Good morning OUTCAP group, Kaunting kaalaman lang po tungkol sa nakaraang panahon ng bayan ng Capalonga , Agtas and Dumagats, are believed to be the first inhabitants of village used to be called Apalong. This name was derived from a wild plant called Palong Manok , which looks like a roosters comb. It is said that whenever the settlers of Apalong went to other places and asked where they came from, the usual reply is We came from Kapalungan. Historians may comment that the natives were either referring to their place which has many Palong (rosters comb) or maybe they wanted identification for their settlement. Whatever it was, no record will show and no one at that time is still living, what is clearly known to Capalongueños is that this place was and still is an environment of flowers called Palong Manok . In 1572, the Spanish Conquistador Capt Juan de Salcedo and his men reached pacific shores and landed on Kapalongan settlement. Instead of finding gold, they found abundant wild beautiful red flowers that looked like rosters comb. The Spaniards built a church, formed a government, and the village was made a town and officially named Capalonga. The Spaniards for some years persisted on mining for gold at Sitio Maglagonlong, and the Spanish control was described to be brutal, harsh and full of harassment until they went away leaving behind imprints on the communitys cultural heritage. It is also believed that the first migrants of Capalonga came from the neighbouring province of Quezon , formerly Tayabas. This is the reason that out of the twelve (12) municipalities of Camarines Norte , Capalonga has the highest rating and accent in speaking the Tagalog language . However, with the continuous migration process, mixed dialects has been produced. Today, like other places in the country, the dialects of the residents were enriched by various local medium of expression, thereby making no difference from the trend of other political units. Without roads and being isolated from other towns by mountains, forest, rivers and sea, Capalonga remained relatively undeveloped by commerce and industry as late as the 1950s. In 1956, the road to Capalonga was opened. Still, growth had been slow until Martial law changed the pace. It was in the years 1987 to 1992 that all wooden and temporary bridges have been replaced by concrete bridges. Likewise, in the late part of 2003 up to the present, the paving of the Bagong Silang - Capalonga Road has started and existence of the air-conditioned van transport is now available as a result
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:04:27 +0000
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