Ang Gaspar Heritage Island ng Marinduque

Kamangha-mangha ang naging papel ng Marinduque kapag pinag-usapan ang sinaunang pottery at jewelry. Kalanay pottery complex ang ideya na ipinangalan ni Wilhelm G. Solheim II, archaeologist, matapos niyang suriin ang mga pottery at earthenware sa Guthe Collection sa University of Michigan noong 1957. Nakolekta naman ang mga ito ni Dr. Carl Guthe sa Pilipinas sa pagitan ng 1922 at 1925.

Iminungkahi noon ni Otley Beyer na ang mga koleksiyon mula sa Marinduque na nahukay ni Alfred Marche noong 1881 ay makikitang taglay ang mga katangian ng Kalanay complex pottery na natagpuan sa iba pang bahagi ng Pilipinas.

Ang mga paunang ulat tungkol dito sa mga unang lugar ay naisulat naman nina Fox at Evangelista, 1958.

Noong 1959 naman, si Arsenio Manuel, Pinuno ng Kagawaran ng Anthropology, University of the Philippines, ay naghukay sa maraming mga site sa Marinduque, na ang pinakamahalaga ayon sa panulat ni Solheim ay ang mga natagpuan sa Tres Reyes (Gaspar Island).

Aniya, “from partial stratigraphy and typology the contents of the Tres Reyes site have been divided into three groups. The middle strata (not well defined), nearly one and a half meters thick, contains a great variety of Kalanay complex pottery (Solheim 1959b: 103). Unfortunately, no report on this material has yet appeared. Part of the marterial is with Manuel, part with Beyer, and some pieces on display at the National Museum…”

“Decoration and form of the Tres Reyes pottery fits the Kalanay complex style very neatly. Several of the diagnostic designs are present plus several variations on these designs, and one previously unencountered element”. (Solheim)

In addition, between this island and the mainland, a sunken Chinese junk of the Sung and Chang Dynasty was discovered by fishermen and recovered by a joint team of the National Museum  and a foreign salvage group. Numerous porcelain plates, jars, skillets and others were recovered.

"Katulad ng pulseras na nahukay sa Gaspar Island (Tres Reyes Is.) ang nakuha rin sa Pamintaan Cave" (Torrijos). Bahagi ito ng naisulat ni Marche tungkol sa Gaspar Island (Los Tres Reyes): 

“Kabilang sa mga alahas na aking nakuha dito, ay isang pulseras na katulad ng nakolekta ko sa kuweba ng Los Tres Reyes. Ang isa ay isang spiral tulad ng isang pulseras na parang ahas, parehong disenyo ng  mga ginagamit pa rin ngayon ng mga eleganteng tao; ang iba ay tinusok, na tila ginagamit ng mga ito na nakalawit sa mga tainga o sa paligid ng leeg; isa sa mga ito ay tinunaw sa isang shell ng pagong… 

“…Tulad ng mga bungo na matatagpuan sa isla ng Los Tres Reyes ang mga ito ay deformed. Nagdala ako ng halos 40, karamihan sa kanila ay walang panga at isang dosenang kalansay o higit pa…” (Luzon and Palawan, AA Marche, English translation from the French by Pura Santillan-Castrence)

Aerial view of the increasing number of houses in Gaspar Island.

With just a few informal settlers many years ago it  now boasts of an elementary school. The surrounding waters of Gaspar Island is a protected marine reserve called the Tres Reyes Marine Sanctuary and may need further protection measures.

Gaspar 'Heritage Island': Kalanay Pottery Complex ang tawag sa mga sinaunang banga (bago pa maipanganak si Kristo)

Pag-usbong ng ideya ng Kalanay Pottery Complex

Ano kaya ang tawag sa mga sinaunang banga at mga palayok na natagpuan sa mga kuweba ng Gaspar Island sa Marinduque? Gaano katanda na kaya ang mga ito?

Kalanay pottery complex ang ideya na ipinangalan ni Wilhelm G. Solheim II* matapos niyang suriin ang mga pottery at earthenware sa Guthe Collection sa University of Michigan noong 1957. Nakolekta naman ang mga ito ni Dr. Carl Guthe sa Pilipinas sa pagitan ng 1922 at 1925.

