This particular night at the Palmetto is also my birthday, so why not come out to celebrate it with me and join in with some great music; with good friends, great coffee and wonderful sandwiches too! Hope to see you all there and help us support these artists and also come celebrate my birthday too!
Thanks again for your continued support, see you at the show!
“Palmetto Acoustic was founded out of a love for music and a desire to create a community for independent artists and fans. The Palmetto Acoustic series is held at Muddy Waters Coffee Bar in Charleston, South Carolina. The venue is part beach cottage and part ski chalet with high beamed ceilings and hard wood floors creating a house concert vibe. Every other Thursday, Muddy Waters is transformed into a “listening room” where fans can enjoy original acoustic music while savoring the organic/fair trade coffees, beer and wine. These free concerts celebrate the poetic nature of the local, regional and national singer/songwriters as two artists each perform a 50 minute set of original music.”
I found this description from one of my many surfing around the net and wanted to share it with you all. I give credit for this description to a man name Juny Laputt that as a hobby puts a website for everyone to enjoy. I happen to stumble to it from one my many surfing around looking for great information in regards to Philippines in general. I hope that you enjoy reading these as much as I did. Thanks to Mr. Laputt for all his effort and here is the article :
HISTORY
The name Camiguin is derived from the native word “Kamagong,” a tree of the Ebony family that thrives near Lake Mainit in the Province of Surigao del Norte. The original inhabitants of Camiguin were “Manobos” who migrated from Surigao. Thge old native language in Camiguin is called “Kinamiguin,” which is similar to the dialect spoken in Surigao. Camiguin was part of the province of Misamis Oriental from 1946 to 1958. It became a sub-province in 1958 and finally in 1968, a full-pledged province with Mambajao as its provincial capital.
Spanish Period
Old Spanish documents indicate that the renowned explorers, Ferdinand Magellan and Miguel Lopez de Legaspi landed in Camiguin in 1521 and 1565, respectively. The first Spanish settlement in what was later to be known as Guinsiliban was established in 1598. Guinsiliban comes from the old Kinamiguin word “guinsilipan” which means “to look out for pirates from a watchtower.” An old Spanish watchtower where the Camiguinians kept watch for Moro pirates still stands in Guinsiliban.
The first major Spanish settlement established in 1679 was called Katagman or Katadman (now known as Catarman). This settlement grew and prospered to what is now Barangay Bonbon. On May 1, 1871, Mt. Vulcan Daan erupted and destroyed the town. A portion of the town sank beneath the sea. After the eruption, the settlement moved to where the Catarman town center is presently located. Today, all the remains of old Catarman are the ruins of the ancient Spanish church, a convent and a bell tower.
Sagay, located south of Catarman, was formally established as a town in 1848. The word Sagay is derived from the name of a poisonous fruit tree that grew in the area. Mambajao, the capital of Camiguin province, became a town in 1855. The name was coined from the Visayan terms “mamahaw,” meaning to usher breakfast, and “bajao,” which is leftover boiled rice. In the early 1900s, Mambajao prospered to become the busiest port in Northern Mindanao. Mahinog was established as a municipality in 1860. The name Mahinog comes from a Cebuano word meaning “to ripen” or “to become ripe.” Although Guinsiliban was the oldest settlement in the island, it was only in 1950 when it became a municipality. Both Mahinog and Guinsiliban were formally governed from Sagay.
American Period
In 1901, in the middle of the Spanish-American War (1898-1904), American soldiers landed in Camiguin to assume political control over the island. A group of Camiguinians, armed with bolos and spears, led by Valero Camaro fought for the island’s independence from foreign invasion during a short battle in Catarman. Camaro was killed by a bullet on the forehead. He became one of the unsung Camiguin patriots of the early independence movement. In 1903, the first public school in Camiguin was built in Mambajao and in 1904, the first public water system was installed. On June 18, 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army landed in Camiguin and set up a government in Mambajao. The Japanese Army gutted down central Mambajao in reprisal to guerrilla activities there. The remains of some of these buildings still exist today.
I never knew any of these and its quite interesting that I am going to the library and hopefully find more information. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I love looking for them!
Here are the maps of the whole *Philipines Islands
I have been slack in putting more information on here, but just didn’t feel like doing it, now that hubby has complain; I have been doing a lot of research and bookmarked some interesting sites. In one of those bookmarks, I came across this article regarding Mambajao with great images! As you all know, my family came from Mambajao, (Reyes); and in looking at those images that it has changed alot! Especially one of the image of Cabua-an!! WOW…I’ve not been back since I was a teenager and the whole town is beautiful! Here is the article that I found and hope you enjoy reading them as I love finding things about my home place.
Mambajao is the capital of the province of Camiguin. The land area of this municipality is 89 square kilometers which is 37.4 percent of the total land area of Camiguin and it is also the biggest among Camiguin’s five municipalities. It is a busy little town from early morning to night and is the place where you will find most of what you will need when in Camiguin. The town was established in 1855 and grew quickly to be the busiest part of northern Mindanao in the early 1900s…READ MORE
Comments on those photos as in order from the top left – St Nicholas Church, is still the same church that the family still goes to and I am not sure if Fatima is still there (the school I went to until I was 10 yrs old); photo to the top right – Cabua-an – I remember this as a family get together or someone having a party at the family beach house – i remember as a child having tons of fun and my mom use to scream at me to get out of the water! I love the beach to this day! And the last photo bottom left is the Old Wharf that usually played at but recollection was when I was there last…walking with my cousin its beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean and its more beautiful now. Thank you Mr. Laputt for putting some of the images, but there is a house that you took, that looks like the house I grew up in, but the surroundings are so different, I might have to go and have a visit soon!
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