Sta.

Rita

Sto.
Toma
s

Sasm
uan

TOPONYM
Topographical
Features
Plant names

FESTIVALS and
TRADITIONS
Secular and Religious
Festivals
Himno ning Balen

Patron names

Beliefs

Personal names

Rituals
Culinary Specialities

TOWN FOUNDED
Origin
Demography

MAP
Landmarks

MEMORABLE
KAPAMPANGANS
Contributions in Pampanga
history
Politicians
Athletes
Entertainers

Land used

Artists

Political Map

Inventors

Location

Administrators

Sta.R
ita

Topographical
Features

Santa Rita is generally of flat terrain

with slopes of only 0-3%. Sapang Maragul Creek
winds its way from Bacolor to Barangay San
Isidro, passing through barangay San Matias and
San Vicente. The mega Dike traverses the
western tip of the municipality, passing through
portions of barangay San Isidro, San Juan, and
San Basilio. Fourteen creeks traverse Santa Rita.
Santa Rita, with a total land area of
3,296 hectares, is a pear-shape town in the
heart of Pampanga. Bounded on the North by
the mountainous terrain of Porac, on the East by
Bacolor, and on the South by Guagua.

Santa Rita
Santa
Rita
nd
2
District
2nd District
o Becuran
o Becuran
o Dila-dila
o Dila-dila
o San Agustin
o San Agustin
o San Basilio
o San Basilio
o San Isidro
o San Isidro
o San Jose
o San Jose
o San Juan
o San Juan
o San Matias
o San Matias
o San Vicente
o San Vicente
o Santa Monica
o Santa Monica

Sta.R
ita

Plant
Plant
Names
Names
Santa Rita is the home of Duman and OcampoLansang Delicacies (Turones de Casuy, Sansrival, Uraro
and other sweets that sell in SM City Malls nationwide).
Duman is made of malagkit rice (lakatan malutu) that
is beaten from its husks and toasted in a clay oven. To
the rest of the country, it may just be plain green rice
or even un-popped pinipig. But it is a prized seasonal
food that can be found during the Christmas season,
after the rice harvest in November. The younger
kernels of rice that dont fall off the husks are colored
green. These husks are beaten against a hard surface
until they fall off. They are then soaked in water,
cooked for 30 minutes and then pounded. This rigorous
process helps release the sweet oils and nuttiness of
the rice.Years ago, during duman season, Santa Ritas
streets rang daily with the tok-tok of baseball batsized wooden pestles hitting meter-high mortars as
lacatan malutu, a red-husked variety of glutinous rice,
was transformed into duman. Nowadays, only a few
barangay (the smallest Philippine administrative unit,
something along the lines of a district or village)

Sta.R
ita

Saint
Saint Rita
Rita
of
Cascia
of Cascia::

PATRON
NAME

Saint
of of
theImpossible,
abused
Saint
theImpossible,
abused
wives
and
widows
wives
and
widows

St. Rita of Cascia (1381) was

born in the Italian town of
Roccaporena. When her husband
and twin sons died, she entered the
Augustinian Nuns. At age 60, while
meditating before the cross, a
wound seeming afflicted by a thorn
appeared on her forehead. St. Rita
began
boring
the
sign
of
stigmatization which is considered
being one with Jesus. Because of
the stigmata, she suffered in pain
for the next 15 years which she
courageously accepted. St. Rita
died on May 22, 1457.

FEAST: MAY
22

Sta.R
ita

PERSONAL
PERSONALNAME
NAME
Santa Rita was named after its patroness,
Santa Rita de Casia whose festivity is
celebrated every 22nd of May. The town
was earlier referred to as Santa Rita de
Lele or Santa Rita Baculud due to its
proximity to the ancient town of
Baculud , now known as Bacolor. This
was due to the nearness of the latter
town where Sta. Rita residents bought
their daily needs.

Sta.R
ita

ORIGIN

The town of Sta. Rita was officially

founded in 1726. However, records date the
existence of the settlement back to 1697.
Huge wild trees dominated the landscape
when the Spanish first arrived. They cleared
an area that was called Gasak, the original
name of the site which is now San Isidro.
Initially integrated with Porac, the settlement
gradually to a wide territory embracing the
present barrios of San Vicente, San Matias,
Sta. Monica, San Agustin and San Juan. It was
renamed Sta. Rita in 1726 and became
independent of Porac in 1770.

