One of my personal favorite song. I dedicate this song to my belovd town. The town of alangalang.

ABOUT ALANGALANG , LEYTE

BUNGTO NAM NGA IROY UUNUNGAN KA GUD!.

Alangalang is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It is a landlocked province with an area of 151 km². It is bounded on the north by Barugo and San Miguel, on the south by Pastrana, on the northeast by Tacloban City, on the east by Santa Fe and on the west by Jaro. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 41,245 people in 8,188 households.

On the way to Carigara is a steel bridge spanning the Mainit River. Soon after it is a smaller bridge. There was a time when only footpaths existed and when this river was too wide for a leap and too narrow to wade in, the traveler was undecided what to do. Hence the name Alangalang was given to the town, from the vernacular word "alang-alang" which means indecision.

ALANGALANG , LEYTE BARANGAYS (54)

Aslum Astorga (Burabod) Bato Binongto-an Binotong Bobonon Borseth Buenavista Bugho Buri Cabadsan Calaasan Cambahanon Cambolao Canvertudes Capiz Cavite Cogon

Dapdap Divisoria Ekiran Hinapolan Hubang Hupit Langit Lingayon Lourdes Lukay Magsaysay Mudboron P. Barrantes Peñalosa Pepita Salvacion Poblacion San Antonio San Diego

San Francisco East San Francisco West San Isidro San Pedro San Vicente Santiago Santo Niño (Pob.) Santol Tabangohay Tombo Veteranos Blumentritt (Pob.) Holy Child I (Pob.) Holy Child II (Pob.) Milagrosa (Pob.) San Antonio Pob. San Roque (Pob.) Salvacion

HISTORY OF ALANGALANG , LEYTE

When the beginnings of this town were still "rancherias" and barangays in about the year 1596, Fr. Cosme de Flores, a priest-engineer, made it into the fourth "Doctrina." Fr. Tomas de Montaya, a Manila college professor succeeded Fr. Flores who died at the early age of 29. Alangalang, with Dulag, was made a "cabicera" of nine towns with Fr. Mateo Sanchez as superior.

In 1600, the town suffered from the moros raids. A punitive force from Cebu under Capitan Francisco de Pedraza was sent to suppress lawlessness. In 1611, a hurricane swept the whole town and floods became frequent. The 18 or 20 rancherias declined in importance and around December 1628, Alangalang became a "visita" of Barugo.

The old town of Alangalang was founded in 1748 in a site located across the steel bridge at Binongto-an called Bukid Height. This settlement was headed by Francisco Antonis, a courageous leader, together with Pongal, Manamot, Francisco Gariando, Hidalgo Pedrera and Solang Adlao. Antonis was famed for having eaten the liver of a Moro bandit whom he caught during one of the raids. Fr. Baysa, a Franciscan, was at the time their spiritual mentor. The objective of the frequent Moro raids was the gold church bell. During every Moro attack, the inhabitants would take the gold bell with them to the hills. At one time, when the townsfolk were being pursued, they had to drop the gold bell in the Bangka River if only to save it from the invaders but up to now the bell has never been recovered.

Alangalang was made into a parish in 1809 according to a historian named Cousin. Toward the end of the 18th century, the settlement in Bukid grew so large that Fr. Jose Olmo, then Parish priest, transferred the town across the Mainit River where the Provincial Nursery is found at present. The government officials at that time were the Governadorcillo, Teniente Mayor, Teniente Segundo, Cabez a de Barangay or Guinhaopan, Delgado de Rentas and cuadrilleros. Among the lay leaders were Eulogio Barrantes, Santo Pabilona, Eulogio Daroles and Esteban Pedero. By the middle of the 19th century, Alangalang had a rectory and six rural schools; the roads to Palo and Barugo were also opened. The town was noted for its abaca, copra, seeds of "kabalonga", wax, cocoa, tobacco and rice.

A big flood leveled the town in 1883. By November of the same year, the Gobernadorcillo moved the town to its present site. In 1892, when there was rebellion in the country, Alangalang was in the thick of the fight. Leocardio Pabilona overthrew the Spanish rule in the town and became the Jefe or Capitan with a new set of Guinhaopan. When the Americans occupied the town upon orders from Pabilona, the inhabitants evacuated the place. The Americans, angered, set the town on fire. It was the hardship of mountain life which finally made the townsfolk yield to American authority.

From then on, the town's growth was steady. Alangalang is a big producer of copra and rice and lies along the route of the busiest national highway of the province. The town has one of the biggest Spanish-made churches and shortly before the ward had a new concrete municipal building with a swimming pool.

