The History of Marinduque from Ulong Beach
August 1961 edition of Hemisphere, an Australian publication. Following up on yesterday’s post we have on the cover a line cut of a Morione’s mask by the Philippine artist Alredo Roces. The article detailing the magazine cover further describes a mask that is of the Mogpog variety.
The first of articles to be presented this month. An early piece entitled “The Mask of Longinus” by Alfredo R Roces, April 1961 Philippine Studies Vol 9. The article was written after a field trip by Roces and others.
Be sure to check out the photos of old masks and participants at the end, especially the photo from Tiguion, Gasan from 1960.
Filipino Alfredo Roces is an award-winning veteran journalist who has worked in newspapers, magazines and also authored several books on the Philippines and its art. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Notre Dame in the USA. …For more on his career visit:
https://rocesfamily.com/sm2002/rocesphils/ding.htm
The queen of Garden Day is one of the famous Lardizabel sisters from Boac, Juanita. I do not know of any modern day celebration labeled as Garden Day anywhere in Marinduque. Sharp eyes will notice the spelling of Boac as Boak.
Who can recognize the young boy holding the mask in this 1965 S&S Manila article?
Shown below is a postal cover which commemorates the first air-mail flight to Marinduque, October 30, 1931.
Research has shown the addressee, Major I. F. Peak, as a Flight Surgeon in the U.S. Army Air Corps stationed in Fort Nichols in Manila.
Information found from the Airpost Journal, February 1932, Page 27 report of Philippine First Flights is as follows:
The U.S. Army Air Corps (squadron stationed at Clark Field) Fort Stotsenburg has been lately very active with pioneering new Air-trails or new routes, and made several First Flights and pioneers, transporting Air Mail in due official way, previous announcement and corresponding permits or authorization in very case from the Bureau of Posts of the Philippine Government and in accordance of Rules and Regulations established. All were carried in mail bags as regular official Air-Mail, with its proper Way-bills of Dispatch, etc.
Several of these First flight covers to various points in the Philippines can be located during the 1931 timeframe.
Where exactly the airplane landed in Boac (if it did) is a mystery. A Post war photo I have shows a very primitive air strip located somewhere along the Boac River. It is also possible that the mail bag was air dropped as was documented in other locations.
Pictured are six young ladies of the Marinduque Association Committee from September 27, 1935. Letica Villanueva, Lydia Larracas, Corazon Del Mundo, Carmen Larracas and Nelly Burgos.
We need to find out what this family was eating…… from 1932
Describes the Putong from Marinduque. The occasion was a party held for Jorge Bocobo, then the Secretary of Public Instruction.
Among the attendees : Federico Piedad, Elena Nieva, Josefa Roque, Enriqueta Nepomuceno, Aurelio Reyes, Luis Alifio, Narciso Moreno Enrique, Jose Alino, Rafael Concepcion, Marceliano Lagustan, Artrmio Lagran, Manuel Latorre, Gustavo Sto. Domingo, Concha Leonida, Andrea Cruz, Esperanza Raqueno, Sixta Garnial, Felisa Viray, Balbina Navarroso, Gregoria Jambalos, Rosario Nieva, Raymunda Buenaventura, Josefina Nieva, Tomasa Minay, Dra. Remedios Alino, Paula Lumitao, Salvadora Mascarenas, JulitaIlagan, Ana Ituralde, Exaltacion Manguerra, Felisa Sapungan, Domingo Bugarin Calixto Sadiwa, Guillermo Nieva, Romeo Venturanza, Dominador Mongis, B. Pelobello, Wenceslao Rodil, Amando Marquez, Conrado Mascarenas, Edmundo Bunag, Sancho Tan, Dioscoro Macalood, Delfin Lazarte, Ricardo de la Santa, Lauro Roque, Rustico Navarro
