ZETS: Bantayan Islands from pure shores to Spanish Forts

ZETS ECO-CULTURAL TOUR
BANTAYAN ISLAND
CEBU CENTRAL VISAYAS PHILIPPINES

April 21,2011

The ancient customs of observing the traditional religious festivity during the Lent is drawing bigger and bigger crowd of devotees every year to Bantayan. The main attraction is the passion and death of Jesus Christ well illustrated in life size figures, mounted on high, richly decorated and brightly illuminated "carrozas"". These are paraded along the main streets on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Besides the passion and death of our Lord, images of saints as related in the Bible are also depicted. To this date, the scenes are complete from the Last Supper down to the scene when Jesus was being laid to His tomb.

Source from :

http://bantayan.gov.ph/tourism/holy-week-celebration

Sta. Fe Beach
Amazing Fun Race Activity
April 22,2011

VIRGIN ISLAND STA. FE CEBU

Our Children

Our Grand Children

BANTAYAN ISLAND HERITAGE TOUR

April 23,2011

TRACING THE ISLAND FORTRESS

During the time of Governor Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera ( 1635 - 1644), the Visayas were continually harassed by the Moros. Consequently, tall stone walls and watchtowers wer built in the different parts of the archipelago, for refuge and protection of the people from the moro aggression. The tall walls surround the convent and the church including half of the area where the Public Plaza now is. These watchtowers were loacally known as "BANTAYAN SA HARI " , meaning, " WATCHTOWERS OF THE KING" "KING OF SPAIN". The watchtowers served as look-outs for the incoming moro pirate vessels. In the course of their vigil after the moros, it became the common expression for them to say, BANTAYAN! BANTAYAN!, meaning, "KEEP WATCH! KEEP WATCH! , and that was how this island-group got its name. The presence of the relics of those watchtowers till today, attest to the well-fitting name BANTAYAN.

The FORT "KOTA" Ruins of STA. FE