Republic of the Philippines

PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN
MUNICIPALITY OF LAL-LO
Culture and the Arts Division

INVENTORY OF CULTURAL PROPERT

NAME OF PROPERTY SIGNIFICANCE TYPE

• Used as a place of worship

• Its orientation facing the
Cagayan River tells the story that
the river serves as the means of Tangible
transportation back then Immovable
• Existing testament of the old Heritage
St. Dominic Church or
structure of a pueblo Category:
Sto. Domingo Parish
• The materials used to make the Churches,
bricks which were believed to be Temples and
made out of the concoction of Place of Worship
sugarcane juice, shells and clay,
proves the ingenuity of the
Ibanag people

• Historical (Symbol of Spanish

colonial period, one of the oldest
cross in the province)
• Aesthetic ( Craftsmanship is
Tangible
excellently done with the use of
Immovable
hardwood, situated at the center
Heritage
Evangelization Cross of Plaza Real)
Category:
• Scientific (The cross was able to
Monuments and
stand the test of time (natural
Markers
hazards).
• Spiritual (The marker serves as
a symbol of Lallo’s strong faith in
God)
 • Historical (built/erected 398
years ago) Tangible
• Scientific (construction materials Immovable
Tocolana Church Ruins
used) Heritage
• Spiritual (first parish priest of the Category: Sites
church became a saint)

• Economic: Many business

establishments were built near
the bridge.
• Social: Migration and settling of Tangible
the people from Aparri, Lasam Immovable
and Camalaniugan comes from Heritage
the families of the construction Category:
Magapit Suspension
workers of the Bridge. Government
Bridge
• Historical: First suspension Structures, Private
bridge in Southeast Asia using Built Structures
Japanese Technology. and Commercial
• Scientific: It is made Earthquake Establishments
proof.
• Aesthetic: Unobstructed
overview of the Cagayan river.

Tangible
It served as headquarters of the
Sta. Teresa Japanese Immovable
Japanese troops during their
Tunnel/Garrison Heritage
occupation in the country.
Category: Sites
 • Historical: The ancestral house
was built during the Spanish
period specifically in the year
Tangible
1930.
Immovable
• Economic: Its second floor was
Heritage
Mendoza's Ancestral leased to a private person at the
Category:
House amount of P10.00 in the early
Heritage
1950’s..
Houses/Vernacula
• Socio-Political: Aside from being
r Architecture
a residential house it also served
as a classroom for grade 5 pupils
during 1950’s.

• Historical: It is historical
because its face is patterned from
the countenance of the donor,
Don Marcos Cauilan, the
gobernador Cillo sometime in
1845.
Tangible Movable
• Socio-Cultural: It shows the
Santo Intiero/Holy Heritage
way Cagayanos kept their deads
Sepulcre Category:
for a wake since a handkerchief
Religious Object
is tied from the head to the chin.
• The coffin looks like the
traditional coffin of the Ibanags.
• Spiritual: The faith of the people
is strengthened through their
devotion to the Santo Intiero.
 • HISTORICAL – The image was
passed on way back 1930’s and
Tangible Movable
still intact and adorned by the
Heritage
Cristo Rey family members.
Category:
• SPIRITUAL – It is a unifying
Religious Object
factor of the family and their faith
in God is intense.

• Historical- because the burnay

is inherited by her parents
• Social- the burnay was used by
Tangible Movable
the members of the family as
Heritage
household item
Burnay Category:
• Scientific- the material used was
Ethnographic
the reason why the burnay is still
Object
usable
• Aesthetic- it is still in its original
formation and texture
 • Historical – acquired 30 years
ago and still plying around the
vicinity until today
• Aesthetic – appealing in its old
natural vintage look
• Social – instrumental in peer Tangible Movable
group formation; an avenue for Heritage
Old Tricycle short interactions/acquaintance Category: Works
among community members of Industrial/
• Political – recognized and Commercial Arts
registered as a public utility
vehicle
• Spiritual – carries religious
images for procession every Holy
Week observation

