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The Spanish introduced us this stringed instrument during the colonial period. But the Spaniards were not the inventors of the instrument although they were the first Europeans to get hold of the stringed instrument when Moors brought it into the Iberian peninsula after the 10th century A.D.

The word guitar itself is not considered of Spanish origin but of Arabic. In Arabic language, qitara (not gitara) is a name used for various members of lute family that preceded the Western guitar that we know today.

Though guitars were already manufactured in Cebu during the Spanish period, guitar-making has become a serious industry only after the WWII when the government helped promote the industry, maybe a part of economic reconstruction.

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This strange-sounding martial art is making its debut today, starting at 9:00 a.m. until 12 p.m. with the men’s tanding elimination round at the Cebu Coliseum.

The women’s competition is held in the afternoon starting with the tanding event at 2 p.m. and tunggal event later at 7:30 in the evening. Both competitions are elimination rounds.

The men’s regu event is scheduled at 7:30 in the evening along with the women’s tunggal event.

Pencak Silat is a form of martial art whose origin is uncertain but it is widely known across the Southeast Asian region or the Malay world, most notably in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. It has not gained widespread popularity in Thailand and the Philippines though. It made its debut as a competitive sport in the SEA Games in the game’s 22nd edition in Vietnam in 2003.

Located in the historic town of Carcar, some 40 kilometers down south of Cebu City, lies an idyllic place called Dancing Sun Subdivision.

The place was once the site of the rare mystical yet controversial phenomenon that drew tens of thousands of religious fanatics and devotees over a decade ago. There occured an inexplicable solar phenomenon where the sun seemed to ‘dance’ above the sky. At some point in time, the place became a pilgrim area.

The place has retained its natural charm of verdant undulating knolls blanketed with shrubberies and grasses that seem to invite you over for a luxurious country living amidst the chirping of birds, lowing of cows in pasture-lands, the rustlings of leaves of the trees as the wind blows, and the smell of fresh air all over.

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