Friday 18th May 2012

Arts, Culture & Heritage

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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Bacollywood: Cinema Rehiyon 2012 to Showcase the Best of the Regions

February is the Arts Month and this year, Bacolod City will host Bacollywood: Cinema Rehiyon 2012, , a National Independent Film and Video Art Festival, a project of the National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA) on February 8-11, 2012. Bacollywood has featured films in Negros and other provinces in the Visayas since its [...]

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Pureza: Dissecting the Negros Sugar Industry

Pureza: The Story of Negros Sugar is a full-length documentary film dissecting the sugar industry and how it has affected the lives of almost 3 million people in Negros island. Sugar is the oil that runs the economy of Negros. Negros Occidental alone produces more than half of the total sugar production of the Philippines. [...]

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Virgen Sang Barangay Chapel

I believe the Virgen sang Barangay Chapel is one of the most beautiful churches in Negros Ocidental. In fact, I find it so beautiful I got married there. Located inside Sta. Clara Subdivision, considered as the Forbes Park of Bacolod City, the chapel is quiet, intimate and with no unwanted observers. If you’re planning to [...]

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Silay City Christmas Village 2011

When I agreed to be one of the judges in Silay City’s Christmas Village Arko Competition, little did I know that I will be the only non-artist in the group. It was an honor to be in such an esteemed group of judges. Good thing they have no air and made jokes so I was [...]

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Hacienda Adela Folklore Village: Keeping the Ilonggo Oral Traditions Alive

What we saw during the Silay heritage tour we had during the Philippine Blog Awards Visayas was not the usual image of Silay with its grand mansions and affluent landowner-residents. I can say it was a Silay from the sacada perspective. Ver Pacete, Silay Tourism Officer brought us to Hacienda Adela to experience how the [...]

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Silay Beyond the Landmarks

Allow me to borrow the title of a photo album in Silay City‘s Official Facebook page for the title of this blog post because that’s exactly what the bloggers discovered during a heritage tour of Silay as part of the activities for the Philippine Blog Awards Visayas. We are very familiar with images of Silay [...]

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Ancestral Houses

Sen. Jose C. Locsin Ancestral House, Silay City

One of the most notable sons of Silay was the late Sen. Jose Corteza Locsin. He was born on August 27, 1891 in Silay to parents from Molo, Iloilo who were one of the pioneers in the sugar industry in Negros Occidental. Locsin obtained his bachelor of arts degree at the Liceo de Manila in [...]

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Silay, Cinco De Noviembre and the Philippine Independence

Celebrate 113 years of Independence in the very place where it started! When the Spanish civil guards in Silay under Lt. Maximiano Correa signed the Acta de Rendicion or surrender papers on that fateful 5th of November 1898, our revolutionary leaders and the people of Silay who joined the struggle for freedom were not aware [...]

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2011 Cinco de Noviembre Celebratins in Silay City

Silay City in cooperation with Brgy. Cinco de Noviembre Barangay Council, Liga ng mga Barangay and Hugyaw Silay, Inc. will memorialize Cinco de Noviembre 1898 event on November 5. Mayor Jose Montelibano said that the celebration will honor the heroic deeds of Silay ancestors, the hacenderos and the jornaleros, who joined forces to defeat Spanish [...]

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Pikahan – 1st Negros Tattoo Gathering and Competition

Pain n’ Ink Production in cooperation with Puwersa Pintura, Majica- Art District and the Negros Museum is organizing a 1st Negros Tattoo gathering and competition dubbed “PIKAHAN” on October 14, 2011 at the Art Disctrict – Mandalagan, Bacolod City. It’s an event that will give emphasis and and revive the tattoo culture and tradition in [...]

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