Sta.R
ita

DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION CENSUS OF STA. RITA
YEAR

POPULATION

%P.A.

1990

28,296

1995

32,321

+2.52%

2000

32,780

+0.30%

2007

36,723

+1.58%

2010

38,762

+1.99%

Sta.R
ita

LANDMARKS
Sta. Rita de
Casia
Parish
Church

The heritage Church is under the

jurisdiction of theRoman Catholic
Archdiocese of San Fernando. Fr.
Pedro de San Nicolas served as
minister of both Porac and Sta. Rita in
1722, but it was only in 1726 when
Sta. Rita had its own priest and
therefore became an independent
parish. Fr. Francisco Royo built the
present church in 1839; Fr. Juan
Merino completed it in 1868.
Building of the church had to be
delayed until the late 19th century
due
to
economic
adjuristicial
conditions. The single-nave church is
55m long, 13m wide and 10m high. It
has a large and well lit transept. The
solid brass facade has baroque
characteristics
and
the
single
columns are relatively slender.

Sta.R
ita

LANDMARKS

Five
Heritage
Bells
There are five heritage bells in this
town: the Seora de la Cornea was
installed at the belfry in 1869;
Dolorosa bell in 1878; and the
bells of Virgen de Lourdes, San
Jose and Santa Ritaall installed
on May 20, 1911. The last three
pieces of relic bells are scheduled
to be declared
CentenaryBellsbyArchbishopPaci
anoAniceto.
The installation of these bells was
initiated by Fr. Braulio Pineda, the
first Filipino priest of the town and
a native of Sta. Rita. Enrique
Guanlao, president of the parish
pastoral council, has indicated in a
paper that H. SunicoJaboneros
manufactured the five bells. By
the time that Reyes was appointed
parish priest here in 2009, only
the tandem of the medium-sized
Dolorosa bell (kampanangmenor)
and the huge Santa Rita bell
(kampanangmayul) gave the town

Sta.R
ita

LANDMARKS
Villa
Epifania
The Grand Old House of Sta.
Rita
is
the
film
site
ofTinimbang
Ka
Ngunit
Kulang, Tanging Yaman and
many other films.
The villa was named after
Dona Epifania who came from
an equally rich and powerful
Floridablanca-based clan, the
Alvendias. The ancestral lot
was owned by the Guanzon
patriarch
Don
AgapitoGuanzon
(Captain
Pitong) the then Captain
Municipal
(equivalent
to
todays municipal mayor) of

Sta.R
ita

LANDMARKS

Sta.R
ita

LOCATION
LOWER part

POLITICAL MAP

STA.
RITA

Secular and Religious Festivals

Duman Festival

Sta. Rita, Pampanga is known as

the best producer of duman. In fact,
the region holds a yearly festival
dedicated to this simple-looking
treat. The festival started when the
community
found
themselves
gathered in the streets, pounding
away the duman with their large
wood mortars at two oclock in the
morning. To the local folk, duman
can be bought at Php 40 by the
glass. However, it is amazing to learn
that duman is actually exported to
other parts of the country and the
world at around $35 a kilo.
To get a taste of this green gold,
visit the Sta. Rita Duman festival on
the first Saturday of December.
There are also establishments in
Angeles City and in San Juan,
Pampanga that serve duman rice.
Susies Cuisine in Angeles and
Butchies Recipes in La Moderna in
San Juan serve small amounts of

H
I
M
N
O
NING

B
A
L
E
N

Labuad a Tibuan, Balen a Caluguran

Lyrics: Enrique a Guanlao
Music: Jose D. Laxamana
Dane ning aslagan, busal ding dayatan
Sipwac king dingalan, liping ating sipagan;
Dios a mamari, e macalinguan capilanman.
Pale, gule at atbu, pawas ding ortelanu
Turones at zansrival, picabaluan a mayumu;
Talapagobrang catawan, tanyag pun at sepu,
Imbut da ing mibagwa ca, pupuri't sasaludu.
Nanumang sacuna, lahat ya man o albug,
Mibangun ca't talacad, numan tindi ing pagsubuc;
Pamisanmetung, masabal, deti ding miubug,
Nanunung sacdal a yubu, lundu ning lau't lugud.
Indung balen Sta. Rita, labuad a payapa,
Diyes baryung cabilugan, metung mu ing pigampa;
Sumangid man dayat-malat, metung mu itnag diwa,
Tindag, leguan ning lupa mu, tangalan at akit sa.
Beluan at tetagan, ngeni't aldo ning bucas,
Keka ibabie mi, sable pati paninap;
Nung deti dimut pa, keka ya sanang atalastas,
Ibubu ing kekeng daya, sunlag cang matimyas.

