Saint Michael Archangel Parish Church

People of Lobo, Batangas are known for their religious gestures. Saint Michael Archangel
Parish Church is one of the Catholic churches in Lobo, Batangas. St. Michael Archangel
Parish Church is next to Rosario River and is located in Province of Batangas, Calabarzon,
Philippines. The annual fluvial procession in honor of the Patron St. Michael
Archangel held in time for the celebration of the town Fiesta every May 8 is one of the
festivals celebrated by the people in Lobo.

Some Captivating plants of Lobo’s central highlands

The Philippine Teak Forest (with purple mass flowers) is everywhere in Lobo from the
lone coral hill near Submarine Garden in Sawang and inland hills, this dry and monsoon
type of natural forest where 80 percent of the tree population is confined to this town –
a reason to consider that Lobo is the world’s capital of the Philippine Teak Trees – the
woods of which were used as substitute for molave and dungon in the repairs of Galleon
ships that passes along Verde Island towards Manila and Acapulco route during 1700-
1800s.

In northwest Lobo, Mt. Banoy, century old buri (palm) forests are nurtured and under
towering canopy, native rice and corns are cultivated by farmwers of Barangay Calo
(hornbill) and Malalim na Sanog (deep stream).

Marketing supported by the Rural Bank of Lobo (RBL) has encouraged continuing
conservation of buri forests in the villages. Here, skilled house husbands and wives are
weaving fronds into bayong (hand bag) for town, provincial and Metro Manila needs.
Through the years, they are also raw mat producers of buntal fibers for expensive hats
and tingting (midribs) for furniture – all for Luzon-wide market. Buri sap is also processed
into vinegar for local consumption.
Ecotourism often arrive in Calo to see the weaving of bayong out of buri’s still green
stripped fronds. Graying of bayong, sold from 25-35 pesos each, is a result of sun drying
to avoid natural staining fungi due to moisture especially when leaves are green harvest.

“Sa bangin ni Lolo Pisyo” (In my grandfather’s hut) of Malalim na Sanog are plenty of
foods. Banglin is a small hut, that serves as post-harvest storage for native rice and corn,
banana, root crops and squash.

The split bamboo walls of the hut allows favourable micro temperature, so that their farm
produce are preserved for months without rotting and rat infestation, until the next
planting and harvest.