A Historical Record of English and Tagalog Names for Common Philippine Fishes
From a 1948 publication of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 1 , we obtain this fairly comprehensive list of both English and Tag...
May 2022
![[CULTURE] The Disappearing Use of the Letter “R” at the End of Syllables in Batangas](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdoTe7YtuwftZwAkw8Z3VzDyRsxjPsKQgGZoZqRSnKPcSdLkp7t99WhX8AuCxP5RBAzR54EbagW4NI5AUb5K08zaCD5kH9eFzN0n_KgQ2dPN_8uX8p_EYN0myHdfAeujiLRoyoy4PjqgS9YCmDQPxi95FTFmvdLzXslxk_dqZpZlZDuIjg5ac6uuu/s1600-rw/Batangas-Provincial-Building.jpg)
[CULTURE] The Disappearing Use of the Letter “R” at the End of Syllables in Batangas
In the Province of Batangas, the use of the letter “r” at the end of syllables in spoken Tagalog is fast dying out, if it has not died out...
![[CULTURE: Food] How a Bowl of Goto in Batangas May Come as a Surprise to Non-Batangueños](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlZF_72zsgvQMWiP2AIEvIeZVcehHQbXZw4yMnrlurAUs9lvHBzQyz_VLRcWpiH7oaC51JC6QAuINK8UwwqS2I5e0Gx1O51iF6DM7z2IzVj8Xsx3co5B7eSkLM1vAybvsF_YLwasRU8Gm0AZkgA2v4aYBsLcqXBAPtFVH29tWJTjAqI4toBzghR9_/s1600-rw/Goto.jpg)
[CULTURE: Food] How a Bowl of Goto in Batangas May Come as a Surprise to Non-Batangueños
Just like its iconic version of the pancit lomi , noted for the absence of vegetables among the ingredients, Batangas’ take on the “goto” ...
Late 19th Century Taal as Described by the UK-Born Priest Rev. J.E. Tenison-Woods
From an 1888 paper 1 written by the noted priest-cum-geologist Reverend Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods, we are able to obtain a very vivid d...
![[CULTURE: Traditions] Origins of the Bulingbuling Tradition of Batangas and Elsewhere](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVjwmAxASvFbCbv7dTb8BJ9VmdxP4jOKNz1fA88jOIvR_ec81MJoull4vuK1rShF3F0747l4IgY1uOUixedJqXRCRVoTtVwjI6XQh4Unxti0on5OLDb4cQdsnTeVtw7l_NGHA9PYNWva0ULgEHOKT49Eo4n-NEpcQZJqc-GP6dLjIW__iHCZ1Tko_/s1600-rw/Bulingbuling.jpg)
[CULTURE: Traditions] Origins of the Bulingbuling Tradition of Batangas and Elsewhere
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, every last Sunday before Ash Wednesday, many people in the City of Lipa would take to the streets for what w...