Playing football in Cuyo is all about fun. You will enjoy playing football with some Cuyonon bachelors in town. There is a football field in PSU-Palawan College of Art and Trades Campus beside the Cuyo church, you can also play in a small field at the town plaza just a few meters away from the church.
Cuyonon football players are so hospitable so you can enjoy the game until the end of the world(if you want to stay in Cuyo town forever).
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Municipality of Cuyo, Palawan
PARISH OF ST. AUGUSTINE: Long time ago in Cuyo Island, the inhabitants worshiped their ancestors and the moon. They adored a deity who resembled Ceres to whom they commenced their fields. they also worshiped another deity resembled Mars from whom they asked protection in their battles. Obsequies for the dead were celebrated during the full moon. The natives were also animist wherein their belief was sprinkled with superstitions.
His excellency Senior don Pedro de Arce, Bishop of Cebu, in a decree dated August 27, 1622, requested the Augustinian recollect fathers to take care of the evangilization of Palawan. This parish of st. Augustine of Cuyo is founded by the Spanish recollect Brother Francisco de la Madre de dios in 1622 who after serving 16 years in Palawan died as martyr in el Nido during the 1638 attack by the Muslim commander Datu Acheh.
At those were difficult times, the tropical diseases were prevalent and the means of transportation hazardous. The most pressing problem of the place was peace and order. Muslim Malays known as ,moros from maguindanao, Jalo and Borneo intermittently came to Palawan to plunder during the harvest season. They usually brought back with them the Cuyonons, Agutaynons and Cagayanons as prisoners to be sold as slaves. sultan Kudarat of Maguindanao commander his brother tagal to attack Cuyo on june 20,1636.
His excellency Senior don Pedro de Arce, Bishop of Cebu, in a decree dated August 27, 1622, requested the Augustinian recollect fathers to take care of the evangilization of Palawan. This parish of st. Augustine of Cuyo is founded by the Spanish recollect Brother Francisco de la Madre de dios in 1622 who after serving 16 years in Palawan died as martyr in el Nido during the 1638 attack by the Muslim commander Datu Acheh.
At those were difficult times, the tropical diseases were prevalent and the means of transportation hazardous. The most pressing problem of the place was peace and order. Muslim Malays known as ,moros from maguindanao, Jalo and Borneo intermittently came to Palawan to plunder during the harvest season. They usually brought back with them the Cuyonons, Agutaynons and Cagayanons as prisoners to be sold as slaves. sultan Kudarat of Maguindanao commander his brother tagal to attack Cuyo on june 20,1636.
Cuyo, Palawan
The municipality has a total land area of 5,730 hectares which represents 0.38% of total area of the province. The friendly Cuyonon people speak the Cuyonon dialect which is the official provincial dialect of Palawan. Many institutional leaders of Palawan are Cuyonon by blood be it in politics, religion, commerce and education whose ancestors lived in Cuyo for 700 years already.
And according to Cuyo family history and verified reports, Cuyo since 1750 to 1850 was the exile place for the Spanish royal blood family members of the Bourbon and Austria dynasty. Then the family names of Austria of Spanish Hapsburg, Ponce de Leon of the Dukes of Arcos, Fernandez, Alvarez of the Dukes of Alba and most of other family names in Cuyo are not subjected by the Philippine Spanish Governor General Narciso Claveria to the order of changing the family names of Filipinos on Nov. 21, 1849 because they are royal blood and used to be descendants of the kings of European kingdoms.
And according to Cuyo family history and verified reports, Cuyo since 1750 to 1850 was the exile place for the Spanish royal blood family members of the Bourbon and Austria dynasty. Then the family names of Austria of Spanish Hapsburg, Ponce de Leon of the Dukes of Arcos, Fernandez, Alvarez of the Dukes of Alba and most of other family names in Cuyo are not subjected by the Philippine Spanish Governor General Narciso Claveria to the order of changing the family names of Filipinos on Nov. 21, 1849 because they are royal blood and used to be descendants of the kings of European kingdoms.
Cuyo Island, Palawan, Philip[pines
The silver altar in its church was a donation by the Duke of Arcos. Other fortresses were built in some parts of Palawan in Agutaya, Taytay, Dumaran, Labog, Punta Separacion, Balabac, Canipaan, Cagayancillo, Culion, Linapacan, and Sibaltan in El nido. Because of this, peace was obtained and progress gradually emerged.
There are centennial houses at the poblacion near the Cuyo Fort which are Cuyo's attractions. Actually long time ago, the whole of the town plaza was under water. The Capusan beach near the beach of the seaport is a vast stretch of white, sandy beaches, a rich fishing ground and an equally ideal swimming area.
Despite progress and changes, Cuyo has preserved its rich cultural heritage. The ati-ati, comedia, verso, pinundo-pondo, sayaw and sinulog are stagged during the town fiesta. Cuyo was the second capital of Palawan next to Taytay. The first Spanish Governor in Cuyo Leopoldo Santos Cruz (1873) and the last was Luis Rodriguez (1899).
