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The Butuan City National and The Butuan City Balangay Museum,
The Butuan City National and The Butuan City Balangay Museum,
These two museums contribute in a large measure to our generation today. The museum is built to us to know what is history are. There is many artifacts and fossils can be seen in the museum and can be studied by us, students. Like the two National Museum we have here in Butuan City there is a lot of things we should study our history. Like the Ancient boat that we called Balangay Boat, the bones of our ancestors died, their coffins and things that they use for everyday life. We must visit our museum here in Butuan for us to know our own history we should know the history what we came from. The two museums here in Butuan is no entrance fee you can visit all you want. Anytime you want and you van bring your friends, relatives, and your family.
Ordinary Old Boat (Masao Boat)
The museum is located in Butuan City, the provincial capital of Agusan del Norte. It was established after the accidental discovery of archaeological materials by the City Engineering Office of Butuan City in 1974 while draining the water confined inside a man-made river system. Succeeding excavations conducted by the National Museum yielded tremendous archaeological finds of collectors・value. The most significant finds were the prehistoric Balanghai or Butuan boats that date from 4th to 13th centuries A.D., just five kilometers from the city proper. The National Museum conducted a scientific research, sending its archaeologists and researchers at Ambangan, Libertad. The establishment of the museum was facilitated through the support of the Butuan Museum Foundation, Inc., which was organized to assist the National Museum safeguard and preserve the rich cultural heritage of the region. Then President Ferdinand E. Marcos authorized the release of four units of Marcos-type school buildings while the city government donated a two-hectare lot, to realize the construction of the building. After 19 months, the formal inauguration finally took place on August 30, 1978.
This museum was established after the accidental discovery of archaeological materials by the City Engineering Office in 1974. Excavations in and around the area by the National Museum yielded more archeological artifacts, the most significant of which were prehistoric Butuan boats (balangay) that date from 4th to 13th centuries A.D., just five kilometers from the city proper.
On display are ethnographic materials from the Higaonon, Tiruray, Mamanua and Bukidnon ethnolinguistic groups: musical instruments, agricultural tools, baskets, textiles, personal adornments and household implements. Highlights of the exhibition are the Higaonon handwoven abaca blanket, a replica of the Butuan ivory seal written in ancient Javanese script (c. 1100 A.D., translated as "but-wan") and a replica of the Golden Tara of Agusan recovered from Wawa River in 1917. The gold statue is of Indo-Buddhist-Javanese influence. The original 21-carat gold figurine is presently kept at the gem room of the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History in the USA.
Admission:
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 4pm
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays by appointment
Address: Doongan, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte
Website: National Museum of the Philippines
Balaan Shrine, Aclan, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
Balaan (reverence in English) Balaan Shrine is built to be the place to give penance and sacrifice to our sins to God. Here in the peak of this hill, you can able to see the aerial vision of the whole town of Nasipit and Carmen. There is also a cool fresh air in the peak of the hill because its surrounds with trees and green grasses and you can go underneath the tree to rest. and if you want to take pictures this is the best place for your blogger moments because of the mountain ranges overview from the peak of kasunugan. The Holy Week is the best time to trek this hill. you can do the station of the cross or VIA CROSSES there is 14 cross in the entrance to the peak to pray and commemorate the passion of Christ.
This religious shrine covers 1, 800 square meters of uphill land and is located in Barangay Aclan, about nine kilometers from the Poblacion. From the foot to the top of the hill, fourteen (14) wooden crosses are strategically placed for the worshippers and the devotees to renew their vows and commitment (Panata) during the Lenten season.
People, from all walks of life, flock to this holy shrine for ardent prayers, especially during the Lenten season. They follow the stony trail from the first station of the cross to the last station until they reach the peak of the hill where a priest conducts the Holy Mass during Good Friday.
The Aclan Balaan Shrine was conceptualized by Mr. Alfredo A. Gamale and was officially inaugurated and blessed on September 13, 2006 through a mass officiated by Father Santiago Ybañez.