After the fall of Corregidor in May 1942, the municipality became the emergency capital of the province. General MacArthur was reported to have passed an evening in that town. Provincial and national offices and government records were accordingly transferred there for safekeeping. On December 16, 1942, Japanese planes bombed the town. Alangalang again became one of the bulwarks of the resistance movement with Filemon Pabilona and Elias Macina as leaders. In 1944 to 1945, the Filipino forces of the 4th, 9th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd and 95th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army took in the town in Alangalang, Leyte fought the battles against the Japanese forces in World War II. After liberation, a regional high school was opened. The town continues to lead in agriculture.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alangalang,_Leyte

2011 PROVINCIAL MEET ng LEYTE, Gaganapin sa ALANG ALANG.

Taung 1980 na taon na ang nakilipas nung huling ganapin sa bayan ng Alang alang ang LEYTE PROVINCIAL MEEt, makalipas ang halos 31-taun muling gaganapin ang PROVINCIAL MEET sa bayang aking pinagmulan. Ito ay dadaluhan ng mga Paaralan sa BUONG LEYTE. (area 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)

Itinuturing naming isang karangalan ang maganap sa aming bayan ang isa sa pinakamatasas na paligsahan sa larangan ng palakasan(sports).isang pasasalamat din namin sa DepEd LEYETE na mapili ang aming bayan para sa pangyayaring ito.

Unang naibalita na ngayong darating na oktobre ng taun ito magaganap, ngunit dahil ilang araw na lamang ay ipangdiriwang namin ang FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY Ng bayan ng ALANG ALANG sa darating na NOBYEMBRE 8 , napagpasayhan ng ama ng bayan ng Alang alang na si Hon. Mayor Lorito "INTONG" Yu na sa NOBYEMRE na lamang ito ganapin ng sa gayun ay maisabay na rin sa mga kasiyahan.

Maliban sa mga kumpitisyung magaganap , ay inaasahan pong magtatanghal sa kauna-unahang pag-kakataun ang pinakamalaking dance troup ng ALANG ALANG,. Ang LINGGANAY DANCE CORP. (LDC) . At ang iba pang lokal ng talento ng ALANG ALANG..
( naway pati po ang LINGGANAY FESTIVAL)(hehe)

NOVEMBER 3-6 2011, Ang iksatong araw ng kaganapang ito .Iniimbatahan ko po kayo sa aming bayan , sa bayan ng ALANG ALANG sa LEYTE sa mga araw na iyan , atin pong saksihan ang isa sa pinakamalaking EVENT sa kasaysayan ng ALANG ALANG .

Magkita-kita po tayo!

"USWAG PA ALANG ALANG!"
(SULONG ALANG ALANG)

LINGGANAY FESTIVAL

Kamakaylan lang wagi ang LINGGANAY FESTIVAL ng ALANG ALANG,LEYTE sa PINTADOS KASADYAAN FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS na ginanap sa TACLOBAN SPORTS COMPLEX sa TACLOBAN noong JUNE 27,2011 .
Nakamit nito ang pinakamimithing pwesto unang pwesto (CHAMPION) .pumangala naman ang KARATONG FESTIVAL ng DULAG LEYTE. At ikatlo ang PAMILIPIG FESTIVAL ng STA. FE
,LEYTE.
Ang nasabing kumpitisyon ay dinaluhan na labing limang bayan sa LEYTE. At sa lahat ng iyon nangibabaw ang galing at ganda ng LINGGANAY FESTIVAL na nagmula sa banyan ng ALANG ALANG.(MASTER DANCER: COSUDIO BROTHERS)

Ang LINGGANAY FESTIVAL ay binubuo ng mahigit 350 membro. (mananayaw at props personels)

Dahil sa pagkapanalo ng LINGGANAY FESTIVAL sa nasabing kupitisyon , sasali ito sa SINULOG 2012. sa CEBU at ALIWAN FESTIVAL 2012.

Tungkol saan ang blog na ito!?

(MOST HOLY TRINITY PARISH of ALANG ALANG ,LEYTE)
DOMINOM PHOTOGRAPHY

Ang blog na ito ay tungkol sa bayang tinubuan ko. Ang bayan na ALANG ALANG sa LALAWIGAN ng LEYTE.
Sa hindi po nakakaalam ito po ay nasa EASTERN VISAYAS sa REHIYON 8.
ipininagmamalaki ng mga taga roon ang bayang ito sa tanglay nitong simpleng kagandahan,at talentong taglany ng mga kabataan sa bayang ito.Nariyan ang mga MANG-aawit,mananayaw,makata,manunugtog , photographer ,atb.
Ang bayan pong ito ay itinuturing na anak ng kultura,
Sari-saring kwento rin ang bumabalot sa bayang ito ,(sa susunod na blog malalaman natin)
maliban sa talentong taglay ng mga mamamayan rito ay RILIHIYOSO ang mga tao rito. ito rin ang tanging bayan sa DISTRICT 1 sa LEYTE ang hindi naaabutan ng mga baha ang mismong bayan ,(malayo sa NATURE DISASTER) malayo it sa Dagat,Ilog, Bundok na ku saan pinamumulan ng mga disasters.