When it comes to humor, we Ilonggos are not to be outdone. Below are some of the jokes I have compiled from my other blog with contributions from LewdSaint and from readers’ comments. Feel free to share your own jokes. Please be warned though that some of the jokes may not appeal to your sense […]
Ilonggo Folk Song: Ili-Ili
It must be a mother’s instinct that makes me hum Ilonggo folk song Ili-Ili nowadays. Any day from now I am going to be a mother myself and the thought makes me reminisce my childhood and remember the lullaby that my Nanay used to sing to me to make me fall asleep. I can’t remember […]
Central Hawaiian’s Iron Dinosaur: The Last of Its Kind
Steam Locomotives or Iron Dinosaurs as we call them, are a reminder of another life and another era. These metal beasts were once extensively used in the heyday of the sugar industry to haul sugarcane from the fields to the sugar mills. They were also used by the Insular Lumber Co. to transport the logs from […]
Hofileña Heritage House in Silay City
It’s been 50 years since the Manuel Hofileña Ancestral House opened its door to the public as a museum and the first inhabited house in Silay to be declared a national Historical landmark. Thanks to Ramon Hofileña, also known as the Father of Heritage Conservation in Silay, for sharing to the public their family’s heirloom […]
Ruins of Old Poblacion Church, Escalante City
Escalante used to be known as Manlambus meaning “to strike with a club” because its coastal waters were teeming with fishes that can be caught by using a club or lambus. The capital of Escalante used to be Nueva Sevilla, a coastal community which is known today as Old Poblacion. The Parish of St. Francis […]
Eata: Indigenous People of Negros Occidental
Gary Consing, the Chieftain of an Eata tribe in Cadiz Cit, addressed the small crowd that gathered at the Negros Museum last February 29 during the launching of the exhibit of the Saulog! Celebrating an Ancient Culture & Way of Life in the Visayas. Albeit quite shyly, Manong Gary thanked the organizers for giving them the […]
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