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57-406: Waray-Waray is the language spoken by the residents called Dagamin-on . It is classified as a third class municipality and mere dependent on agriculture such as coconut, rice and corn farming. The employment rate is 63% of the total population workforce in the municipality. Its total land area of 161.5 square kilometers, equivalent to 16,165 hectares. More than half of its plains on the eastern side

114-703: A Turkish Islamic religious authority in Tacloban at 2017 which teaches the scriptures and offers Friday sermons in both Waray and Cebuano in general. Most Waray dialects have three vowel phonemes: /a/ [a] , /i/ [ɛ~i] and /u/ [ɔ~u] . Some dialects have an additional vowel /ə/ [ə] ; words with /ə/ in these dialects have /u/ in the majority dialects. Waray has a total of 16 consonant phonemes: /p, t, k, b, d, ɡ, m, n, ŋ, s, h, l, ɾ~r, w, j, ʔ/ . Two extra postalveolar sounds [tʃ, dʒ] are heard when /i/ occurs after /t, d/ , further proceeding another vowel sound. Waray, like all Philippine languages today,

171-506: A Tacloban-based newspaper of that time, asserted on June 9, 1909, that this town was named Palo because of its many carpenters sporting hammers (mazo or palo). Believers in superstition and the supernatural ascribe the origin of the Palo name to the town's experience during pre-Spanish time often being visited by typhoons every eight (walo) days. They called the phenomenon walo-walo, hence walo-palo (eight-hammer). The first settlers of Palo were

228-594: A banana leaf) and sagmani . The town of Dagami, Leyte celebrates its feast every 27 May, to honor the town's patron, St. Joseph. They also celebrate this along with their festival, the Dinagamihan Festival When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Leyte in 1521, trade mostly took place in the villages bordering the sea, where Dagilan was located. Locals indicate the name "Dagami" first arose during

285-515: A confrontation between a group of Spaniards and a group of farmers during the Spanish colonial period: One harvest season, Spanish soldiers inquired a group of men and women harvesting rice nearby the name of the community that was a few meters away. The natives thought that they were asking for a definite term for the field after rice had been harvested and answered, "Dinagami, a Senior." The Spanish had such difficulty in pronouncing Dinagami that

342-592: A few meters apart in the town proper, Patoc Elementary School in the north, Guinarona Elementary School in the West and Balilit Elementary School in the south. The town has eight secondary schools in different locations within the town; seven public high schools and one private high school run by a local parish. Of the eight secondary schools, three are senior high schools and five are junior high schools. The senior high schools are Patoc Senior High School, Guinarona Senior High School and Sta. Mesa Senior High School. Patoc

399-414: A new town of Tabontabon . In 1957, the barrios of Capahu-an and Guingawan were transferred to the newly founded town of Tabontabon , which used to be a barangay of Dagami. Dagami is bounded by Binahaan River across the municipality of Jaro on the northwest and the municipality of Pastrana , on the northeast. The municipality of Palo borders in the east while the municipality of Tanauan borders on

456-484: A town in 1768. In 1783, Burauen was carved out from the barrios of Dagami to become a separate town. Burauen used to be a missionary church under the diocese of Dagami. In 1883, the town of Pastrana was carved out from the barrios of Dagami. Years later, it reverted as part of Dagami in 1893 until it was finally settled as a separate municipality in 1912. In 1953, barangay Tabontabon together with other barangays of Dagami and Tanauan , were incorporated to constitute

513-401: Is a 1st class municipality in the province of Leyte , Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 76,213 people, making it the most populous municipality (non-city) in the province. The municipality is the seat of most government departments, bureaus and regional offices of Region VIII, although some are situated at the neighboring city of Tacloban . The municipality

570-474: Is also home to the offices of the ecclesiastical government of the Archdiocese of Palo ; the archbishop's residence; as well as the secondary, tertiary and theology seminaries of the archdiocese. On March 17, 2022, the new Leyte Provincial Capitol in Palo was inaugurated by President Rodrigo Duterte , officially moving the seat of provincial government to the municipality pending an enabling law changing

