Our town fiesta in Bangued was celebrated on Washington’s birthday, February 22, every year. It lasted for one week. Booths for every town or municipality were built in the plaza, where all kinds of agricultural and handcraft products were exhibited and sold. All kinds of vegetables, such as squash, eggplant, ampalaya, papaya, beans, beets, radish, […]
1994 Memoir – 50. Bangued Memories – Lagangilang
Across the Abra River, after the town of Tgyum is Laganilang, the town where the father of Mg. Trining lived. In front of his wooden house, hanging on the wall for the public to see is a large placard: “REMIGIO BRAVO NOTARIO PUBLICO” My uncle was the only Notary Public in that town. He notarized […]
1994 Memoir – 49. Bangued Memories – Calaba River Bank
Calaba is the western boundary of Bangued as Casamata is its eastern boundary. These are the two areas where we went for recreation. At Casamata we picnicked and exercised our legs, while in Calaba we did our swimming before the pool was built in Casamata. On weekends the Valera clan, consisting of Mg. Conchang, Mg. […]
1994 Memoir – 48. Bangued Memories – Casamata Hill
Casamata is a landmark in Bangued which is now VICTORIA PARK, named after the late wife of Don Quintin Paredes, the “father” of Abreq, a former Congressman who was Speaker of the House of Representatives and a President of the Senate. Casamata is a Spanish word meaning “house of death.” It used to be the […]
1994 Memoir – 47. Bangued Memories – Manang Conchang
Manang Conchang (Conception Valera) was like my older sister. She is Fina’s mother. At an early age of 5, I used to sleep with her, take a bath with her, sit side by side with her in their two-holed toilet, and ate with her almost daily. She was around ten years older than me. Her […]
1994 Memoir – 46. Bangued Memories – A New Hotel Restaurant
The first hotel and restaurant in Bangued was the Bayquen Hotel & Restaurant, located west of the plaza in a building which is now the Abra Valley College. This hotel and restaurant was frequented by out-of-town visitors whose terminal point of arrival was at the bus station near the plaza in front of the church. […]
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