Category Archive: Heritage Sites

Apr
05
2012

San Joaquin Church of Iloilo: Stories Behind the Stone Carvings

Categories:

• Heritage Sites,
• Heritage/History,
• Iloilo,
• Religious Sites,
• Visayas

by Berniemack Arellano

April 5, 2022

San Joaquin Church Rendicion d' Tetuan

Last week, we were in Batangas for a visita iglesia in Taal’s prominent religious structures—the Basilica Minore de San Martin de Tours and Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine. Today, we fly all the way to the Visayas to visit Iloilo. Our first stop would go all the way to the southernmost town of the province, San Joaquin. This town is known to be one of the landing sites of the mythical Ten Bornean Datus. However, the crowning jewel of this southern town would be its 19^th century church and its cemetery. The church however tells the story of the San Joaquin’s history, carved in stone.

La fuerza moro y espanol

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Tags: Battle of Tetuan, heritage site, Iloilo, Philippine churches, Philippines, Rendicion De Tetuan, San Joaquin, San Joaquin Church, Visayas

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Nov
02
2011

Vintas and Death: The Old Badjao Cemetery of Santa Cruz Island

Categories:

• Heritage Sites,
• Mindanao,
• Religious Sites,
• Zamboanga

by Berniemack Arellano

November 2, 2021

The Boat and the Dead Travelers - Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga City

As Santa Cruz Island is known for its pinkish-white beach, a lot doesn’t even know that it has one place that time and the elements have forgotten. For the culturally-inclined, this is the old Badjao Cemetery. For the paranormal and ghost hunters, this is where the dead were buried.

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Tags: Badjao, Badjao Cemetery, cemetery, Muslim, Philippine heritage, Philippines, Sama, Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga

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