GALEÓN JANUARY 2014 VOL. 10 NO. 1 12 PAGES Historical scholarship. Relevance. Meaning. Official Publication of the Cavite Studies Center • DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-DASMARIÑAS Día de la Amistad CSC hosts conference on the 500th year of Spanish Presence in the Philippines The Cavite Studies Center (CSC) of De La Salle University- Día De La Amistad: España – Filipinas (Friendship Dasmariñas (DLSU-D) in coordination with the National Day: Philippines - Spain) at the Tanghalang Julian Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), Cavite Felipe, DLSU-D on September 13, 2013. Historical Society and Kapisanan ng mga Bahay Saliksikan The conference featured experts in their fields. Ms. sa Bansa (KABANSA) made possible the observance of Estrella Domingo, chief archivist, National Archives of the Philippines (NAP) discussed the efforts of NAP in restoring and reformatting the Spanish Period records in its custody. Dr. Lino Dizon, CSC writer in residence, gave a survey on the legacy of the Recollects in Cavite from 1616 to 1898. Mr. Marlon Pareja, DLSU-D Environmental Resource Management Center director, focused on the Spanish living legacies or botanical and faunal species that have enriched the natural and cultural landscape of the Philippines. Dr. Patrick Flores, curator of Vargas Museum-University of the Philippines, Diliman explored the process through which western-style painting emerged in Philippine colonial culture and history as depicted by the works of Carlos Francisco and Fernando Amorsolo. Participants came from five municipalities (Rosario, Silang, Magallanes, Amadeo, and Tanza) and three cities (Dasmariñas, Imus and Cavite City) both private and public high schools and colleges in Cavite. In full force were Education major (Above L-R) The presenters: Dr. Lino Dizon, Dr. Patrick Flores, Dir. Marlon Pareja, and Ms. Estrella Domingo (Below L-R) DLSU-D Chorale; AVCR Dr. Willington Onuh tests his dancing prowess as he does the ‘tinikling’ with the Performing Arts Group during the conference; some of the participants (continued on page 3) GALEÓN JANUARY 2014 VOL.10 NO. 1 12 PAGES EDITORIAL NOCEI 2013 Education A SHARED - NOT EXACTLY Summit held PLEASANT - PAST The Network of CALABARZON Educational Institutions, Inc. (NOCEI) sponsored the 2013 The CSC’s Día de la Amistad conference is among Education Summit held at Manuela Q. Pastor the string of activities slated by the government, Auditorium, St. Bridget College, Batangas City on through the National Historical Commission, to May 29, 2013. Eight faculty members from Cavite Studies Center, University Research Office and commemorate Philippine-Spanish relations. This Lasallian Community Development Center of De La friendship, history tells us, had its lengthy bitter Salle University-Dasmariñas attended the activity. moments especially in Cavite. The last years of the so-called Spanish colonial period were most gory in The participants were updated on the latest development in the K to 12 program of Department the province. It was the site of the initiatory battles of of Education and its implications for tertiary the Revolution and where Spain, in retaliation, made institutions. The discussant was Dr. Brenda Corpuz, its strongest campaigns that resulted in the numerous National President, Philippine Association for Teacher losses of lives on both sides, including the Trece Education. Also presenters from First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities, De La Salle Martires or thirteen martyrs of Cavite. University-Lipa and Lyceum of the Philippines But it was a great Caviteño, President Emilio University-Batangas shared their institutions best practices in preparation for K to 12. Aguinaldo, who dared to see something else on our shared past with Spain in spite of the enmity. Holed out in his Tarlac capital against the incursive American troops, he decreed on June 30, 1899 an act of EDITORIAL BOARD clemency to brave Spanish soldiers who defended Teresita P. Unabia and Neriza M. Villanueva the Baler Church for 337 days, amidst deaths, CONTRIBUTOR starvation, diseases, and loneliness. Surrendering Lino L. Dizon, PhD to Filipino revolutionaries on June 2 earlier that year, Aguinaldo’s decree beckons that they not be treated ENCODER Mylene B. Delatado as enemies but rather as brothers, or -”¡Amigos, amigos!” - as shouted by their captors then. Galeón is the official publication of Cavite Studies Center. The Cavite Studies Center intends to capitalize on the objectives of the Día de la Amistad, inasmuch as For comments, suggestions or contributions, contact: the province has so much commonalities and shared OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR legacies with Spain. This will be most visible in the CAVITE STUDIES CENTER research initiatives and agenda of the CSC, as well Second Floor, Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo De La Salle University-Dasmariñas as its cultural and similar activities. Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines 4115 (02) 844 7832 · (046) 416 4531 loc. 3141 2 JANUARY 2014 VOL. 10 NO. 1 12 PAGES GALEÓN Reina de Cavite opens at AEA As a prelude to the September 13 observance of Diá de la Amistad: España- Filipinas, the Cavite Studies Center (CSC) of De La Salle University- Dasmariñas (DLSU-D), Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo (AEA) and the Diocesan Shrine of the Immaculate Conception- Naic through its parish priest Rev. Fr. Virgilio Saenz-Mendoza, presented a week-long exhibit themed Reina de Cavite: Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga at the AEA Gallery. The exhibit opened on September 11, 2013 with a lecture delivered by Fr. Saenz- Mendoza, a devotee of the Blessed Virgin. Fr. Virgilio Saenz-Mendoza assisted by Ryan Jonelle Enriquez cuts the ribbon for the Reina The exhibit historicized the provenance de Cavite exhibit. Looking on are CSC Director Teresita Unabia, University Chaplain Rev. Fr. Mark Anthony Reyes and Campus Ministry Office Director Dr. Gil Ellema. (Below) The Nuestra of the Virgin in Cavite Puerto, the Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga at the Reina de Cavite Exhibit, AEA miracles associated with the Soledad, her Ermita and the many estampitas and displayed were from Fr. Saenz- novenarios in her honor. Mendoza’s. A huge replica of Nuestra Señora de la Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Soledad graced the exhibit area. Its Porta Vaga is one of the 10 images presence was made possible by Ryan of the Blessed Virgin Mary Jonelle Enriquez, president of Cofradia researched by CSC Director de la Virgen de la Soledad de Porta Teresita Unabia, Marketing Vaga, Inc., an organization of devotees Communications Office Director from Cavite and Metro Manila. Another Rosanni Sarile and former Religious portrait came all the way from San Isidro, Education faculty, Bernardo Pangasinan also through the effort of Mr. Sepeda, EdD and funded by Asian Enriquez. Majority of the collections University Digital Resource Network. (Dia de la Amistad...continued from page 1) students of DLSU-D. Of equal significance were the Filipino provenance at the Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo Gallery were and Spanish songs and dances presented by the displayed. In addition, publications courtesy of NHCP were University Chorale and the Performing Arts Group. raffled off to participants and awarded to early bird and An exhibit capped the day long activity. The image of the the first to confirm attendance. Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga, Reina de Cavite along with the photos and chronicles of her 3 GALEÓN JANUARY 2014 VOL.10 NO. 1 12 PAGES CSC hits the road to Tarlac To have an exposure and to assess other cultural and and Tarlac representative. Former Senator Benigno historical heritage of communities, the personnel and “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. stayed at the house when he was staff of Cavite Studies Center (CSC) of De La Salle elected as the mayor of Concepcion in 1953. President University-Dasmariñas with Dr. Mark Edwin Aspra, a Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C. Aquino III also spent his faculty from the Social Sciences Department, journeyed to Concepcion, Capas and Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac on April 25, 2013. Tarlac and Cavite have one thing in common. They were among the eight provinces that rose against Spain in 1896. Both provinces are etched in the pages of history. Gen.Emilio Aguinaldo, the president of the First Philippine Republic, was from Cavite. Benigno Aquino, Jr., former Senator and whose assassination sparked major changes in the Philippine politics, and his wife, The CSC Staff at the azotea of the Aquino ancestral house, ex-President Corazon Aquino, hailed from Tarlac. Concepcion, Tarlac The CSC team reached Concepcion, one of the 17 childhood here. Dr. Dizon became the tour guide of the towns of Tarlac, after almost four hours of travel. group. Concepcion is the hometown of CSC Writer in residence Dr. Lino Dizon. At his parents’ house, Dr. Dizon had The members of the team also made a courtesy call to lugaw and duman, green rice cake (pinipig in Cavite), Hon. Mayor Noel Villanueva and Councilor Andres Lacson for us. A few blocks away from the Dizon’s residence is of Concepcion. The table that Ninoy used during his term the ancestral house of the Aquinos’. The house was as mayor of Concepcion was shown to the ‘local tourists’. declared by the National Fiestang Balen Historical Commission in 1987 as The immersion activity of the CSC personnel and staff a historical site. The old coincided with the Fiestang Balen (town fiesta or Pistang structure served as home to Bayan) of Concepcion (though it was a feast day). The Benigno Aquino, Sr. who held group observed that there were neither marching bands various political and cabinet nor rides in the town plaza. But at the church patio vendors positions as a senator, secretary lined their products ranging from food, toys, clothes, CDs, of agriculture and commerce, and housewares. The place could be described as little A booklet guide on the Aquino Ancestral Divisoria. Former CSC Events Coordinator Aquino Garcia House of Concepcion, Tarlac prepared by had sineguelas and tamales as pasalubong.