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Pasyun Serenata
In Brgy. Basilio, local folks hold a quaint version
of the pasyun, called pasyun serenata, in which
two sets of chanters mounted on elevated
platforms alternately sing the pasyun to the tune
of classical opera pieces, each group of chanters
accompanied by its own brass band situated
beneath the singers. the whole performance lasts
all night, and is repeated nightly throughout the
holy week. the bands are allowed to play their
best pieces during intervals between pasyun
texts, but there is only a small crowd to
appreciate them. the bands are also placed
precariously close to the road, where noisy
tricycles and over speeding jeepneys and trucks
interfere with otherwise magnificent show.

CULINARY
SPECIALTIES
Turones de
Casoy

Duman rice

CULINARY
SPECIALTIES

Sans Rival

Uraro

CULINARY
SPECIALTIES
Mamon

Toasted Mamon

Masa Podrida

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS
ARTIST

OTHERS

Serafin Quiason

Ramon Ocampo

Galo Ocampo

Feliciano Valencia

Saturnino Ocampo

Ian Flora
Wilfredo Santacruz

ENTERTAINER
Rosa Rasal

Domingo Santos

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS

Serafin
Quiason

He is
a pain
mosa
ter,
icist,
s
t
a
ine
artist
and dis d glass
Surre
alism ciple of
. H is b
know
e st
n
work
Brown
i s th e
Mado
nn
which
Filipp a (1938)
inized
image
the
o
f th e
mothe
B
lessed
r, Cre
a
amon
g Chu ting a stir
rch of
cials.

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS
(16 October 1913 12
September 1985) was a
Filipino artist. He was also
the first Filipino to study
heraldry and was a member
of the International
Institute of Genealogy and
Heraldry in Madrid.

Galo Ocampo

A modernist painter, he painted

works such as the "Moro
Dancer" and the "Igorot Dance".
Among his paintings, the
"Brown Madonna" garnered
attention in 1938 because of its
depiction of Jesus and Mary as
non-Caucasian, brown Filipinos;
It was also said to be "flat and
two-dimensional". He, along
with Victorio C. Edades and
Carlos V. Francisco, painted the
mural "Rising Philippines" in the
lobby of the Capitol Theater in
Manila.

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS
(born April 7, 1939) is a
Filipino politician, activist,
journalist, and writer.

Saturnino
Ocampo

After his three terms as

congressman, he ran for
senator in the May 2010
elections; thenRepresentative Liza Maza of
the women's partylist group
GABRIELA and Ocampo were
fielded by the Makabayan
coalition and were included as
guest senatorial candidates of
the Nacionalista Party, a
mainstream Philippine
political party and whose
presidential standard bearer,
Senator Manny Villar, they
supported.
After the elections, on Aug.
21, 2010, Ocampo started a
weekly opinion column in the

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS
Florence Danon Gayda
(born October 16, 1931),
better known as Rosa Rosal

Rosa Rosal

A FAMAS award-winning
Filipino film actress
dubbed as the "original
femme fatale of
Philippine cinema". She
is also known for her
work with the Philippine
National Red Cross. For
her humanitarian
activities, she received
the 1999 Ramon
Magsaysay Award for
Public Service, an award
widely considered as

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS

1942- Ramon Ocampo- he manages the original sans rival/ turrones de

kasuy factory in Sta. Rita.
1901 Feliciano Valencia He speaks bitterly of how he gave borrowed
money and all his documents to someone who had promised to work on his
veterans claims and has not heard from him since
1983 Ian Flora he knows by heart all the Latin Church hymns
1965 Wilfredo Santacruz as a kasamak, he gets four sacks of unmilled
rice as his annual salary
1913- Domingo Santos He worked in a farm until he was 86, when
sugarcane bulu permanently blinded his right eye

Sto.
Tomas

Topographical
Features

SantoThomas is the smallest and youngest town

in Pampanga, and strategically at the heart of the
province of Pampanga. Santo Thomas is bounded on
the Northwest by the City of San Fernando, on the
North-east by the municipality of San Simon, on the
South-east in the municipality of Minalin, and on the
West by Bacolor. The municipality of Santo Thomas is
part of the Fourth Congressional District of
Pampanga.
Its former name was Santo Thomas de Baliwag
or simply Baliwag which originated from the
Spanish direct translation which means, tardy as
the people from this province usually arrive late
during mass at the time of the Spanish Colonialist.

