Dumaguete opens "Handumanan"

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — A museum for artifacts, culture and the arts is eyed to be established in this city with the launching of the “Handumanan” exhibit at a mall this week.

City tourism officer Woodrow Maquiling Jr., said the exhibit could be the first step into having a museum or a heritage site for Dumaguete, where vintage pictures from old families that helped shaped the city of what it is now today, are kept.

During the opening ceremony, descendants and present generations of old families in Dumaguete were given recognition, such as families of Pinili, Teves, Alfabeto, Macias, Pastor, Romero, Uymatiao, Larena, Flores, Locsin and Bejar, among others.

Also featured during the “Handumanan” are histories of different educational institutions in the city, former mayors, and vintage pictures of old landmarks and structures in the city and Negros Oriental.

Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria said the city will soon have a repository of its rich heritage, adding that a retired professor in Silliman University is willing to donate books and literature about the city’s past.

— (FREEMAN)