627-776: Is also used in the Mass in the Roman Catholic Church and in the worship services of different Christian sects in the region. Bibles in Waray are also available. In 2019, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released in Waray-Waray. However, there is a growing population of Muslims in the region with the first mosque, Tacloban Mosque and Islamic Center, through a charity built by

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684-423: Is among its tributaries which is also joined up stream by its major tributaries such as Hilabago River, Kababatuan Dako (Greater Stones) River and Kababatuan Guti (Smaller Stones) River. During the rainy season, when these rivers rise, the downtown or Poblacion is flooded causing damages to property. A river dike which is also a diversion road was built to protect the town center. But as the river rises higher than

741-529: Is cultivated for rice and corn farming while the western side is planted with coconut trees . Coconut production is a major source of income. Tubâ and copra - the white raw material from the coconut where coconut oil is extracted. The town of Dagami is famous for its local delicacies called binagól (a distinct dessert made from sweetened large mashed taro called talian packed inside a leaf-covered coconut shell), and morón (a kind of sweetened rice cake, optionally added with peanuts or chocolate wrapped inside

798-709: Is now the Saint Joseph complex beside the municipal hall complex. This made the town a cabicera or the equivalent of provincial capital since around that period Palo and Tacloban were not existing yet. When the Jesuits were expelled in all dominions of the Spanish crown including the Philippines , the Augustinian mission which succeeded them transferred and established their mission in Palo and declared it as

855-675: Is one of the many regional languages found in the Philippines and used in local government. It is widely used in media particularly in television and radio broadcasts, however, not in print media because most regional newspapers are published in English. The language is used in education from kindergarten to primary level as part of the Philippine government's K–12 program since 2012 in which pupils from kindergarten to third grade are taught in their respective indigenous languages. Waray

912-400: Is politically subdivided into 33 barangays .   Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . In the 2020 census, the population of Palo, Leyte, was 76,213 people, with a density of 340 inhabitants per square kilometre or 880 inhabitants per square mile. Literacy rate in Palo is 99.5%. The town's native language is Waray-Waray , the major language and lingua franca in

969-460: Is the only village with separate campuses for elementary, junior high school and senior high school, all within its administrative jurisdiction. Barangay Patoc is now distinguished as the only barangay government unit within the municipality of Dagami having three separate campuses for basic education. Patoc National High School used to be integrated within the campus of Patoc Elementary School until it established its own campus beginning in 1986. With

1026-411: Is the primary economic source of income for the townsfolk. Aside from farming, food processing is another source of income for the town of Dagami. Recently, an upsurge in labor export (OFWs) have contributed to remittances of income from abroad. Commercial businesses are limited to retailing while trading activities are limited to rice and copra trading. Despite popularity of its indigenous food product -

1083-469: Is written using the Latin script. There is no officially-approved orthography for the language and different writers may use differing orthographic styles. In general, it has become common to write the language following the current orthographic conventions of Filipino. Waray uses many different words to specify a particular thing. These words might not be the same in spelling and in construction but they share

1140-951: The Eastern Visayas region. Palo is the seat of the ecclesiastical province, the Archdiocese, where the Roman Catholic archbishop resides in Bukid Tabor. One can also find the archdiocese's Metropolitan Cathedral in Palo. Meanwhile, Palo is also a seedbed of vocations to the priesthood with the Sacred Heart Seminary and the St. John the Evangelist School of Theology. Two Paloan nuns also became Superiors General in their respective congregations. To date, there are 158 ordained priests and 106 nuns from

1197-599: The 2020 census, the population of Dagami, Leyte, was 36,178 people, with a density of 220 inhabitants per square kilometre or 570 inhabitants per square mile. The people of Dagami speak Waray , a native language of Leyte and Samar . Waray is closely related to other Visayan languages particularly Hiligaynon and to a lesser extent Cebuano which is spoken by people of greater geographic proximity mainly in western municipalities of Leyte and of entire Southern Leyte . Poverty incidence of Dagami Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Rice and coconut production