Iminungkahi noon ni Beyer na ang mga koleksiyon mula sa Marinduque na nahukay ni Alfred Marche noong 1881 ay makikitang taglay ang mga katangian ng Kalanay complex pottery na natagpuan sa iba pang bahagi ng Pilipinas.

(Image) Kalanay pottery complex vessels from Gaspar, Tres Reyes, Marinduque

Naisulat din ni Beyer tungkol sa mga natagpuan sa Marinduque noong 1957, na ‘some specimens from which still remain in the Trocadero Museum in Paris, or in other French or Spanish museums’.

Discoveries mula noong 1956

Marami pang Kalanay complex pottery ang natagpuan sa tatlo pang lugar mula 1956: sa timog-silangan baybayin ng Luzon, sa Marinduque, at malapit sa Taal, Batangas sa timog-kanluran na nakaharap sa baybayin ng Luzon.

Ang mga paunang ulat tungkol dito sa mga unang lugar ay naisulat naman nina Fox at Evangelista, 1958.

Noong 1959 naman, si Arsenio Manuel, Pinuno ng Kagawaran ng Anthropology, University of the Philippines, ay naghukay sa maraming mga site sa Marinduque, na ang pinakamahalaga ayon sa panulat ni Solheim ay ang mga natagpuan sa Tres Reyes (Gaspar Island).

Aniya, “from partial stratigraphy and typology the contents of the Tres Reyes site have been divided into three groups. The middle strata (not well defined), nearly one and a half meters thick, contains a great variety of Kalanay complex pottery (Solheim 1959b: 103). Unfortunately, no report on this material has yet appeared. Part of the material is with Manuel, part with Beyer, and some pieces on display at the National Museum…”

Siyempre, sa kasalukuyan may kaunti pang maliliit na pirasong natitirang matatagpuan sa mga kuweba mismo.

“Decoration and form of the Tres Reyes pottery fits the Kalanay complex style very neatly. Several of the diagnostic designs are present plus several variations on these designs, and one previously unencountered element”. (Solheim)

(Image) Earthenware and rooster head from Tres Reyes, Marinduque

Naisulat din ni Solheim. At dito ay may nadagdag na isang interesanteng bagay – may ukit na ulo ng tandang na makikita sa larawan:

“Two less common uses of earthenware in the Kalanay pottery complex are also present at Tres Reyes. Found at only two or three other Kalanay complex sites, including the Kalanay Cave site (Solheim 1957: fig 3), are shallow bowls with cutouts in the ring foot. The pictured bowl from Tres Reyes (PI. IV e) is part of a twin vessel joined by the bridge, to the left in the picture.

“The other rare form is a rooster head (PI. V a) which was broken off some larger earthenware object. The idea is similar to that of the head from Kalanay Cave (Solheim 1957: pl. I A). Both heads have the beginning of an incised pattern at the base of the neck which extended onto the missing portion of the object.”

Gaano katanda ang mga ito? Late Neolithic period daw. Bago pa raw mag 500 B.C.!

Nanatiling ganito raw, ayon sa mga siyentipiko, ang mga banga at palayok sa mga lugar na kinakitaan hanggang nagsimulang dumating ang mga Chinese porcelain sa panahon ng T’ang o early Sung dynasty.

Part of the material is with Manuel, part with Beyer, some pieces on display at the National Museum. Some still lay scattered in the caves.

Ang buod ng panulat ni Solheim sa “Further Notes on the Kalanay Pottery Complex in the P.I.” kung saan hinango ang istoryang ito ay ganito ang nakasaad:

Summary:

Archaeological sites containing Kalanay complex pottery are found scattered throughout the Visayan Islands (Solheim n.d. b), in southern Luzon, and the southwest-facing coast of Luzon.

The pottery of this complex has great variety in form and several distinctive patterns of decoration. Incised designs are curvilinear scrolls, rectangular meandera, and many varieties of triangles. A scallop design on angles, flanges and rims, is made by cutting or modelling. Fine, wavy, impressed designs are made with the edge of an Arca shell. In rare cases, painting in red or black emphasizes an incised pattern.

The pottery is well made, probably on a slow wheel. Red slip is common. The vessels are well smoothed and sometimes polished.

Three C-14 dates are associated with Kalanay complex pottery. In all three of these sites the pottery is associated with stone tools of Late Neolithic type and no metal is present.