Santo Tomas
Santo Tomas
4th District
4th District
o Moras De La Paz
o Moras De La Paz
o Poblacion
o Poblacion
o San Bartolome
o San Bartolome
o San Matias
o San Matias
o San Vicente
o San Vicente
o Santo Rosario
o Santo Rosario
o Sapa ( Sto. Nino)
o Sapa ( Sto. Nino)

Sto.
Tomas

PATRON
NAME
Saint
Saint
Thoimas
Thoimas::

A
Ap
po
os
sttle
le,P
,Prre
ea
ac
ch
he
err,, C
Ch
hrris
isti
tia
an
nm
ma
arrtty
yrr

St. Thomas
(calledDidymuswhich means
"the twin") was one of theTwelve
ApostlesofJesus Christ,
according to theNew Testament.
He is informally calleddoubting
Thomasbecause he doubted
Jesus' resurrection when first
told (in theGospel of John),
followed later by his confession
of faith, "My Lord and my God",
on seeing Jesus' wounded body.

FEAST: JULY
3

Sto.
Tomas

PERSONAL NAME

The towns name was derived from Baliwag

(tardy in Spanish) due to the fact that the
natives often arrive late for Holy Mass, whose
original name was Santo Thomas had its
Patron, St. Thomas the Apostle. He is also
called Doubting Thomas or Didymus, meaning
twin as does Thomas in Aramaic and was
of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. The Patron
Feast is celebrated yearly on the 21st of
December from the Towns original founding
date of 1792.

Sto.
Tomas

ORIGIN
The town's name is derived from Baliwag ("tardy" in
Spanish) a reference to local habit of arriving late for
Mass. Baliwag, whose original name was Santo Tomas,
had its Patron, St. Thomas the Apostle.

On September 15, 1792, Santo Tomas was severed from its

parent Minalin, Pampanga. On May 4, 1899, the town was under
the U.S. Force's administration. On January 2, 1905, it was ceded
to San Fernando, Pampanga until 1905. On October 12, 1951,
Executive Order No. 476 (issued by ElpidioQuirino) created Santo
Tomas and its five barrios of San Matias, San Vicente, San
Bartolome, Sto. Rosario and Poblacion with the seat of
government at barrio San Vicente.

The town became the site of the bloody encounter between

Filipino and American forces during Philippine Revolution
known as the Battle of Santo Tomas.

Sto.
Tomas

DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION CENSUS OF STO. TOMAS
YEAR

POPULATION

%P.A.

1990

33,309

1995

29,628

-2.17%

2000

32,695

+2.13%

2007

37,866

+2.05%

2010

38,062

+0.19%

Sto.
Tomas

LANDMARKS
St. Thomas
the Apostle
Parish
Church
The 1929 St. Thomas the
Apostle
Parish
Church
(Poblacion
Santo
Tomas,
Pampanga) belongs to the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese
of San Fernando. The feast is
July 3. The current parish
priest is Fr. Renato Sabile.
On February 14, 2004, the
Parish Pastoral Center and
Convent were blessed and
inaugurated
by
Bishop
PacianoAniceto. On October
16, 2004, the columbarium,
mortuary and museum were

Sto.
Tomas

LANDMARKS
San Matias
Parish
Church
The 1962 San Matias Parish
Church belongs to the Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of San
Fernando.
Its
incumbent
parish priest is Rev. Marius P.
Roque, of the Vicariate of
Christ, under Vicar Forane,
Rev. Reynaldo D. dela Cruz. It
has a population of 16,672
with Catholics, 16,005. The
former parish priest was Rev.
Marlon Cunanan and parochial
vicar
was
Rev.
Nestor
Figueroa.

