SANTA FE, Nueva Vizcaya || Town History

This video is a simple presentation about the history of the Municipality of Sta Fe in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
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SANTA FE, Nueva Vizcaya || Town History

Santa Fe, officially the Municipality of Santa Fe, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
It is the only town that borders Pangasinan and is a typical bus stop for commuters going to the provinces of Isabela and Cagayan. This town is the end point of the Dalton Pass, a zig zag road from San Jose to Carranglan, Nueva Ecija. Local products include brooms, strawberry jam, strawberry wine, peanut butter, orchids and quilts.

HISTORY OF SANTA FE
The Municipality of Santa Fe ascribed as the "Gateway to Cagayan Valley" was also known as an Igorot Settlement in Imugan since the Spanish time. Its original inhabitants are the Kalanguya, an indigenous cultural group belonging to the generic IGOROT tribe who first immigrated to the area. Later on, when major roads, such as Daang Maharlika and Santa Fe-San Nicolas Road commonly known as Villaverde Trail were built, other cultural groups flourished in the lower parts of the territory. These tribes include the Pangasinenses, Tagalogs, Ilocanos and some others.

The influx of immigrants from other provinces of Cagayan Valley, Pangasinan, Ilocos Region and from other faraway lands such as the Bicol Region and the Visayas made the population of Santa Fe of diverse ethnolinguistic characteristic.

A municipality with too diverse cultural traditions and religious practices with varied and complex personalities of its inhabitants live as mere acquaintances among themselves solely for economic relief and sustainability.
The cultural communities in the upland barangays produce quality handicrafts and agro-products while the lowlanders buy and sell and generate other goods and services. As living in one municipality, things like strong solidarity need to be established. Thus, as one resolution, political leaders enjoin its constituents through a municipal-festive gathering. For twenty-four years now, Santa Fe during its Town Fiesta highlighted the Celebration of Kalanguya Festival-named and patterned after the considered major tribe and original settlers of the place.
The Caňao is the ritual of the Igorot for thanksgiving to Kabunyan, or Bathala for all the abundant blessings through the year. The member of the community will choose the best wild boar as an offering. It will be speared through its neck, and as the scream gets loud, is believed to be a reflection of greater blessings ahead.
The people gathered around will then be asked to perform the TAYAW or a dance ritual as a means of offering gratitude to Kabunyan. The offering of the pig is the highest form of giving thanks to Kabunyan. The elders of the tribe will perform the adoration, prayers, and confirmation of more abundance through chants.

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Wikipedia
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