CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—-Ever wondered what happened in Bulacan on February 1751 or any day of the year from 900 AD to 2007? Calendario BulakeHo gives the answers. And more.
This treasure of information, some 300 pages in all, paints the character of the people and reveals their high sense of patriotism; compiles events, rituals and just about anything important that moved the arts, culture, heritage, economy and politics of Bulacan in relation to its own and the entire nation.
Written by Jaime Salvador Corpuz and published by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Calendario BulakeHo comes like a bible to Bulakenyos who have the hearts to serve the province, according to Rene Romulo de los Reyes, director of the Bureau of International Tourism Promotion of the Department of Tourism, in his foreword.
Patience obviously his, Corpuz arranged the entries by months, indicating the years in parenthesis.
For events that had no specific dates, he used a separate chapter to list those. To help readers get more details, he made a bibliography to cap the book. Some researchers find the bibliography wanting, though.
Still, by the reckoning of this 37-year-old researcher, Bulacan is the first province to have this genre of a calendar.
Why did he do the book? “Para ihinto na ang pag-aaral kay Rizal at Bonifacio at madiscover naman natin ang local culture and history,” he said when interviewed at the sidelines of the 4th Annual Historical Conference held here last week.
Copies have been given to selected schools and cities in and out of Bulacan.
The breadth of this work showed Corpuz to be not heavy on the elite side of history.
For instance, he resurrected from oblivion Concepcion Felix Calderon who founded the Asociacion de Feminista de Filipinas in 1905.
Through his research, we learned too that a man —Doroteo Cortez of Manila—helped the Women of Malolos lobby their cause for a night school during the Spanish colonial government.
Also rich in town histories—not only of events with national, regional and provincial significance—Corpuz told of Gat Maitim who, by the will of Fernando Malang Balagtas, founded Calumpit.
Corpuz knew how to trace. For instance, the first graduation at the Bulacan Trade School (now the Bulacan State University) on March 25, 1913 included Sergio Bayan of Calumpit. He later became the first Filipino to become mayor of Baguio City.
This treasure of information, some 300 pages in all, paints the character of the people and reveals their high sense of patriotism; compiles events, rituals and just about anything important that moved the arts, culture, heritage, economy and politics of Bulacan in relation to its own and the entire nation.
Written by Jaime Salvador Corpuz and published by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Calendario BulakeHo comes like a bible to Bulakenyos who have the hearts to serve the province, according to Rene Romulo de los Reyes, director of the Bureau of International Tourism Promotion of the Department of Tourism, in his foreword.
Patience obviously his, Corpuz arranged the entries by months, indicating the years in parenthesis.
For events that had no specific dates, he used a separate chapter to list those. To help readers get more details, he made a bibliography to cap the book. Some researchers find the bibliography wanting, though.
Still, by the reckoning of this 37-year-old researcher, Bulacan is the first province to have this genre of a calendar.
Why did he do the book? “Para ihinto na ang pag-aaral kay Rizal at Bonifacio at madiscover naman natin ang local culture and history,” he said when interviewed at the sidelines of the 4th Annual Historical Conference held here last week.
Copies have been given to selected schools and cities in and out of Bulacan.
The breadth of this work showed Corpuz to be not heavy on the elite side of history.
For instance, he resurrected from oblivion Concepcion Felix Calderon who founded the Asociacion de Feminista de Filipinas in 1905.
Through his research, we learned too that a man —Doroteo Cortez of Manila—helped the Women of Malolos lobby their cause for a night school during the Spanish colonial government.
Also rich in town histories—not only of events with national, regional and provincial significance—Corpuz told of Gat Maitim who, by the will of Fernando Malang Balagtas, founded Calumpit.
Corpuz knew how to trace. For instance, the first graduation at the Bulacan Trade School (now the Bulacan State University) on March 25, 1913 included Sergio Bayan of Calumpit. He later became the first Filipino to become mayor of Baguio City.