These dates are 754 + 100 B.C. for Cave Number 2 at Batungan Mountain and 91 B.C. and A.D. 179 for two of the Bato Cave sites. The great majority of the sites have associated iron and/or bronze, and some contain Chinese porcelain. The sites with porcelain do not contain the distinctive Kalanay pottery varieties of form and decoration whereas the sites with metal but no porcelain do (Solheim n.d.  b).

Therefore it can be said that the Kalanay pottery complex entered the Philippines during Late Neolithic times, probably previous to 500 B.C. and remained as a distinctive pottery complex until Chinese porcelain of late T’ang or early Sung started coming in.

Recent visit, this blogger crawling in one of the Gaspar caves with a small opening.

*Wilhelm G. Solheim II (1924—2014) was an American anthropologist recognized as the most senior practitioner of archaeology in Southeast Asia, and as a pioneer in the study of Philippine and Southeast Asian prehistoric archaeology.

Also read:

Rediscovery: Pagturing na sa sagradong pulo bilang 'Gaspar Heritage Island', Gasan

Dagdag na kaalaman tungkol sa Gaspar ‘Heritage Island’ sa Gasan

More on Marinduque's common ancestry with lost civilizations

Diving at Gaspar Is.

Ano ang mga laman ng ilang kuweba sa Marinduque at nakatago pa kaya?

Kagulat-gulat! Marinduque noong wala pang nakatalang kasaysayan o prehistory

Rediscovery: Pagturing na sa sagradong pulo bilang 'Gaspar Heritage Island', Gasan

Isang piraso ng basag na banga mula sa May Bungo cave ng Gaspar Island.
Larawan ni Eli J Obligacion

 Seryoso, panahon na para ituring nating ‘Gaspar Heritage Island’ ang sagradong pulong ito sa Gasan.

Isa ang pulo ng Gaspar, sakop ng Brgy. Pinggan, na pinakamalaki sa mga Tres Reyes Islands kung saan unang naihayag sa labas ng Pilipinas noong 19th century na ang ilang mga kweba rito ay ginawang huling hantungan ng mga sinaunang mga taong nanirahan sa isla ng Marinduque.

Sa ilan pang mga kweba sa mainland Marinduque naman ay natagpuan ang mga ataol na gawa sa kahoy at may disenyong kinakitaan ng mga imahe ng buwaya bilang isang simbulo na may kinalaman sa kabilang buhay. Ang mga ito ay napag-aralang kapareho ng mga ataol na natagpuan din ng mga panahong iyon sa isla ng Nosy Loapasana sa Madagascar sa Indian Ocean malapit sa southeastern coast ng Africa.

Kahangahanga ang tila hinubog sa kamay na pasukan ng isang kweba sa Gaspar.
Larawan ni Eli J Obligacion

Sa Gaspar Island ay maraming natagpuang mga bungo at mga kalansay ng tao. Ilan sa mga bungo ay tinawag ng mga archaelogists ng panahong iyon na “artificially deformed skulls” na dito lamang sa Marinduque nila natagpuan. Mga bungo ng tao na pahaba ang hugis.

Naikumpara naman ang mga ito sa ganun ding mga bungo na natagpuan sa South Pacific islands ng Chatham at Sandwich Islands na dating tinirahan ng mga proto-Malays.

Sa bandang entrada ng kweba ay makikitang pinagsama-sama na lamang ang ilan sa mga buto, ngipin at piraso ng mga basag na banga. Larawan: Eli J Obligacion

Paglipas ng panahon ay may ganoon ding mga bungo na natagpuan sa Peru at Bolivia, hanggang di na makatiyak ang mga scientist kung ‘artificially deformed’ nga talaga ang mga ito o natural na hugis ng bungo pagka-panganak.

Lalo itong nabigyan ng pansin sa pagkadiskubre sa panahong kasalukuyan ng mga fetus sa Peru-Bolivia na ganoon din ang hugis. Tuluyang napalitan na ngayon ang turing sa mga ito bilang ‘elongated skulls’ na.

Mula sa isang Marinduque cave, Larawan: Quai Branly Museum, France

Mga artifacts ng Gaspar naglaho na sa ngayon

Para sa mga matagal nang nanirahan sa pulo ng Gaspar, marami sa kanila ang nakasaksi sa mga bungo na natagpuan sa mga kweba doon at mga “mahahabang buto” ng mga sinaunang tao. Pero sa kasalukuyan, ayon din sa kanila ay wala ka nang matatagpuan, maliban sa mas maliliit na kalansay na tila labi na lamang ng mga sinaunang bata ang natira.

