Tuguegarao

CITY HISTORY

The inception of the designation of our city Tuguegarao has variants and each version has its own story.

One of these is the presence of a sizably voluminous number of "tarao" trees in the area. It is additionally verbally expressed to emanate from the term "garrao" which denotes expeditious flowing due to the Pinacanauan River. Another source is verbally expressed to be "Tuggui gari yaw" which refers to an immensely colossal fire that affected the verbally expressed city then.

In 1850, the population commenced to increment in what was once considered a barangay but on May 9, 1604, it was given the status of "mission-pueblo" by the Spaniards which caused it to be included in the political units of the province. of Cagayan.

FIRST DENIZEN

During the 200th to 300th centuries the Itawes were a group of Malays living in the city. Later, they learned to verbalize Ibanag for use in adventure. Their main livelihood is hunting and farming.

MODERN TIME

Nowadays, establishments are emerging but the old but comely scenery will not be disoriented. One of the best places to visit when in Tuguegarao is St. Peter and Paul Cathedral or the soi-disant Tuguegarao Cathedral. This Cathedral is one of the churches built since the time of the Spaniards. Chariots and tricycles are the most used designates of conveyance. Tricycles are additionally prevalent here in Tuguegarao and other wagons are one of the oldest conveyance conveyances in the city.

Even beyond Tuguegarao, Callao Cave in Peñablanca, Cagayan is additionally a good place to visit. It is additionally visited by foreigners because of the pulchritudinous rock formations here.

If you are hungry, you can additionally taste the sundry pancits here in Tuguegarao. Withal popular here are Pancit Batil Patong and Pancit Cabagan and these pancits are found in panciteria scattered throughout Tuguegarao.

After 18 years of being a city Tuguegarao underwent major changes. These vicissitudes are good for the people here and can still be ameliorated and grown with the avail and care of the people of Tuguegarao and only time will tell how many hundreds or thousands of tourists will visit our minuscule city.

Pride of the place:

The history of Tuguegarao is genuinely good. Let's go to the sights here. The Sts. Peter and Paul Metropolitan Cathedral was built in 1761-1766 under the supervision of Spanish Dominicans who came to edify the Gospel in the Cagayan Valley. And the diocese of Tuguegarao was engendered by Pope Pius X on December 6, 1911.

Rizal’s Park is a magnetization here in the city of Tuguegarao. It is located in front of Tuguegaro East Cetral School. It is a few meters away from Paeso Reale Mall. It not only consists of the park but it additionally has a garden, establishment and its center is the statue of Jose Rizal. The statue was erected not only to recollect our hero, but it inspired everyone because of his stoutheartedness.

The Buntun Bridge is one of the longest bridges in the country with a length of 1,124 kilometers (0.698 mi). And it is 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) from the city.

Now let's verbalize about a very frolicsome day here in Tuguegarao, the Pav-vurulun Festival.

Pav-vurulun Festival is a long festival that customarily ends on the 16th of August every year. Pav-vurulun is Ibanag word meaning "partying" or "teamwork". It is in this context that the city annually celebrates the feast of the patron saint in accolade of St Hyacinth, the 'patron saint' of the city. It amasses Tuguegaraoeños in a week long festivities along with a mass. The long festival is a festival of activities such as parades, comeliness contests, Pancit Batil Patung victualing contest, street dancing competitions, sports fest, trade fairs and more.

St. Hyacinth Church (San Jancinto Church) or the Ermita de Piedra de San Jacinto (Stone Chapel of San Jacinto) is a historic church founded in 1604, it is 100 years older than Sts. Peter and Paul Metropolitan Cathedral. American soldiers during the Philippine-American War utilized it as headquarters in 1899.

Food:

Pinakufu

Pinakufu is a well-kenned delicacy of the Ybanags of Tuguegarao City. Pinakufu is kenned because virtually all barangays in the city have their own manufacturers and sellers. Pinakufu can be found in snack shops and is conventionally brought by snack vendors.

The pinakufu is composed of ground soused in sticky and grated coconut, molded into a tongue shape and then fried in oil and melted sugar. So when stranded in Tuguegarao City do not forget to probe for Pinakufu.

Patupat

The Ybanag is withal a well-kenned snack, it is customarily prepared for festivals and prayers. The kindred attribute of the suman of katagalugan is true. The stick is made from sticky fish in coconut milk and sugar, after it is half-cooked it is wrapped in banana leaves and steamed until cooked through. Patupat is withal popularly utilized as a greeting.

Binallay

Binallay is additionally one of the dishes that is genuinely the Ybanag brand. It is one of the delicacies that will not be disoriented in the Ibanag households during Easter or Holy Week.

All you require is sticky, sugar and coconut milk to make ‘latex’. The adhesive is wrapped in banana leaves and like a stick, it will additionally evaporate until cooked. ‘Latex’ will accommodate as a sauce or sauce of binallay.

The pinakufu, patupat and binallay are just some of the foods that the Ibanag of Cagayan are proud of, they may have kindred attributes elsewhere but if you can get utilized to Cagayan you can taste our ambrosial victuals.