HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE

OF CAPIZ

Submitted to:
Christian George E. Acevedo
Instructor
Hum 111

Submitted by:
Roel Cartujano
BSED T.L.E 1 – A
 1.5 Heritage Structure of Capiz

Filamer Christian University

Date Contructed: August, 1904

Rev. Joseph C. Robbins and his wife started it all when sometime in August, 1904;
they were entrusted with the care of three little children, two boys and a girl. The
children’s father then the ladron chief of the mountains was captured and
condemned to life imprisonment, and the mother was dead. So the commanding
officer of the Capiz Constabulary wrote to the Robbins who eventually went to the
barracks and took home with them the three children. This situation of neglected,
homeless children particularly in this District touched their hearts which led to the
establishment of Baptist Home School with the first building as a gift from the
American Women. Thus, Filamer Christian University began as an orphanage
which offered Christian nurture under the sponsorship of the American Baptist
Foreign Mission Society.
 Roxas City Heritage Walk Tour

Along the heart of Roxas City plaza one can do a heritage walk tour around of its
components cities, Roxas City, in just under a day.
 Roxas City Brigde

Date Constructed: 1910

The Roxas City Bridge, which was built in 1910, is also an iconic landmark, as it
stood witness to several of the city’s major changes. Once known as the Old Capiz
Brige, the concrete passageway also stands by the Panay River, which had a very
super natural description to it. Based on past stories, the stream was covered with
lots of tress, birds, and monkeys that were in different colours.
 The Biggest Bell in Asia
Panay Bell

“Soy la voz de Dios ques llevare y ensalzare desde el principio hasta el fin de este
pueblo de Panay para que los fieles de Jesucristo vengan a esta casa de Dios a
reciber las gracias celestiales”.

Which means
“I am the voice of God which shall echo and praise from the beginning till the end
of this town of Panay, so that the faithful of Jesus Christ may come to this house
2.5 Visual arts of God to receive heavenly graces”.
 San Joaquin Church
The chapel which is of Baroque Architecture that combines Chinese and Spanish
Artistry is built of white coral and fossils stones alternating with red bricks,
Decorations vary from intricate floral carvings to pointed finials to a simple
cemetery emblem, the skull and crossbones. What makes cemetery more
attractive is the beautiful chapel is approached by a flight of stairs. On the walls
before the chapel are niches each carrying statues of Saints, most of which were
recently reinstalled.
Artist: Andrea Bagarinao
Genre: Abstract
Description: “Indi ko sapatos ang Art, tiil ko sya”
Artist: Maia Cruz Palileo
Genre: Silkscreened Arts
Description: “Two Women”
 Capiz Shell Windows – Lampirong
Capiz or Lampirong (Alternative spelling: Lamperong) Windows. One of the most distinct and
beautiful architectural details of old Philippine buildings are the windows made with shell
rather than glass.
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 3.5 Capiznon/Hiligaynon songs
3.1 The most popular lullaby in Panay is “Ili, Ili Tulug Anay,” which is also well-known
nationwide:

Ili, ili tulug anay

Wala diri imu Nanay
Kadtu tinda, bakal papay
Ili, ili tulug anay.
Little one, little one, sleep awhile;
Your mother is not around;
She went to the market to buy bread;
Little one, little one, sleep awhile.

Children sing while they play group or individual games. Some of these game songs
are about animals whose behavior the children imitate with gestures as they sing, as
in “Tung-tung-tung-tung Pakitung-kitung”:
3.2 The Panawagon

Alimusan sa pinggan
Ginabantug nga indi masud-an
Ginkuha kag ginsud-an
Nagtambuk kami tanan.
The catfish on the plate
Known never to be made into a viand
It was caught and made into a viand
We all got fat.

The panawagon (love song) is usually about unrequited love, and may sometimes
express the hope of winning the heart of one’s beloved, as in “Ang Timawa” (The
Lowly One):
3.3 “Si Deocampo kag si Villamor”
Akun kumpusuhun yadtung si Deocampo
Sanglit kay abyadur siang Pilipino
Sia ang nangahas sa pagbumbardiyu
Sa banwa sang Hapon sa syudad sang Tokyo
Anay sang didtu na sia sa Pacifico
Siang inabutan kinsi ka iruplanu
Iya nga gin-away sanglit kay kuntraryu
Naubus ang kinsi, bumulus treinta y ocho
Yadtung treinta y ocho iya pinaluta-lutayan
Bali veinte y ocho ang iya natugdang
Sa tagipusuun sang iya nga nasyun
Tagipusuun nga Pilipinhun
Amu ang gugma sang dalagang bukidnun.
During vigils for the dead, the people sing the luwa to while the night away and to keep
from falling asleep. These may be humorous, sentimental and mournful, or didactic, i.e.,
expressing allegorical lessons about life and using nature symbols. Below are two
humorous or whimsical luwa:
3.4 “Manayuk - Nayuk”
U ispusibli nga manayuk-nayuk
Vamos sa katunggan, kitay manamiluk
Pagdala sang wasay, pagdala sang pasuk
Langgaw nga dalisay
Ay, ay, nga makaluluuy.

