THE 3 MAJOR BARANGAY IN MUNICIPAL OF BULAN

The Brief History of Bulan

o The town of Bulan has a colorful and dramatic history which dates back to the pre-Hispanic period. Legend, however, surrounds the name of Bulan.

o The term “Bulan” has several meaning, it may month of the year or the moon or a luminary.

o According to a local historian, the great Valerio Zuñiga, the last meaning, taken in its truest intrinsic sense.  

oThe more accepted term due to the historical fact narrated by the “mga gurangan”, the oldinhabatants of the town.

o Historical records disclose that in 1569, an expedition led by Captain Luis Enriquez De Guzman and Fray Alonso Jimenez,  Augustinian Friar, reachd Sorsogon soil and found a small settlement of natives engaged in fishing and farming.

otavi

oOne of the oldest settlements of Luzon and considered the first site of habitation in southern Luzon hundreds of years before the coming of the Spaniards.

o In the early part of the 17th century, sometime in 1610 during the Spanish conquests of Sorsogon.

o Otavi was made by the Spaniards as a refueling port for Spanish galleons that pass on their way to Acapulco, Mexico.

o There is no record however when Otavi became a duly constituted barrio of Bulan.

o Otavi fiesta is held every August 28.

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o it is older than the municipal of Bulan itself.

o It was organized as a barrio under the old “pueblo” of Bulusan by the Franciscans in the year 1646.

o In 1901, the barrio was burned by the Americans when fanatics headed by a “Santa Torib” ambushed the American Soldiers.

o After he Moro raid in 1746, the town was totally deserted. 

oThe barrio Gate  is 12 km from the poblacion, along the National Highway. It is bounded on the north by the barrio of Padre Diaz, on the south by Taromata, on the east by Sta. Teresita and on the west by San Isidro.

oIts traditional  barrio fiesta on May 19, with San Jose as its Patron Saint

oThe barrio Gate  is 12 km from the poblacion, along the National Highway. It is bounded on the north by the barrio of Padre Diaz, on the south by Taromata, on the east by Sta. Teresita and on the west by San Isidro.

SAN JUAN BAGO

o In 1801, when the town of Bulan was refounded in Binuang-daan, the village in San Juan Daan was declared a Barangay or district of Bulan by Padre Manuel Bernardo and named San Juan.

o The barrio San Juan was bounded on the north by Abad Santos, formerly called Cambal, on the South by Fabrica, on the west by Beguin.

o it is accessible by land transportation which is about 5 km from the poblacion and about 2 km from Fabrica on the provincial road.

oThe present site of San Juan Bago, so it could be stated hat the new barrio of San Juan was organized in 1883.

o During the Spanish regime, the barrio people learned how to read and write from Maestro Pedro Guban.

o San Juan Bago clebrates its traditional barrio fiesta on June 24th with San Juan Bautista as its Patron Saint.

o This old bell is dated 1888 and was donated by Gobernadorcillo Rufino Gerona to the people of San Juan Bago. It is found in the chapel.