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From the initial years of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, the people of Western Visayas had proven themselves brave enough to challenge the Castillian might and arms. Their initial leaders were mostly the babaylans, who were believed to possess supernatural abilities and were very influential in pre-colonial societies. All throughout [...]

The Ilonggo-Bisayans have always been known to be musical people. This is exemplified by the fact that up to now they are still doing the composo and the harana, aside from their many folk songs. In fact, up to about the 1970s, they were still fond of composing songs revolving around the goods that they [...]

The Ilonggo-Bisayans have always been known to be musical people. This is exemplified by the fact that up to now they are still doing the composo and the harana, aside from their many folk songs. In fact, up to about the 1970s, they were still fond of composing songs revolving around the goods that they [...]

A very famous orchestra in Western Visayas in the 1960s was the San-Lop Melodiers of the Santos-Lopez Sugar Central located in Barangay Salihid, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo.The head and conductor of the group of musicians was Mayo Lopez Carillo, one of the most progressive business executives in the Philippines at that time.
Mr. Carillo believed in taking [...]

Now that Iloilo’s famous Paraw Regatta has been successfully concluded, it is just proper that we take time to take a look at its historical dimension in early times.
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References to the extensive use and construction of boats in prehispanic Panay are numerous both in oral traditions and written [...]

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Panay Island has been prominent in the boat-building industry in the Philippines since the pre-colonial days up to contemporary times. The construction of various types of wooden boats was already a flourishing activity in the island long before the coming of the Spaniards. Because of their [...]

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History involves mainly man’s struggle to improve himself, his family and society. In this struggle to improve himself and to solve the myriad of problems that he meets in his day-to-day existence, man has to be resourceful and inventive. He has to devise ways and means to make his life easier and to move forward. [...]

Every fourth week of January, Iloilo City, capital of the province of Iloilo in Panay Island, celebrates its Dinagyang festival. Dinagyang, or literally merry-making, is characterized by choreographed dancing of “tribes” consisting of young men and, in some instances, young women. Members of these performing tribes don very colorful and outlandish costumes that are almost [...]

THROUGH the centuries, Iloilo has occupied a top position in the Philippines’ rice and other crop production. Such prominence started before the Spanish colonization of the country and contributed to it becoming the rice granary of the Visayas in modern times. This can be attributed to its wide and fertile plains, mild climate, and secure [...]

BY the closing decades of the 1800s, the town of Iloilo had emerged as the commercial center and cultural capital of Western Visayas. This was due to the premier role that it played in the sugar industry as its nerve center and life vein serving as transhipment point and storage. Its status was raised to [...]