Category: Marinduque Famous Personality

Book belonging to Manuel Lardizabel

This 150-year-old book belonged to a historical figure, Manuel Lardizabal of the prominent Lardizabal clan of Marinduque. Inside is his name, with “MEDICO CIRUJANO” or surgeon. Lardizabal was appointed vice mayor of Boac by President Manuel Roxas in 1946. His son Ernesto’s godmother was Clemencia Lopez, the Filipino independence activist/feminist (and the first Filipina to enter the White House).

This came from the Escolta bookstore La Flor de Cataluña, stamped with the shop’s and proprietor’s (Enrique Bota) names.

PATOLOGÍA CLÍNICA QUIRÚRGICAS A. FORT, 1879. Hardbound 631 pages. Condition as shown in images. Please expect age marks consistent with its 19th century origin. Loose pages: 490 – 495. P1190

Image: A baptismal photo of Ernesto Guillermo Lardizabal y Serra, 7 January 1909 (Boac, Marinduque). Person at right is believed to be Manuel Lardizabal (Image and info courtesy of Renz Marion D. Katigbak)

Lost video of Morion Mask Maker

I had found this video 15 years ago featuring one of the Moriones mask makers, mang Ato Morales, master carver . To my surprise, when I showed it to Dr. Randy Noblezsa at MSU, he commented that it was part of his original thesis work. He had no idea that it was on the internet.

The Mask of Longinus

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

“Superstitions of the People of Boac, Marinduque” 1917

Written in 1917 by a then college student Nieves Hidalgo of Boac, Marinduque. Later in life to be known as a famous Philippine feminist.

She ends her paper writing “These superstitions are numberless but many of them are forgotten and there will come a time when they shall be found only in books”. And today we can add on the internet……