Comments on: Tea + Sulu = Miag-ao Church

By: Arnold Carl’s 5 must visit Cebu heritage sites | langyaw

Arnold Carl’s 5 must visit Cebu heritage sites | langyaw — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:57:16 +0000

[...] Spanish colonial period marked with the beautiful 19th century neoclassic church and convent, some ruins of watchtowers along its coast as well as houses; to the American period marked with houses of antillan style [...]

By: Cebu’s lonely sentinels of the sea | langyaw

Cebu’s lonely sentinels of the sea | langyaw — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:08:07 +0000

[...] of blood, predation and the Cebuano’s attempt to defend themselves at the onslaught of Muslim slave raiders during the middle of the 17th to the middle of the 19th centuries. The spectacular Spanish colonial [...]

By: An enjoyable ride around north Cebu | langyaw

An enjoyable ride around north Cebu | langyaw — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:38:12 +0000

[...] structure used to stand above this hill in Tapilon overlooking the sea keeping watch of invading muslim slave raiders that ravaged the Philippine archipelago, and especially Cebu, during the late 18th and early 19th [...]

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:42:12 +0000

Now the childhood saying from the elderly whenever we play beyond the sunset, “sige mo, dakpan dyud mo sa Moros”, makes sense.

Estan: wonderful research and field work. Saludo ko bai.

By: Love notes on the road, part 2 of 2 | langyaw

Love notes on the road, part 2 of 2 | langyaw — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:42:46 +0000

[...] it’s beautiful retablo mayor. The two fortresses perched atop a hill, guarding the town from Muslim slave raiders in centuries gone are testament to it’s dark [...]

By: Beyond the Currents, the Sulu exhibit at the Yuchengco Museum | Rough Groove

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:11:00 +0000

[...] but significant history of the Philippines at simbahan.net where I did a three part series and at langyaw.com for a much condensed [...]

By: Nine hours in Masbate City | langyaw

Nine hours in Masbate City | langyaw — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:47:45 +0000

[...] a supply area just before these trading vessels head out into the Pacific. At the height of the Muslim slave and piratical raidings, Burias and parts of Masbate became a base for these fishers of men where they launched periodic [...]

By: Culion’s remodelled fortress-church | langyaw

Culion’s remodelled fortress-church | langyaw — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:16:29 +0000

[...] Luzon and the Visayas, I’ve written a more detailed 3-part post at simbahan.net. A summarized version can also be found in this [...]

By: Endangered Agutaya fortress-church | langyaw

Endangered Agutaya fortress-church | langyaw — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:43:07 +0000

[...] Luzon and the Visayas, I’ve written a more detailed 3-part post at simbahan.net. A summarized version can also be found in this [...]

By: The impressive fortress-church of Cuyo | langyaw

The impressive fortress-church of Cuyo | langyaw — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:47:58 +0000

[...] Luzon and the Visayas, I’ve written a more detailed 3-part post at simbahan.net. A summarized version can also be found in this [...]