Archaic beliefs of the Taaleños:

● The belief is that the best day to marry, move, open a store, or establish a
business is when the moon is in the growing stage.
● The belief is that if a person comes home hungry and greets someone in the
house who is also hungry, the person who is already in the house will get very
sick.
● The belief is that if a corpse is brought down the house, the windows must be
closed and the house should not be swept for four days. Cleaning is only done by
wiping, using a rag, and never by sweeping a broom.

Traditions in Taal:

● When newlyweds meet at the threshold of a home, they are fed with honey and a
special sticky native rice cake for lifelong understanding, sweetness, and
togetherness.
● Coins are showered over a newly baptized baby by the godfathers and
godmothers for good fortune. Coins are also showered in house blessings and
inaugurations of establishments by the sponsors and the guests who then
scramble for these same coins. Keeping the picked coins brings the “picker”
good luck.

**we can also ask locals about their traditions and beliefs**

Food

● Don Juan Restaurant

- features different local dishes of Taal and is said to be one of the bests
there is.

● Feliza Taverna Y Cafe

- a house that dates back to the Spanish colonization era and is named
after Feliza Dionko, private secretary to Emilio Aguinaldo, and former
owner of the home which now houses the cafe. The restaurant on the first
floor serves specialties such as Sinaing na Tulingan, Adobo sa Dilaw, and
Tapang Taal. The second floor has two air-conditioned rooms, a shared
bathroom with two shower stalls and two toilets, a spacious living room, a
grand dining room, and a lovely balcony. The house is filled with furniture
 and memorabilia that evoke genteel life in the 1800s, at the verge of the
country’s independence.

Ancestral Houses

● Casa VillaVicencio
● Villavicencio Wedding Gift House
● Agoncillo-Mariño Ancestral House

Churches

● Healing Wells of Sta. Lucia

● Basilica of St. Martin of Tours
● Archdiocesan Shrine Of Our Lady Of Casaysay

Suggestion for products:

● Balisong
- Feature Brgy. Balisong, where most of the knives actually originated.
- Feature the process of making balisong
- Feature the oldest place that sells the product

● Barong Tagalog
- Feature the embroidery patterns and three conventional designs which the
people of Taal follow such as the Arabesque, Romanesque and
geometric.
- Feature the oldest place that sells or makes the product

Festivals
EL PASUBAT
- stands for Empanada, Longganisa, Panutsa, Suman, Balisong, Barong
Tagalog,Tapa, Tamales, Tawilis, Tulingan — the delicacies and crafts that Taal
is known for. This is celebrated annually during the month of April.