': {'name': 'flipcard', 'url': '?view\x3dflipcard'}, 'magazine': {'name': 'magazine', 'url': '?view\x3dmagazine'}, 'mosaic': {'name': 'mosaic', 'url': '?view\x3dmosaic'}, 'sidebar': {'name': 'sidebar', 'url': '?view\x3dsidebar'}, 'snapshot': {'name': 'snapshot', 'url': '?view\x3dsnapshot'}, 'timeslide': {'name': 'timeslide', 'url': '?view\x3dtimeslide'}, 'isMobile': false, 'title': 'Batangas History, Culture and Folklore', 'description': 'A credible resource for the History of Batangas. Contains well-researched articles about local history.', 'url': 'https://www.batangashistory.date/search/label/Town%20History?max-results\x3d10', 'type': 'feed', 'isSingleItem': false, 'isMultipleItems': true, 'isError': false, 'isPage': false, 'isPost': false, 'isHomepage': false, 'isArchive': false, 'isSearch': true, 'isLabelSearch': true, 'search': {'label': 'Town History', 'resultsMessage': 'Showing posts with the label Town History', 'resultsMessageHtml': 'Showing posts with the label \x3cspan class\x3d\x27search-label\x27\x3eTown History\x3c/span\x3e'}}}, {'name': 'widgets', 'data': [{'title': 'Upload Image', 'type': 'Image', 'sectionId': 'upload-image', 'id': 'Image10'}, {'title': 'Logo', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'header-main', 'id': 'HTML10'}, {'title': 'Menu', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'header-main', 'id': 'LinkList11'}, {'title': 'Blog Posts', 'type': 'Blog', 'sectionId': 'blog-post', 'id': 'Blog1', 'posts': [{'id': '1843785812543163021', 'title': 'How American GIs Helped Revive Batangas\u2019 Balisong Industry', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxkxvKWcF25Jnq3VEu3MrKF-09LyoJaX1Qj33rPB5vSOwf7BYNiNjvnFs6v6sDQZeyQvCtuL06C2uW3xjfVjojoXO2qv-K_Db3zKhbhIYA-sqSTbAERn4-pXOW7N9QUL0CR1ybxsuzr8rUh6oWJcaU9yike4dPxbQf3AxONO_g2RCsXcqbzNxwlZe/s1600-rw/balisong.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '1757153015441769320', 'title': 'Nasugbu in World War II:  A Historical Narrative', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumz2GdHew5oLOs96UJQPPiBXAZ_dlfgvnSnBNlFWYdhpAnZdgUjwbf8n8-DeaozlnVCcVokYLUwI6UrUpjgmZPHeP4XuViMJrlFGyI3bhEQfp-szx_WuTJTEfR-TUYGFqa_0SUeieTP-whpBRG1zRVpoie3fJl6WCf3uC04-nKFYANAmqDNi1lc2C/s1600-rw/03.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '1535149549611704637', 'title': 'Mataasnakahoy:  the Celso Landicho Mayoralty', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmhyjzjQKr7XcBVMacVZ5Q7oicfQXsoFSOhUCz-wtdAgnZ0S4A2Hw5L3sF6yCZrj1eAXnimbcqW95gOUfJsqhgNpaSOMIMXJBzO9U2q1cgM27aFTQdOyXuDu4s5-j9vkbokcoCGVHrszBlaqn9nlUBxOJPJh_v-I9DHn4q2wMC84IxOF0aBkxWgy8/s1600-rw/20230407_065100.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '7598044596602388858', 'title': 'Mataasnakahoy:  on to the Golden Jubilee Year of 1982', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLUJqn51uYUTctq4YXZA69t1J_6yaf6p98YvwKSJ1xFwJhI48EUBk0KhcyyZl9rqy9PfDSktfTqrjJhJFvOAGLwzdt6NKJnhe1DbukuGBnpE7sf4k-UFjm4Koz9I6lgNCgt-WCc4JDKafQqkAlGaCkK1SuJRI5CN-f411-kVaa2t_HU85d0eAnQZJ/s1600-rw/ezgif-1-b823754b75.