i salute the elders of silay for being love for the fast historical marker of the town like the preservation of among the heritage houses. VIVA AND SALUTE TO YOU ALL!
My architect sister, Manang Dudette, wept while she watched the bandstand being demolished. The workers, she said, were having a hard time destroying the beautiful marble structure because it was so solidly built. She's the one in the first group picture, standing third from the right, the group that fought the road widening. This horrifying destruction was done in the name of "Imeldism", and in its place was this ugly concrete "singing" fountain that conked out in just a couple of years. This cultural crime should never be forgotten. I don't know who the perpetrators were, nor who the Silaynon enablers/collaborators were; they are probably dead by now. They are forgotten, but the Silaynons' memories of that sublime plaza will never be.
Wish ko po n Sana mkauwi ako Jan at mapasyalan ko po ang HOFILEÑA MUSEUM,lumaki po ako na ni minsan Hindi po aq nkapasyal sa Silay ,super proud po pati ako Kasi ka Apelyedo ko ang HOFILEÑA MUSEUM GODBLESS PO
How I wish I was born a Silaynon for that is the place that I long to be. I like people who value the elegance of the houses of Spanish era that they want to preserve them no matter what! They know that once said houses are left to rot it's not easy to restore them since the lumber that were used on those houses were the finest species ever and almost not available nowadays. I pitied some of the Spanish houses in Taft, Eastern Samar that succumbed to the call of modern day living that those were replaced with houses of modern day architecture. I can't blame the owners though for they know what's good for them and I'm not against modern structure either for they are attuned to today's way of life. What I want is to preserve the antique houses for those were the reminders of the glory of our ancestors who had given their best to acquire such!
To all the owners of these old houses, thank you for preserving your homes(definitely not just a house), for generations to see and enjoy the sight of these part of history. Hoping that the government would give more financial support in preserving these great part of Philippine houses. I also wish that the government could come up with some kind of regulations in demolishing old historical houses. God bless you all!
Taga Bubog ako pero I am a Silaynon in hearth, Si Miss Erlinda Ledesma Principal namon siya back in the day sa S.I. Madamo gid nga salamat sa documentary nga ini. "kanugon gid" I wish you all good health mga Pure Silaynon, Mabuhay!
Beautiful video. At least it is in English and they spoke very educated English. The closest to Silay culture is the Jaro culture in Iloilo. The architecture is very European not the ordinary bahay na bato that people see in Vigan and Taal.
Lesson learn everything u have ...you cannot bring after death...i remember me and my parent forced to vacate our house own by selfish land owner...Own by Jison family...
No one resfect as during the owner of the land where our house build by my father with his own blood... but all of a sudden... the selfish Land owner The Jison Family demolished our house with out any notice...that is the way land owner Attitudes...some of them now in hell...