In the year 2000, there are more than 168,000 Cuyonons who lived in the province which comprise more than the 20% of total population of Palawan people, another 40,000 Cuyonons who lived in the Philippines scattered in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao and including abroad. In the year of 1948, there are 17,599 people who lived in Cuyo when Magsaysay was not created into a separate municipality yet. Then there are 18,257 residents of Cuyo in the year 2000 when Magsaysay already separated.
There are centennial houses at the poblacion near the Cuyo Fort which are Cuyo's attractions. Actually long time ago, the whole of the town plaza was under water. The Capusan beach near the beach of the seaport is a vast stretch of white, sandy beaches, a rich fishing ground and an equally ideal swimming area.
Despite progress and changes, Cuyo has preserved its rich cultural heritage. The ati-ati, comedia, verso, pinundo-pondo, sayaw and sinulog are stagged during the town fiesta. Cuyo was the second capital of Palawan next to Taytay. The first Spanish Governor in Cuyo Leopoldo Santos Cruz (1873) and the last was Luis Rodriguez (1899).
In the year 2000, there are more than 168,000 Cuyonons who lived in the province which comprise more than the 20% of total population of Palawan people, another 40,000 Cuyonons who lived in the Philippines scattered in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao and including abroad. In the year of 1948, there are 17,599 people who lived in Cuyo when Magsaysay was not created into a separate municipality yet. Then there are 18,257 residents of Cuyo in the year 2000 when Magsaysay already separated.
Cuyo Islands
His Excellency Sr. Don Pedro de Arce, the Bishop of Cebu,signed a decree assigning the Augustinian Recollect Fathers for the Evangilation of Calamianes (Palawan) province including the Cuyo group of islands. The five Spanish Recollect Missionaries from Cebu, with Fray Juan de Santo Tomas acting as their director and superior, first reached Cuyo in 1622. With the establishment of Christian centers in the Calamianes province, the muslims, not only form Sulo and Mindanao but also from Brunei, started their attacks. Sultan Kudarat of Mindanao commanded his brother Tagal, who attacked Cuyo on June 20, 1636. Invasion were reapeted so that the Spanish government decided to built fortresses.
The people, under the supervision of Father Juan de San Severo, constructed and finished it in 1680. The rectangular solid structure of massive walls 10 meters high and meters thick has turrets at each angle including a towering belfry housing big and old bells. The side facing the sea is well fortified with ornamental cannons which are used to fire salvos during fiestas. In 1762, one of the British ships that invaded Manila fired at this fort but it was not damaged at all.
The people, under the supervision of Father Juan de San Severo, constructed and finished it in 1680. The rectangular solid structure of massive walls 10 meters high and meters thick has turrets at each angle including a towering belfry housing big and old bells. The side facing the sea is well fortified with ornamental cannons which are used to fire salvos during fiestas. In 1762, one of the British ships that invaded Manila fired at this fort but it was not damaged at all.
Cuyo, Palawan
Arab and Indian sailors and traders at that period of time. It is a Volcanic island where almost everything is in abundance . Cuyo is comparable to the tiny islands of Tidore and Ternate in Moluccas,Indonesia famous for their spices. While Cuyo is abundant for its red rice, goat, fruits, marine products, birds' nest and most especially its buscay shells that were use as money (medium of exchange or for barter) among the Malay World of Madagascar in Africa, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia and most of the islands in the pacific.
Cuyo had 3000 settlers before the arrival of Spaniards in 1568. The island has its solar salt factory that is another important item for sailors. This volcanic island is truly a magical island like a paradise with abundance of food supply. Seaweeds like "lato" are plenty here. Then the Chinese centralized the birds' nest collection here coming from the caves of Quiminatin, Taytay, El Nido, Linapacan and Coron. Although it was not Islamized, but Cuyo has a strong connection also to the Muslim world through its Malay connections. In fact, during the first uprising by the Muslim leaders of Tondo in Manila, their leaders were caught in Cuyo Island on their was to Brunei to recruit 2,000 Cuyonon mercenaries in 1588.
Cuyo had 3000 settlers before the arrival of Spaniards in 1568. The island has its solar salt factory that is another important item for sailors. This volcanic island is truly a magical island like a paradise with abundance of food supply. Seaweeds like "lato" are plenty here. Then the Chinese centralized the birds' nest collection here coming from the caves of Quiminatin, Taytay, El Nido, Linapacan and Coron. Although it was not Islamized, but Cuyo has a strong connection also to the Muslim world through its Malay connections. In fact, during the first uprising by the Muslim leaders of Tondo in Manila, their leaders were caught in Cuyo Island on their was to Brunei to recruit 2,000 Cuyonon mercenaries in 1588.
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