Sto.
Tomas

LANDMARKS

Sto.
Tomas

LOCATION
LOWER part

POLITICAL MAP

STo.
Toma
s

Economic
activities

Casket Making

Pottery /
Ceramics

Secular and Religious Festivals

Santo Tomas' main attractions and
events are:

Sabuaga Festival

The yearly Easter Sunday Flower

Scattering Festival or Sabuaga
Festival (from sabuag and sampaga
which means scatter flowers)
originated from Easter Sunday
Salubong (April 8, 2012) where
estabats scatter flowers.
First Evacuation Center and MultiPurpose Hall at Poblacion, Sto.
Tomas, July 5, 2010.
The Northville 12 ECCD Center and
Health Center, July 15, 2010.
Municipal Hall Annex, Donato B.
Pangilinan, Sr. building, also the New
Public Market and Police Station,
inaugurated on the 60th anniversary
of Santo Tomas founding, October
12, 2011.

H
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B
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HIMNO NING BALEN STO. TOMAS

COMPOSED BY: Jose Irwin M. Nucum
Interpreted by; Ramon C. David
Sto. Tomas de Baliwag
Keka minuna mibansag,
King lalwigan mipatuyag
Pugad ning leguan at liyag.

Kapayapan at kalayan
King salu mu manuknangan
Memalen sari kamalan
Ilang maula mung pibandian.

Mipuri ka, Sto. Tomas!

Dai mu keka kukwintas:
Lugud a dalise at wagas,
Pasalamat alang kupas,
tanggapan mut kamtan lakwas
Bendisiun ning banuang matas!

Luid ka, O baln ming tibuan!

Tula ming manialilungan,
Layun mubug paintungulan
At miungle mal mung kandungan!

Mipuri ka, Sto. Tomas!

Dai mu keka kukwintas:
Lugud a dalise at wagas,
Pasalamat alang kupas,
tanggapan mut kamtan lakwas
Bendisiun ning banuang matas!

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PakbungHudas
-is an event wherein an efgy of Judas Iscariot,
stuffed with firecrackers, is lit up in front of the
church patio for a big bang to start the Easter
Season. The firecrackers are so positioned so
that the efgy moves horizontally counterclockwise then clockwise, then vertically
clockwise and counter-clockwise before finally
exploding.

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS
SURGEON
Gregorio Singian

OTHERS
Delia David
Ramil Mercado
Jerry Canlas
Gabina Zapata
Rhyan Capuli
Anthony Sarmiento

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS

Gregorio
Singian

The
fat
Philip
pine S her of
u
fough rgery; he
t in t h
Philip
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Philip
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pi
ofSur ne College
geons
(PCS)

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS

1961- Delia David A cosmetologist, her

passion is making other women look
beautiful
1964- Ramil Mercado He moulds
earthen jars purely by hand
1947 Jerry Canlas He makes lawanit
cofns for a living

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS

1910 Gabina Zapata She has manned

a tiny sari-sari store all her life
1978 RhyanCapuli he played the title
role in a recent stage production of
CrissotsAnakningKatipunan
1997 Anthony Sarmiento First thing
he does when he wakes up in the
morning is cry

Sasmuan

ORIGIN
Sasmuan already had a well-developed system of
government well before the era of Spanish colonization. It
evolved to be one of the oldest and major settlements in
Pampanga by the 16th century. The Santa Lucia Church
was one of the first Roman Catholic churches built in the
Philippines by the Spaniards with the political and
financial support of the Principalia.
Sasmuan
as
sexmoan
became
the
source
of
embarrassment to its residents due to the sexual
connotation it inevitably invites. In 1991, by virtue of
Republic
Act
4160,
the
name
"Sexmoan"
was
consequently changed to its original name reclaiming
the true symbol of the locality and its proud history.

Sasmu
an

PERSONAL NAME

The Etymology of the towns name can be

derived from two Kapampangan words :
Sasa, and Pitabmuan

During
the
Spanish
Regime
and
subsequently the American occupation,
the
towns
name
degenerated
to
Sexmoan after it was spelled in
Spanish by friars with X pronounced as
S as in xylophone attempting to
transcribed Sasmuan, the orinal and
current name.