• Social – It caters other people in

the neighbourhood to watch with
the family. Their ice candy
Tangible Movable
business was patronized by the
Transistor TV Receiver Heritage
viewers from the neighbourhood.
Model: 17 DGB Hitachi- Category: Works
• Spiritual – The top portion of the
Union of Industrial/
TV is used as an altar during
Commercial Arts
Black Rosary.
• Aesthetic – Its design looks
extraordinary

• Economic Significance – it Intangible Cultural

guarantees financial stability of Heritage
the newlyweds Category: Social
"Sab-ong"
• Socio-political – a binding Practices, Rituals
contract of two families for the and Festive
advantage of their children Events
 • HISTORICAL – the practice is
handed down from generations
and is still being practiced today
• SOCIAL- the practice clearly
manifests the strong kinship Intangible Cultural
among Ibanag who are known as Heritage
clanish Category: Social
Atang (Food Offering)
• SCIENTIFIC - considering the Practices, Rituals
belief that the atang can appease and Festive
spirits and cure illnesses, Events
contradictory to medical beliefs
and practice
• SPIRITUAL - deep respect for
the dead

Intangible Cultural
Heritage
• Aesthetic – It adds more beauty
Category: Oral
to the dance.
Maguiguinocal Song Traditions and
• Socio – It is a form of
Expressions,
entertainment.
including
Language
 • Economic: One of the main
livelihood for Lal-loquenios.
• Aesthetic: Has an inviting look
and pleasing when plated and
served. Intangible Cultural
• Socio-political and Spiritual: Heritage
Used as main delicacy during Category: Social
Pinalkang nga Cabibi
fiestas and other important Practices, Rituals
occasions. and Festive
• Scientific: Seasonal and scarce Events
during rainy days.
• Historical: It is the original way
of cooking the shell. The species
is found only in Lallo.
 • Historical: It passes from
generations to generations. It is
endemic & it is cooked only in the
municipality.
• Economical: Source of
livelihood (restaurant business)
• Aesthetic: Art of cooking
• Scientific: They preserve it by
putting in a jar (burnay) with small
amount of water or basket (labba)
covered with cloth or banana leaf Intangible Cultural
to maintain its cold temperature. Heritage
Pagpataki’ is a process allowing Category: Social
Igado nga Cabibi
the cabibi to defecate by Practices, Rituals
submerging it overnight in a small and Festive
amount of water. Kerker, on the Events
other hand is the process of
scrubbing the shell of cabibi 6x to
remove the muds. It’s a good
source of Vitamin E that makes
our skin and hair lighter and
shinier. It has an aphrodisiac
effect
• Socio-Cultural: It is one of the
main dishes on Cooking Festivals
held in every 1st week of August.
 • HISTORICAL –It passes from
generations to generations.
• SOCIO-POLITICAL - The
importance of the Cabibi has led
to the annual Cabibi Festival, a
week-long festivities climaxed by
dance competitions in front of the
Municipal Hall.
• AESTETHIC – The art of
cooking.
• SCIENTIFIC – They preserve
the cabibi by putting it in a jar
(burnay) with small amount of
Intangible Cultural
water or basket (labba) covered
Heritage
with cloth or banana leaf to
Category: Social
Adobo nga Cabibi maintain its cold temperature. It is
Practices, Rituals
also believed to have an
and Festive
aphrodisiac effect to those people
Events
who eats the cabibi.
• SPIRITUAL - Clusters of teams,
caparisoned in shell-inspired
costumes and backed-up by
movable production designs,
danced in lively formations,
demonstrated how to gather
shells, and paid tribute shell and
craft and to Our Lady (Viva
Maria).
• ECONOMICAL – It became the
source of livelihood of the people
in Lallo.
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ALITY OF LAL-LO
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CULTURAL PROPERTY

IN PTOTOGRAPH/MULTIMEDIA FILE LOCATION OWNERSHIP

located between Real

Streetand Maharlika
Hi-way adjacent to
Ifurung Street, infront
of the Municipal Town
Archdiocese of
Hall of Lal-lo,
Tuguegarao
Cagayan facing the
City
Cagayan River with a
Longitude of
18°11'57.67"N &
Latitude of
121°39'40.76"E