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '5226610871272954816', 'title': 'Mataasnakahoy:  World War II to Martial Law Years', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAM6PGdkNZInptSboRJuXAY2Nx-4fj78xH_0SdHD4WoIWzsdbiyd7KhOoUsWoBVpDK0PYt5gMH_1UmIgGJqazSRERxvdnrSZZt8t72CXbZcK-7hpZ14MDw-c4nayyDBON9H6xGAqWiTLCsnJ8Ctw5UJznjAfXQYoThX31HTNMFGuASlUEJV2QZIYg/s1600-rw/ezgif-4-c4d0f2fc80.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '9142638218131878965', 'title': 'Particulars of Mataasnakahoy\u2019s Separation from Lipa in 1932', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBBA0HflVO0DXAz5YbcFoD-ZX9_yyiesSrgl2CB5CfkpaHhaDCZpRZ4PQimt40OvrFNI8It4DOb2xkBOkzA20yy8wadXYAUAoMYek4XTnJfYU2Sjb5N0J15EFTFy3K3Ax6GSlTWpxatnn-jDOUgIOEVqo9ST4IYIcja0tOLv58KhPA7WLW57FxN56/s1600-rw/ezgif-1-2e0e785adf.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '9188178324253394525', 'title': 'Old Beliefs about Birth, Baptism, Love, Weddings, Death and Burial in Lemery, Batangas', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7YRPR3oLMc9digws6gZCuoYLgLHekTZOeJjH7ogjbS6euGn6LVHLCIEGW9GDteij1TVsrLmMCZV8cVX-j3b1_AYUFfHGG3r-ie6AcWuc2vdEkE3B6idfU2TWmY0uHpscLlUSd0IK89SUo3ou1AwJc068Wkmt8RC7uSj79Zu8JXLPGsa6GsUbsF0F/s1600-rw/ezgif-1-2c5f870853.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '5343645122954701076', 'title': 'Mataasnakahoy:  Recovering from the Abaca Decline in the 1920s', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRj7LY6lxKQFJsM6mi6EyiehgXcb9c8UX_fMkYvnTdA3mtX6NiJLYtEKpA7jeJ4dUKNO5NNou98MNH1R7TuS4Tpwki7hAtexhBnQ7QLytITUgfRUZcaeTNaQi_y54ZwUJOA5BF0pjQbUlPSeFXz6RQHeE6lanlF0TaFGFe4LuGZPze0WKQ7fzqRue/s1600-rw/ezgif-5-6b3f623aed.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '2299306895048652032', 'title': 'Gurumay: a Traditional Game Played in San Jose, Batangas in the 1920s and Earlier', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pfZc1ZbF8KRuR_N_Zx6eFjE29l2ZIsps2ZtwG6sSnKTTDenHljkBsdjjY4CzU28I_9gpcyPD1nG-uzQ3zRHMFoNxPDlOT_egqfTP1N6Pwr9shzxcFiH3f9HD31B71y-_tmmOo4qCFbgoJIxT4VQt480iANkXtuFq7i3ZMlqNNQfhEatiCIFAjEmm/s1600-rw/children.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}, {'id': '6844736727541372205', 'title': 'Mataasnakahoy and the 19th Century Coffee Boom in Lipa', 'featuredImage': 'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeELBvS1tVo-VDLlNyauxULKATgbIiDPA7dWShD094jeWLK3U5yGQJrVd5SRA6u601MfS7zwc73dtOMvU1opypBhF0gSIbIVA3VSNjDIshAu9jCFLBHIOhS943Re3qqqChWUQxePJG-G72HeJuVOA9CioDH_9ssgm8hdyVSP9m-Bhzhs1MQM1ghTE/s1600-rw/ezgif-1-0863f8db51.jpg', 'showInlineAds': false}], 'headerByline': {'regionName': 'header1', 'items': [{'name': 'author', 'label': 'Written and posted by'}, {'name': 'timestamp', 'label': 'd MMM, yyyy'}]}, 'footerBylines': [], 'allBylineItems': [{'name': 'author', 'label': 'Written and posted by'}, {'name': 'timestamp', 'label': 'd MMM, yyyy'}]}, {'title': 'Search This Site', 'type': 'BlogSearch', 'sectionId': 'sidebar-static', 'id': 'BlogSearch1'}, {'title': 'Popular Articles', 'type': 'PopularPosts', 'sectionId': 'sidebar-static', 'id': 'PopularPosts10', 'posts': [{'title': 'The 29 Municipalities of Batangas Province Part I', 'id': 4458815365401923448}, {'title': 'Mabini, Batangas:  Historic and Folkloric Notes about some of its Barrios', 'id': 7194508362695205252}, {'title': 'Ulango, Tanauan, Batangas:  Historical Data', 'id': 9159760003526485949}, {'title': 'Narciso Claveria\u2019s 1849 