Ang ilang natagpuan ng mga siyentipiko noon sa mga kweba ng Marinduque ay mga banga na naglalaman ng mga bungo at kalansay. Ang ilan sa mga bangang ito ay may mga disenyo. Paniniwala ng mga siyentipiko na maingat na itinatago sa mga banga ang mga ito bilang pangalawang paglibing at ang huling hantungan nila ay sa mga kweba.

May isang nakaangat na bahagi ng kweba, animo'y isang altar kung saan pinagsama-sama na lamang ang natitira pang mga buto ng tao sa kanilang huling hantungan. Larawan: Eli J Obligacion

Sa ilang mga yungib sa Gaspar makikita ang nagkalat na mga pirapirasong bahagi ng mga banga na pinaglibingan sa kanila (second burial). Wala nang natitirang buo. Kung mayroon man ay nasa mga museo na sa ibang bansa tulad ng France.

Patuloy naman ang mga pag-aaral sa ibat-ibang aspeto ng mga bagay na may kinalaman dito, bagamat sa di malamang kadahilanan ay hindi naman basta-basta ibinabahagi ang mga ito sa publiko.

Sa isa pang kweba ay kailangan pang gumapang muna bago makapasok. Maluwang naman sa loob na may kahabaan din. Sa isang kwebang ito ay wala nang makikitang mga labi. Larawan: Eli J Obligacion

Pamana ng lahi ang Gaspar; pagpapalaganap ng Eco-tourism

Bago tuluyang maglaho sa ating gunita, o tuluyang mawasak ang mga sagradong lugar ay panahon na ngayon upang mapangalagaan, mabantayan sa isang sistematikong pamamaraan ang mga mahahalagang lugar na ito sa pulo ng Gaspar. Patuloy din na lumalaki na ang populasyon ng isla.

Di hamak na ang pagpapalaganap ng kaalaman tungkol sa matatawag na ‘Gaspar Heritage Island’ ay napakalaki rin ng maitutulong sa promotion ng eco-tourism. Makakatulong ng malaki sa pamumuhay ng mga residente hindi lamang sa Gaspar kundi sa sumasakop na barangay dito - ang makasaysayang Brgy. Pinggan.

Maayos na pasukan ng isang kweba sa Gaspar, mga 50 metro ang taas mula sa sea level. Eli J Obligacion

Mga sinaunang mga banga, pinggan at iba pa (mula Ming dynasty), ang nagkalat noon sa baybayin ng lugar na ito (at iba pang lugar basta sa western coast), kung saan isinagawa naman ng National Museum ang kauna-unahang underwater archaeological excavation sa Pilipinas, may kinalaman naman sa isang shipwrecked Chinese junk.

Maaring mabilis na mabuksan na ngayon ang pintuan sa tulong ng National Museum at LGU's para sa paghahanap, pag-retrieve na rin sa iba pang mahahalagang artifacts na nanggaling mismo sa lugar na ito. 

Marami pang mga yungib na halos kapantay ng dagat sa paligid ng Gaspar Island. Eli J Obligacion

Di na tuloy tayo mabalik sa panahon nuon na ang mga pagkalalaking antique plates ay ginagamit lamang ng mga naninirahan sa Brgy Pinggan sa pagbahog ng mga baboy. Di na rin tuluyang mawawala sa gunita ang kahalagahan at pagiging sagrado ng Gaspar (na kahit pa sa ngayon ay ilan lamang ang nakababatid).

Iyon ay kung may totoong pagpapahalaga pa tayo sa ganitong mga bagay.

Makikita ang Mt. Malindig mula sa Gaspar Island na paboritong pasyalan. Eli J Obligacion

Diving at Gaspar Is.

Gaspar is the most accessible of the Tres Reyes Islands just off the coast of Gasan and ranks among the most dived site on the island.




Photos shown here of Congressman Lord Allan Velasco's diving sojourn on this remarkable island, also site of the only underwater excavation in Marinduque.


A Chinese junk sank here that carried stoneware jars and covers, porcelain plates, dishes, saucers and bowls that dated back to the Ming dynasty. Stoneware jars recovered with relief dragon designs were similar to finds unearthed in some of Marinduque's caves.