Sasmuan

LOCATION
LOWER part

POLITICAL MAP

SASM
U
AN

Sasmuan

Topographical
Features

Sasmuan is situated in the southwestern tip of the

province of Pampanga, bounded on the northwest by the
town of Guagua, in the east by the town of Macabebe and
Masantol; in the west by the town of Lubao; and in the south
by Manila Bay. It lies along the bank of the Grand Pampanga
River reaching and winding until Manila Bay. It has a total
land area of nine thousand one hundred seventy five
hectares (9,175 has.) but around 40% or 3,721 hectares is
presently administered by local administration. The
remaining 60% is still under dispute and is presently
administered by the Municipality of Lubao. Out of the 3,
721.94 hectares, ninety-eight percent (98%) is devoted to
fishponds and water sources such as rivers, esteros and
creeks.

Sasmuan
Sasmuan
2nd District
nd
2 District
o Batang 1st
o Batang 1st nd
o Batang 2
o Batang 2nd
o San Pedro
o San Pedro
o Santa Lucia
o Santa Lucia
o San Nicolas 1st
o San Nicolas 1st nd
o San Nicolas 2
o San Nicolas 2nd
o Sebitanan
o Sebitanan
o Malusac
o Malusac
o San Antonio
o San Antonio
o Santa Monica
o Santa Monica
o Mabanguan
o Mabanguan

Sasmuan

Plant
Names

The Etymology of the towns name can be derived

from Kapampangan word: Sasa or Nipa , an evergreen
bamboo plant which sasmuan used to have in
abundance during its early years. Nipa palms grow in
softmudand slow-moving tidal and river waters that
bring in nutrients. The palm can be found as far inland
as the tide can deposit the floating nuts.The nipa
palm's trunk grows beneath the ground and only
theleavesandflowerstalk grow upwards above the
surface. Thus, it is an unusual palm tree, and the leaves
can extend up to 9m (30ft) in height. The flowers are a
globularinflorescenceof female flowers at the tip
withcatkin-like red or yellow male flowers on the lower
branches. The flower produces woody nuts arranged in
a globular cluster up to 25cm (10in) across on a single
stalk. The ripe nuts separate from the ball and are
floated
away
on
the
tide,
occasionally

Sasmuan

Saint
Saint Lucy
Lucy
of
Cyracus
of Cyracus::

PATRON
NAME
Pa
Patr
tro
on
no
off B
Bli
lin
nd
dn
ne
ess
ss

The glorious virgin and

martyr
St.
Lucy,
was
a
youngChristian
martyrwho
died during theDiocletianic
Persecution.
This saint is
believed to help not only the
blind but women who wish to
have fertility and to bear
children.

FEAST:
FEAST:
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
13
13

Sasmuan

DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION CENSUS OF SASMUAN
YEAR

POPULATION

%P.A.

1990

21,148

1995

23,146

+1.71%

2000

23,359

+0.20%

2007

26,630

+1.82%

2010

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Sasmuan

LANDMARKS
Santa Lucia
Parish
Church
The Santa Lucia Parish
Church in Sasmuan is the
first church in the province
built by Augustinin priests.
It stands right beside the
Ro Grande, the ancient
waterway that connected
Pampanga to Manila Bay.
The structure is said to have
been built by Jose Duque in
the 17th century. It was
rebuilt in early 1800 and
was reinforced by
ToribioFanjul in 1884.

Sasmuan

LANDMARKS

Secular and Religious Festivals

Fiesta San Juan

Celebrated every June 24 in

honor ofSt. John the Baptist.
Customarily, visitors to the
town are doused with water
in imitation of the saint's
biblical role. A grand fluvial
parade is conducted that
lasts throughout the day.
Celebrated every January 6
in honour of the town's
patron saint,Saint Lucy. This
saint is believed to help not
only the blind but women
who wish to have
fertilityand to bear children

Kuraldal Festival

CULINARY
SPECIALTIES
Polvoron

Palapat

Tamales

Tabang
Talangka

CULINARY
SPECIALTIES
Dulum

Taklang
Dagis

Eko

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS
ATHLETE

OTHERS

Japheth Paul C.
Aguilar

Dominga Maninang

POLITICS

Magdalena Caladiao

Harold Garcia

Maria Belen Velasco

Monico R. Mercado

MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS

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MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS

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MEMORABLE KAPAMPANGANS

1920 Dominga Maninang self-described shyest person in the

world
1991 Harold Garcia Too much play cost him a slot in the honour
roll
1937 Magdalena Caladiao she lost husband to tuberculosis and a
son to leukemia within the same year
1917 Maria Belen Velasco people still talk about how she rolled
on the ground and jumped for joy when her husband returned from
war