Decree and the Surnames of the People of Lipa', 'id': 1700283801356082575}, {'title': 'History of the RAAM CALABARZON (Formerly STAA/STRAA/STCAA))', 'id': 1633805528783423647}]}, {'title': '', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'sidebar-static', 'id': 'HTML1'}, {'title': 'Archived Articles', 'type': 'BlogArchive', 'sectionId': 'sidebar-static', 'id': 'BlogArchive10'}, {'title': 'About this Site', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'footer-widget', 'id': 'HTML21'}, {'title': 'Learn More', 'type': 'LinkList', 'sectionId': 'footer-widget', 'id': 'LinkList13'}, {'title': 'Subscribe', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'footer-widget', 'id': 'HTML22'}, {'title': 'Copyright', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'copyright', 'id': 'HTML23'}, {'title': 'SVG Icons', 'type': 'HTML', 'sectionId': 'jet-options', 'id': 'HTML24'}]}]);
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_ImageView', new _WidgetInfo('Image10', 'upload-image', document.getElementById('Image10'), {'resize': false}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML10', 'header-main', document.getElementById('HTML10'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList11', 'header-main', document.getElementById('LinkList11'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogView', new _WidgetInfo('Blog1', 'blog-post', document.getElementById('Blog1'), {'cmtInteractionsEnabled': false, 'navMessage': 'Showing posts with label \x3cb\x3eTown History\x3c/b\x3e. \x3ca href\x3d\x22https://www.batangashistory.date/\x22\x3eShow all posts\x3c/a\x3e', 'lightboxEnabled': true, 'lightboxModuleUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/jsbin/3899201366-lbx.js', 'lightboxCssUrl': 'https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/v-css/828616780-lightbox_bundle.css'}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogSearchView', new _WidgetInfo('BlogSearch1', 'sidebar-static', document.getElementById('BlogSearch1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_PopularPostsView', new _WidgetInfo('PopularPosts10', 'sidebar-static', document.getElementById('PopularPosts10'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML1', 'sidebar-static', document.getElementById('HTML1'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogArchiveView', new _WidgetInfo('BlogArchive10', 'sidebar-static', document.getElementById('BlogArchive10'), {'languageDirection': 'ltr', 'loadingMessage': 'Loading\x26hellip;'}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML21', 'footer-widget', document.getElementById('HTML21'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_LinkListView', new _WidgetInfo('LinkList13', 'footer-widget', document.getElementById('LinkList13'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML22', 'footer-widget', document.getElementById('HTML22'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML23', 'copyright', document.getElementById('HTML23'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
_WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_HTMLView', new _WidgetInfo('HTML24', 'jet-options', document.getElementById('HTML24'), {}, 'displayModeFull'));
</script>
</body>*/</style>