Velasco is seen here examining marine life in the area. This area is within the Verde Island Passage Marine Corrdor, a busy sea lane that covers portions of the coastal waters of Batangas, the Mindoro provinces, Romblon and Marinduque.

Within this center of marine biodiversity, the largest concentration of marine life in the world has been identified between Batangas and Mindoro.





















Map of Verde Island Passage Marine Corridor

Cong. Velasco fun dives at Gaspar Is.

Cong. Lord Allan Velasco takes time out from his busy schedule to fun dive at Gaspar Island in Gasan.













Velasco and fellow divers set foot on Gaspar Island.








This excellent divesite, one of Velasco's favorites, offers this underwater sight. In between Gaspar and the mainland, a sunken Chinese commercial junk was the subject of the only underwater excavation undertaken in Marinduque.

Recovered here once by a joint team of National Museum and MAUI, a foreign salvage group, were numerous Ming dynasty porcelain plates, jars, skillets and others.

Pangarap na Covered Court ng Pinggan

The coastal barangay of Pinggan is the nearest take–off point in visiting Gaspar island, the most frequently visited islet among the three islands in Gasan known as Tres Reyes (Three Kings). Beneath the waters between Pinggan and Gaspar Island, a barangay sitio, lies the site of the only known underwater archaeological excavation conducted in Marinduque. Tourists are therefore naturally drawn to old Brgy Pinggan (the name means “plate” as broken centuries old plates and shards once littered its beaches).
(Gaspar Island photo by OgGie Duque)




The community will now be able to hold sports and social gatherings and undertake development programs with the construction of a Multi-Purpose Covered Court conducive for the holding of such activities. This new barangay Pinggan landmark is a venue that may now also serve as a convenient holding area for visitors and related activities. Maintenance of the facility, however would be the responsibility of the barangay community that has long clamored for it.

Man, popularly known as "Lolong Aguila" renders a song, while he plays his old guitar. The song was his own composition extolling the Marinduque congressman and his vision for change.



Brgy. Capt. Julieto Magparangalan conveys his community's appreciation to Cong. Velasco.

Congressman Velasco recently inspected the ongoing construction of the Pinggan covered court, set to be inaugurated early next month. The project is funded from the lawmaker’s priority development assistance fund.



Barangay captains who also graced the congressman's visit are from left, Brgy. Capt. Julieto Magparangalan (Pingan), Brgy. Capt. Ofelia Mascarenas (Mangiliol), Brgy. Capt. Esperanza de Belen (Masiga), Brgy. Capt. Roma Du (Mahunig), Ms. Jelina Lamanilao, coordinator, Cong. Allan Velasco, Brgy. Capt. Romel Sadim (Dawis), Brgy. Capt. Reynaldo Maming (Bangbang), Brgy. Capt. Gonzalo Magpili (Antipolo), Brgy. Capt. Jose Millar (Banuyo), and Brgy. Capt. Vidal Sajo (Tiguion).



Covered court roofing detail.














"Lolong Aguila" singing his own song straight from the heart.

Marinduque Treasure Troves

15th century Ming Dynasty junk, Fengshou

Yogi’s Treasure Hunt is an animated cartoon about treasure hunts around the world by a fictional bear, Yogi Bear and other interesting cartoon characters. One episode highlights the evil Greed Monster who steals all of the toys in the world and it is up to Yogi Bear and friends to hunt him down and return the toys to their rightful owners.

A Chinese junk, 1644-1648)

But speaking of treasure hunts, a venture between the National Museum and Marine Archaeology Unlimited, Inc. (MAUI), a private outfit, resulted in the excavation of a shipwreck site in 1982 on the southeast coast of Marinduque located 39.65 meters below the surface.

A local fisherman from the coastal barangay of Pinggan was the acknowledged finder of the site where, using no diving equipment, he managed to retrieve many ceramic pieces and sold them dirt cheap to anyone interested, not knowing the true value of those pieces.

He eventually succumbed apparently due to hypoxia and never knew that the importance of his find would reverberate in the corners of museums, antique shops and private rooms.

Right where the hobie sails lies the shipwreck 40 meters under

The sunken vessel was believed to be a Chinese junk carrying “stoneware jars and covers, porcelain plates, dishes, saucers and bowls” dating back to the Ming dynasty. The stoneware jars recovered were brown-glazed with relief dragon designs similar to those archaeological finds in some of the island’s caves.