O ispusibli that is tall

Let’s go to the swamp,
we’ll gather shipworms
Bring an ax, bring a pasuk
Pure vinegar
Ay, ay, you look pitiful.
The go-betweens who recite the luwa in the courtship ritual may deliberately use
ambiguous and circumlocutory language, which keeps the audience in suspense
regarding the sincerity of their declarations.
3.5 “Ang Gugma mu, Nunuy”
Ang gugma mu, Nunuy, kun hantup sa bu-ut:
Bumugsuk kay balay sa pusud sang lawud;
Salugan muy tapi dindinan muy pawud,
Aptan mu sing pakpak sang banug.

If your love, Nunuy, is sincere,

Build a house in the middle of the ocean,
Make the floor out of wood,
the wall out of nipa,
And the roof out of bat’s wings.

This stanza is taken from the hiligaynon song “Ang gugma mu, Nunuy” tell us about the
courtmanship of a noble fisher man that he can do anything for his beloved.
4.5 Capiznon Dances
Dance;Escotis

Performed by th mountain people of capiz at a housewarming party, in order to test

strength and durability of the new house. The female wears a slesgo skirt with a
voluminous underskirt, a kimono, and a soft pañuelo over one shoulder.
The male wears a camisa de chino and trousers of fany color. Booth barefoot. They dance is
set of four pairs in square formation. In Roxas City, the escotis is dance at special occasions
like weddings of baptismal parties.
Dance; Timawa

(“the pitiful one”), base on the story of a man and a woman, both timawa, who meet at a
social gathering and fall in love. The female wears a maria clara costume and the male
wears a barong tagalog and black trousers.
 Dance: Inalimango

Inalimango is a Visayan dance which is originated in Capiz that represent the playful
gestures of crabs. The dancers creatively portray the swinging claws with graceful arm
movements.
5.5 Capiznon Oral Literature
5.1 The Legend of Capiz
A legend about the Capiznon’s first basic food concerns two brothers and one sister
who were suffering as a result of famine. One day the two brothers talked about killing
their sister Cayla to spare her from dying of hunger. Distraught, Boaran, the older
brother took a walk and came upon an old man who instructed him to do the following:
chop up his sister, sow the pieces of her flesh on the kaingin or swidden field, bury
her head in the middle of the kaingin, and then build a hut over it. The old man
promised that the kaingin would then grow rice grains, coconut trees, sugarcane,
tubers, and sweet potatoes. Furthermore, the girl’s life would be restored and she
would be sitting in the hut after three days. All that the old man promised came true.
But she recovered only long enough to walk back home with her two brothers.
After a few words of farewell, she disappeared.
Then there is the legend of the origin of the name of the town Dao. When Datu
Bangkaya was ruler of Aklan after the Confederation of Madya-as, he ordered the
barangay to look for areas on which to establish settlements. Two barangay, led by
Isada and Paro, went in opposite directions on the river, starting from a common
point called Catabanga. They met at a bank near a big tree called dao. Today the
natives of Dao recognize Isada and Pedro as Dao’s founders. Spanish accounts,
however, say Dao was founded in 1835.
“Basilio” is a kumpusu that hints at a natural cause for a man’s aswang behavior (i.e.,
cannibalism). Basilio has broiled and eaten his own child and is therefore condemned
by law and social opinion as an aswang. Reproaching him, his wife recalls a period of
famine when they shared a handful of rice. Hence, these lines hint that Basilio’s crime
may have been provoked by extreme hunger and therefore give a clue as to the
economic conditions of the people.

5.2 Poetry
The most popular type of narrative poetry is the kumpusu/composo, a ballad whose
topics range from historical events to love affairs of some people (actual or fictitious)
and social conditions. For example, a ballad with bawdy lyrics, “Ang Mga Pampam”
(The Prostitutes), describes the forward behavior of prostitutes during the early
American colonial period.

Anyus cuarenta y dos edad sang kalibutan Pampam kanday Tony

Amu ang pag-abut kanu nga kadam-an
Ang mga babayi kay nagbululu-ang
Dalaga, may bana, nag-intra sa pampam
Uras igkaaga pampam gapalaligu
Sa higad sang baybay pampam gapululungku
Umabut na gani ang pisti nga kanu
Ang bwisit nga pampam kay nangupu-kupu
Pampam ining pampam
Pampam kanday Felipe
Mas swabi, manami
Bayaran mamisu
Dus pisus ang gab-i
Hasta namaaga nimu nga bumbati
Akun naluuyan pampam nga tigulang
Birahan sang kanu, pampam nagasiru
Tungud sadtung armas, malaba kag daku
Ang buwisit nga pampam nagahiku-hiku.
5.3 The patugmahanon (riddle)
The patugmahanon (riddle) is a word game played by adults and children at social
occasions, to while away the time, to create camaraderie among warring parties, or
simply to entertain. It reveals the people’s values, institutions, traditions, customs,
and humor which is sometimes risque.
Anu nga tanum nga kun sia magpuya sa ulo Pag-abut ni Tatay mu
nagaagi? bumag-id kay nanay mu.
(Puso sang saging) (Sanduku kag bairan)
What plant bears fruit that passes through its As soon as your father arrived,
head? He rubbed against your mother.
(Banana flower) (Bolo and grindstone)

Pumungku ang maitum Isa ka gatus nga magbulugtu,

Tinusluk, sang mapula Lunsay nagakalu. (Bunga)
Gumwa puti na. A group of little gentlemen,
(Dinaha) All wearing hats.
The black one sat down, (Betel-palm nut)
Was pricked by the red one;
What came out was white.
(Rice cooked in a pot).

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