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The Pre-Colonial Room at The Negros Museum

Photographs courtesy of Roger Joshua Venzal The Negros Museum is a repository of things Negrense. It tells the story of Negros and its people. The Pre-colonial Room tells the story of Buglas (now known as Negros) before the Spaniards came, and even when the colonizers had established themselves on the island. See how we were […]

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Hiligaynon as Spoken and Written by Chona Gosiaoco

Let’s talk about Hiligaynon, the lilting language spoken by inhabitants of Negros Occidental and the provinces of Panay Island, and even in Romblon, Masbate and Palawan. Forget about baybayin and let us Negrenses and Ilonggos first master Hiligaynon, alternately termed “Ilonggo” the latter referring to Iloilo culture and people. The Hiligaynon language never fails to […]

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