Tuklas Cavite! - Municipality of Dasmariñas



Dasmariñas City


History




Before Dasmariñas became a city,it was started first as a barrio of Imus town. The town was named "Pérez- Dasmariñas" in honor of the Spanish Governor General of the islands (Goméz Pérez Dasmariñas) from 1590-1593.


In 1905 the town converted again as a barrio of Imus but during the American period in 1907 it became again into a town.


The local leaders including Placido  Campos, Francisco Barzaga, and Felipe Tirona agreed to delete the word "Pérez" and retain "Dasmariñas" as a new name of the town.

In 2009 through the Republic Act No.9723 Dasmariñas became a city.



Food

Lumpia & Toron


In Dasmariñas City, Lumpia and Toron was very famous to lasallian students.

It located infront of the gate1 of De La Salle University Dasmariñas.


Culture




Paru-paro Festival

The Dasmariñas City in Cavite is celebrated the Paru-paro Festival.

It is celebrated every 26th of November every year 

According to the former mayor of the city (Jennifer A. Barzaga) it started when Dasmariñas declared a city on November 26, 2009.


The city is likened to a butterfly that from being a worm later became a butterfly remarked the development of Dasmariñas from being a town to now a city.



Notable people


Goméz Pérez Dasmariñas


Goméz Pérez Dasmariñas y Ribadeneira was a spanish politician, diplomat, military officer and colonial official.

He was the 7th Governor General of the Philippines from 1590 to 1593, in honor of him the Dasmariñas town was named after him ('Perez Dasmariñas' that now known as Dasmariñas City.)

He was also the one who initiated the fortification of Intramuros and Fort Santiago.


Tourist Spot 






Museo De La Salle


The Museo de La Salle is located within the campus of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas.


This is one of the places in De La Salle University that you will find to know more about the history of Cavite.


The museum collection was illustrating the 19th century Ilustrado Lifestyle.











It was a mixed collection including the furniture, family portraits, books, religious items, memorabilia,stuffed animals, and period costumes.


Kadiwa Park


Dasmariñas City Park also known as Kadiwa Park , the name of the Park is get from the famous market in Cavite which is the Kadiwa Market.

Kadiwa Park was beautiful, tiny, and quite park wherein you can see and explore the artificial beautiful birds, the waterfalls, and the various colored lightened with spotlight animals.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tuklas Cavite! - Municipality of Ternate

Image
  MUNICIPALITY OF TERNATE History The municipality of Ternate was founded in 1663 when  the Spanish Garrison of Ternate were forced to defend the the City of Manila from an incoming Chinese invasion to the city. A number of Merdicas volunteered to help and all throughout they resettled near the mouth of the Bahra de Maragondon also known as Maragondon River.  Eventually the name of the Municipality of Ternate is after the name of an island found in Indonesia where the descendants of the Merdicas originates and integrated with the locals during the Spanish colonial period.  Language  When the Merdicas community settled in Ternate, they also brought their language along them. The Merdicas Community spoke a Spanish Creole with Portuguese and Papuan language community in their language which is a dialect of the Chavacano language in our country. The language is called Ternateño Chabacano or locally known as "Bahra" which literaly means river.  Cavite, which is ...
Read more

Tuklas Cavite! - Municipality of Alfonso

Image
  Municipality of Alfonso   History    In the 17th century Alfonso was a vast land area covered with thick forest. Alfonso formerly part of barrio of lumampong in Indang. It consist four sitios including Matayawanak, Pajo, Pangasab, and Alas-as.  The name Alas-as refers to the name of a tree that used for the construction of houses and bear sweet fruit.  Through the petition of community leaders (Bonifacio Aveo and Felix del Mundo) the town became a separate district municipality from Indang on March 16, 1859.  The name Alas-as was only long lasted in 17 years because the Spaniards officially named the town after The King Alfonso XII of Spain. Food Tablea Alfonso is the place where you can find tablea, it is made from cacao fruits. It is used in making chocolate or tsokolateng tablea aside from that tablea also used for Filipino dishes including champorado and in other chocolate base dessert. Culture Sanghiyang Festival Alfonso is celebrating Sanghiyan...
Read more

Tuklas Cavite! - Municipality of Tanza

Image
  Tanza History Tanza was formerly known as Santa Cruz de Malabon. In 1770, it became a separate town and then became a municipality in 1910. Tanza is originally a part of San francisco de Malabon called "Estancia" the word Estancia was derived from the Spanish word which means "Station". The name Santa Cruz de Malabon was changed into Tanza by the virtue of Act No.2390 by Cavite Representative Florentino Joya (1912-1916). Tanza is the place wherein Emilio Aguinaldo took his oath as the First President of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines. And Tanza is also the hometown of Felipe G. Calderon, he is the one who drafted the first Philippine Constitution. Food   The food in Tanza is heavily influenced by Spanish culture. There are some unique Tanza specialties that you must try including Pipian or Chicken Kare-kare and the Tinumis. Pipian Pipian is a similar dish to Kare-kare and the main ingredient is chicken instead of beef. The name Pipian comes from t...
Read more