https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2782 2026-11-13T21:53:03Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/3968 Songs of ancestors UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines (UNACOM) A landmark documentation of Indigenous oral literature from the 1950s, the Hinilawod Epic Chant Recordings of the Panay-Bukidnon people were inscribed in the Asia-Pacific Regional Register of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. During the 10th Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) General Meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the Hinilawod Epic Chant Recordings were one of two outstanding examples of Philippine documentary heritage inscribed in the Asia-Pacific Register of the Memory of the World Programme on May 8. This UNESCO list recognizes significant documentary heritage from across the Asia-Pacific region. The Hinilawod recordings collection features 15 epic chants of the indigenous Panay-Bukidnon (also known as Suludnon or Pan-ayanon) people of Western Visayas, performed by babaylan (animist shamans), namely, Rodrigo “Ulang Udig” Lebuna from Lambunao, Iloilo and Narcisa “Hugan-an” Lingaya of Tapaz, Capiz. Recorded from 1956 to 1957 in audio format using a magnetic tape recorder by Filipino anthropologist Dr. Felipe Landa Jocano (1930–2013), they were narrated in archaic Kinaray-a, one of the native languages on Panay island. Hinilwod Epic Chant Recordings inscription to UNESCO Memory of the World 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/3596 The town of Sta. Barbara : Its early times and historic past Cabigayan, Santiago S., Sr. This book provides a historical account of Santa Barbara, Iloilo, tracing its evolution from a small mission settlement to a pivotal town in Philippine history. Beginning with its earliest days as “Catmon,” a visita under Augustinian missionaries (~1617), Cabigayan details how the community grew in religious and civic identity, becoming a full-fledged pueblo in 1760 under the patronage of Santa Barbara. Cabigayan explores how the town’s geography, bounded by the Tigum and Aganan rivers, supported a thriving agricultural economy in rice, tobacco, corn, and sugar. He also examines the role of the town in the Philippine Revolution. Santa Barbara became the site of the “Cry of Santa Barbara” on November 17, 1898, when General Martin T. Delgado raised the Philippine flag, an event often regarded as the first flag-raising outside Luzon. Architecturally, the book describes the Santa Barbara Church and Convent, built in the 19th century using brick and stone, the labor mobilized under Spanish colonial policies, and the spiritual and cultural importance of the structures. The narrative also covers the town’s challenges including wartime destruction, forced labor, and post-war reconstruction showing how Santa Barbara preserved its cultural heritage while adapting to modern times. Finally, Cabigayan situates Santa Barbara not just as a historical footnote, but as a heritage town, whose plazas, museum, and colonial architecture symbolize both the struggles and triumphs of the Ilonggo people. Preliminary pages only. To access the full content of the book, visit the library. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/3081 Was he left of right handed? Arroyo, Nemia P. This year being the Andres Bonifacio Centennial, why don't you take a drive to Caloocan Circle and look up at the largest statue of Manila's Hero? If this is a physical impossibility, settle for any poster or picture of it and take a good, long look. Notice anything about, his weapons? The stature shows the Great Plebeian? Brandishing a bolo with his right hand and holding a revolver with his left. Do you think he was lefthanded or righthanded? Journal article. Article compiled at Andres Bonifacio volume. 1963-05-05T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/3080 Andres Bonifacio and the outbreak of the Katipunan Revolt Zafra, Nicolas The Philippine Revolution was an event of great importance and significance in our history. It represented the united effort, will and purpose of the Filipino people to secure for themselves and their posterity the blessings of freedom and to raise their country to the status and dignity of a free and independent nation. The initial step towards this goal was taken in 1892 when Andres Bonifacio organized that year the Katipunan Society. Starting with only a handful of members, the Katipunan ng Mga Anak ng Bayan, as the Society was formally known, propagated itself gradually, although slowly at the beginning, among the Filipinos. Persons initiated into the Katipunan went through the ordeal of the "blood compact." This consisted in the initiate' s making a small incision on his arm, and with his own blood pledging his adherence to the Society and his willingness and readiness to defend it and the cause for which it stood, even at the cost of his own life . Journal article. Article compiled at Andres Bonifacio volume. 1952-10-01T00:00:00Z