St. Dominic De
Guzman Parish,
Centro, Lal-lo, Archdiocese of
Cagayan Tuguegarao
18⁰ 11’ 57” N 12⁰ 39’ City
39”E
Barangay Tucalana,
Archdiocese of
Lal-lo, Cagayan 18⁰
Tuguegarao
10’ 56” N 12⁰ 39’
City
32”E

• 18.1226° N,
121.6730° E
• 714 km north of
Public/Departm
Manila and 74 km
ent of Public
from Tuguegarao City
Works and
• It is located
Highways
between Brgy.
Regional Office
Magapit and Brgy.
02
Bangag Lal-lo,
Cagayan

18012’43”N 1210
Privately owned
43’39” E
by CERILO
Zone 6 Sta. Teresa,
COLUMNA
Lallo, Cagayan
 Originally
owned by Don
Fructuso
Dupaya Street,
Mendoza but
Centro, Lallo,
presently
Cagayan
owned by Ms.
Nelia Rosal

owned by the
St. Dominic De
St. Dominic
Guzman Parish,
Parish and was
Centro, Lal-lo,
acquired
Cagayan
through
donation
 owned by Ms.
Soledad R.
Siriban
Siriban Residence,
acquired
San Jose, Lal-lo,
through
Cagayan
inheritance
from parents-in-
law

owned by Mrs.
Andrea Dela
Dela Fuente
Fuente
Residence, Centro,
acquired
Lal-lo, Cagayan
through
inheritance
San Jose, Lal-lo, owned by Mr.
Cagayan Jacinto Siriban

owned by Mrs.
Sta. Maria, Lal-lo,
Joana B.
Cagayan
Calubaquib

The “Sab-ong”, is a
social practice in
Ilocano community in
Lal-lo and its nearby
towns and provinces
particularly the Ilocos
Region. It is widely
practiced by elders,
parents in particular
before the wedding of
their children.
The ritual is one
Ibanag custom that is
widely practiced in
the Ibanag region
including the
municipality of Lal-lo.

B. Culture-
bearer/s and
practitioner/s of
the element
• Mrs. Andrea
C. Dela Fuente
– Song Writer
Municipality of Lal-lo
• Mr. Arthur P.
Agluba –
Composer
• Nueva
Segovia Choir
& Dance
Troupe
 B. Culture-
bearer/s and
practitioner/s of
the element
The shell is a
- According to
delicacy of all folks in
Ms. Althea
Lal-lo, but it is a part
Manuel, Dean
of the meal among
of Cagayan
the people of
State University
Catayawan, Sta.
College of
Maria and other
Hospitality, the
barangays near to the
way of
river where the shells
gathering is
thrive and Cabibi
known to all
gathering is the main
original Lal-lo
source of living of
folks and the
most of the people in
way of cooking,
these areas.
it is transferred
from parent to
their children.
 B. Culture-
It is endemic & it is bearer/s and
cooked only in the practitioner/s of
municipality OF Lallo the element:
Old folks
The catching of
“Cabibi” (Batissa
childreni), a local
term for shells found
on the banks of the
B. Culture-
Cagayan River in the
bearer/s and
Municipality of Lallo,
practitioner/s of
Cagayan is a major
the element:
agro-industrial activity
The cooking of
in the area. The
Cabibi dish is
livelihood of the
being practiced
townspeople depend
by all, no
on catching of cabibi
specific socio-
which can be found in
strata before,
abundance year
but now due to
round except during
its rising cost
certain months when
only the people
the current is strong.
who can afford
The demand for
to buy at
cabibi shell is
Php150.00 per
primarily due to its
kilogram can
gustatory taste. It is a
enjoy this
delicacy that has
mouth-watering
become a part of the
dish.
diet of Lalloquenos. It
could be prepared in
variety of ways, one
of which is the
“Adobo nga Cabibi”.