Early 17th Century junk of Zheng He

Years later, the site was re-excavated purportedly to verify if more archaeological data could be generated from this site, right in the middle of Gaspar Island and the coast of Pinggan, that should have resulted in the publication of a report. Said report should also have included information on terrestrial archaeology in the island of Marinduque.

This was also to determine the role of Marinduque in the early maritime trade network in the Philippine archipelago. (Maritime Archaeology, Babits and Tiburg).

Kangxi Emperor, 1654-1722, on the deck of a junk ship.

As regards the artifacts being dug up in Bahi (Gasan), today, questions are being asked as to who now owns the treasure trove found there. Who would take on the role of Yogi Bear and Greed Monster, if any? It appears that there are existing Treasure Hunting Laws in the Philippines already covered by the Civil Code that states:

“Art. 438. Hidden treasure belongs to the owner of the land, building, or other property on which it is found.

“Nevertheless, when the discovery is made on the property of another, or of the State or any of its subdivisions, and by chance, one-half thereof shall be allowed to the finder. If the finder is a trespasser, he shall not be entitled to any share of the treasure.

“If the things found be of interest to science of the arts, the State may acquire them at their just price, which shall be divided in conformity with the rule stated.

“Art. 439. By treasure is understood, for legal purposes, any hidden and unknown deposit of money, jewelry, or other precious objects, the lawful ownership of which does not appear.”

A Ming dynasty plate.

Views of Marinduque from Gaspar Island

Photo: ogGie Duque

Gaspar Island is the biggest of the three islands in Gasan known collectively as Tres Reyes Islands for they were named after the biblical three kings who offered gifts to the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem. Measuring about 108 hectares, the island’s old name is Laki, big.

One of the most important archaeological sites in Marinduque is found in a cave site on this island. Some of the artifacts uncovered were burial jars that had decoration and form that are said to fit the Kalanay complex style found widely in Southeast Asia and South Vietnam from 500-400 BC to 1500 AD. In 1957 Beyer wrote that specimens from this cave which were among those collected by Marche still remain in the Trocadero Museum in Paris or in other French or Spanish museums. Some have found their way into the Smithsonian Institution. No one appears to have re-examined these pieces or the cave site since then.

Photo: deaconblue

Inhabited today by some families who survive through fishing and extra income from tourists who might buy some of the seashells turned into necklaces by the kids, it is part of a protected marine sanctuary. The island’s beach is a mix of white sand with tons and tons of crushed corals with huge boulders and steep cliffs surrounding it.

Swimming in Gaspar photo: Ian Sotto

She sells seashells...

Yes she does, this girl from Gaspar Island, but big ones like these are getting harder to find.

Normally washed up on the Marinduque shores are the small ones that children collect, play with or turn into garden or house decors.

Hidden beach with a past, Gaspar Island

On a small strip of white sand beach mantled with crushed corals hidden along the southern part of Gaspar Island (one of Tres Reyes (Three Kings) Islands off Gasan), one feels completely isolated from the rest of the world.

This island figured prominently in the journal by a French naturalist who explored Marinduque in 1881, Alfred Marche. He may have referred to the crevice from where the above photo was taken: "About 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the sea being calm, on another exploration of the coast, we visited a few crevices and discovered a grotto, the entrance of which was hidden by debris produced by a volcanic convulsion... I entered and, having the ground dug, I found out that the bottom was carpeted with a bed of skulls slightly covered by madreporic debris and sand." (Marche)

"LANTAW"

The colors of sunrise at Malindig (that's the origin of the Marinduque name).

Lantaw.blogspot.com shows how people react to photographs of sceneries and blogposts to the extent that they have to visit the places depicted therein to fulfill that fleeting desire to 'see and believe', lest the soul would remain restless.

Allan Barredo of Koronadal, South Cotabato is an avid amateur photographer with a passion for the outdoors. His Marinduque photos of Gaspar island, beaches, churches, sunrise and sunsets have inspired others to actually visit this island or make a mental note to visit it one day soon. Comments on his blogsite attest to this.

"Lantaw" is Ilonggo for "view" (of a place or opinion), according to Barredo. View his Marinduque photos at

http://lantaw.blogspot.com/search?q=marinduque