Kasunugan Peak, Kasunugan Falls and Cayon Cave, Amontay, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
Kasunugan Peak, Kasunugan Falls and Cayon Cave, Amontay, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
It is the one of the most beautiful places to adventure here in the Municipality of Nasipit is in Amontay, not the shrimp hatcheries nor the Amontay Beach Resort but the natural beauty of nature, The Kasunugan Peak, Kasunugan Falls and Canyon Cave. This place is more like the Grand Canyon of Mexico and the sight seeing the view in the peak of Kasunugan is like the Great Wall of China. You can also feel there the cold water flowing in your feet all along the way to exit the peak to the falls coming from the mountain ranges around the Peak and a cool breeze of fresh air coming from the trees around the mountains. You can also see the beautiful enormous rocks alongside the way to the falls, such a beautiful rock formation of canyon cave it is. It also has different living creatures in the forest. but the peak of Kasunugan is having a wildfire or grass fire when summer comes because of extreme direct heat waves of the sun and gaseous contaminant of the peak so that it will make a fire in above and that fire last 2 to more days. Although Kasunugan was just a little over 340 MASL – hence “peak” not “mountain” – we were pleasantly surprised to see that it is actually an exciting adventure with a variety of attractions. The first part of the trail was trekking on a creek with some mini-waterfalls in tow – and occasional rattan in some of the more overgrown parts.
From the summit, we descended into some vaguely-defined and overgrown trails and somehow found our way (thanks to the navigational skills of our hosts) to what turned out to be the most exciting part of the hike: the canyons! Surrounded by limestone cliffs on both sides of a creek, we had no choice but to trek on the canyon itself, and at one point we had to use a ladder to get down from a narrow ledge of the cliffside. This is also are some facts about the kasunugan please read.
Kasunugan Hill, Nasipit. Kasunugan Hill is a range of hills located in Amontay bounded by Barangay Camagong in the east through Amontay Canyon, Sitio Alicapawan, and Tabon in the south and Sitio Crasher in the west. It is a five (5) kilometer walk from the highway. Ascending it, one can experience its cascading springs and wide open steep trail. “Tangad – tangad”, as the local folks call it, is the thriving vegetation in the area, along with some trees.
Kasunugan Peak, Kasunugan Falls and Cayon Cave, Amontay, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
Kasunugan Peak, Kasunugan Falls and Cayon Cave, Amontay, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
From the summit, we descended into some vaguely-defined and overgrown trails and somehow found our way (thanks to the navigational skills of our hosts) to what turned out to be the most exciting part of the hike: the canyons! Surrounded by limestone cliffs on both sides of a creek, we had no choice but to trek on the canyon itself, and at one point we had to use a ladder to get down from a narrow ledge of the cliffside. This is also are some facts about the kasunugan please read.
Kasunugan Hill, Nasipit. Kasunugan Hill is a range of hills located in Amontay bounded by Barangay Camagong in the east through Amontay Canyon, Sitio Alicapawan, and Tabon in the south and Sitio Crasher in the west. It is a five (5) kilometer walk from the highway. Ascending it, one can experience its cascading springs and wide open steep trail. “Tangad – tangad”, as the local folks call it, is the thriving vegetation in the area, along with some trees.
Kasunugan Hill is a range of hills located in Amontay bounded by Barangay Camagong in the east through Amontay Canyon, Sitio Alicapawan, and Tabon in the south and Sitio Crasher in the west.
It is a five (5) kilometer walk from the highway. Ascending it, one can experience its cascading springs and wide open steep trail. “Tangad – tangad”, as the local folks call it, is the thriving vegetation in the area, along with some trees.
Kasunugan got its name from the frequent grass fires in the area. It is caused by the hunters of wild pigs who burn the grasses to trap the animals; second, natural grass fires occur in the area during summers.
Kasunugan Hill has been the home of wild boars, gray-haired monkeys, brown deer and some species of birds. It is a favorite haven for climbing enthusiasts and backcountry travelers. When you are at the peak of the hill, you can see the spectacular panoramic view of Nasipit and neighboring towns. Attempts have been made to save Kasunugan Hill from total destruction.
