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Late 19th Century Taal as Described by the UK-Born Priest Rev. J.E. Tenison-Woods

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...

Batangas History 20 May, 2022
[CULTURE: Traditions] Origins of the Bulingbuling Tradition of Batangas and Elsewhere

[CULTURE: Traditions] Origins of the Bulingbuling Tradition of Batangas and Elsewhere

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, every last Sunday before Ash Wednesday, many people in the City of Lipa would take to the streets for what w...

Batangas History 13 May, 2022
[FOLKLORE] Old Tales about the “Suno” at the Zigzag Road in Cuenca, Batangas

[FOLKLORE] Old Tales about the “Suno” at the Zigzag Road in Cuenca, Batangas

Just past the barrio of Ibabao in the town of Cuenca, Province of Batangas, heading southwest to the town’s poblacion, is a short stretch ...

Batangas History 14 Apr, 2022
[Culture: Food] Pinarusahang Isda: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Food Name

[Culture: Food] Pinarusahang Isda: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Food Name

Among the amusing food names one may hear when one is in the province of Batangas is “pinarusahang isda,” literally “punished fish.” As a...

Batangas History 7 Apr, 2022
[CULTURE] Arimohanan: a Word to Sum Up a Culture of Frugality in Batangas

[CULTURE] Arimohanan: a Word to Sum Up a Culture of Frugality in Batangas

Arimohanan. It is difficult to find a direct English translation for this quaint little Batangueño word. It is a word mothers and generall...

Batangas History 5 Apr, 2022
US Army Documentation and Photos of the Pamintahan, Lipa Massacre of 1945

US Army Documentation and Photos of the Pamintahan, Lipa Massacre of 1945

The 27 th of February in the year 1945 was one of the darkest days in the history of the now City of Lipa in Batangas. Inevitably, with ...

Batangas History 29 Mar, 2022
[Culture: Food] The “Pulang Kiki” Bread of Western Batangas

[Culture: Food] The “Pulang Kiki” Bread of Western Batangas

Back in the sixties, there was this story in the western Batangas coastal town of Nasugbu of an old lady in a calesa (a horse-drawn carri...

Batangas History 19 Mar, 2022
[Culture: Language] Pagerper Meaning, that Bawdy Batangueño Word

[Culture: Language] Pagerper Meaning, that Bawdy Batangueño Word

“Pagerper.” This ostensibly Tagalog word has probably been searched so often that it has become a Google “keyword 1 .” Among the most co...

Batangas History 17 Mar, 2022
[Culture: Language] Yae Na and How Batanguenos Use the Imperative Form of Verbs

[Culture: Language] Yae Na and How Batanguenos Use the Imperative Form of Verbs

Those among readers who know Batangueños will doubtless have heard them often use the expression “ ‘Yae na,’ ” shortened from “Hayae na” o...

Batangas History 9 Mar, 2022
[Folklore] The Ililipad sa Maculot Threat to Children in Batangas

[Folklore] The Ililipad sa Maculot Threat to Children in Batangas

Among the province of Batangas’ colorful beliefs — if it can even be called one — of old was the “ililipad ka sa Maculot 1 ” (you will be ...

Batangas History 29 Jan, 2022