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1254-411: The 41 towns of Leyte. From year 2003 to 2009 alone, Dagami has generated P249,089,980 for the municipal government. This is on top of local revenue sources which are the business and real property taxes including levies, fees and other charges. The town of Dagami is traversed by many rivers and streams upland. The biggest river is Panda River which cuts across the town's north-east section. Sawahon River

1311-458: The Binagol, Dagami has yet to maximize its economic potentials, such as creation of labor during its production line, income to be generated from sales, and revenue for the local government in terms of income taxes. Chief economic products of the municipality are the following: Dagami's total Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for fiscal year 2009 is P49,212,979, placing the town at no. 17 among

1368-479: The Municipality's dependency on agriculture, and the other side features the local delicaicies of the town, especially the "Binagol" or sometimes known as "Lidguid". The major colors of the seal are green and yellow, the colours of the St. Joseph Parish, where the statue of the town's Patron Saint, St. Joseph is enshrined and beautifully presented in a wooden and hand-decorated altar. Local townfolks recognize

1425-492: The dike, it overflows causing more water to flood the town center. The majestic Mount Amandiwing located near Dagami is the highest peak in Leyte . The imposing mountain is a protected natural park where wildlife such as pigs, deer and monkeys are hunted by local hunters despite by a local ban. During the 1960s, a logging concession was permitted to cut its virgin forests but the concessionaire never replanted trees. Locals exploited

1482-492: The early period of colonization in the Philippines, with the church providing leadership among local people while the military providing the security aspects on securing the islands. When the Jesuits mission first landed in the Philippines, they were assigned to evangelize the island of Leyte and Samar and were allowed to establish their first rectory in Dagami. As early as 1613, the Jesuits mission established its rectory in what

1539-453: The eastern coasts They were accompanied by principales Don Alonso Ambuyao and four others. They found there only two small houses used by the two servants of the encomenderos. A few boys that attended the mission schools in Dulag welcomed the two priests and taught them the dialect. These missionaries opened the first school in Palo and taught the children to play the flute. Later when Fr. Encinas

1596-594: The fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines , native to Eastern Visayas . It is the native language of the Waray people and second language of the Abaknon people of Capul, Northern Samar, and some Cebuano-speaking peoples of western and southern parts of Leyte island. It is the third most spoken language among the Bisayan languages , only behind Cebuano and Hiligaynon . The term Waray comes from

1653-481: The implementation of K-12 reform for basic education, a separate campus for senior high school program was established in another location. The newest secondary high school to open is Cansamada National High School in Barangay Cansamada East which is the southernmost village of the town. The lone private, Catholic-run high school is Saint Joseph High School located in the town center. It is one of

1710-544: The importance of education, hence local leaders are working very hard to provide the people access to education as most prominent higher educational institutions in Leyte are in the provincial capital, Tacloban City , Tabontabon , and Tanauan . When the town became the capital of the Jesuits, the friars established a school which still stands today. Almost all barangays in the town have primary and intermediate schools. The five major elementary schools are Dagami North Central School, Dagami South Central School, both situated just

1767-471: The natives ridiculed them. Having felt insulted, one of the civil guards shouted angrily in Spanish, "Dagami or Dawian makes no difference! This place is Dagami, Dagami, Dagami! You Indios! What a queer language you speak." From then on, Dagilan was changed to Dagami by the village folk who thought the name was most suited for the place. According to legend, the island of Leyte was once divided into kingdoms or sultanates: In 1478, two hundred years after

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1824-515: The old ones, are spoken alongside the Spanish counterparts. Waray has borrowed vocabulary extensively from other languages, especially from Spanish. These words are being adopted to fill lexical gaps of the recipient language. Spanish colonialization introduced new systems to the Philippine society. Palo, Leyte Palo (IPA: [pɐ'loʔ] ), officially the Municipality of Palo ( Waray : Bungto han Palo ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Palo ),

1881-432: The oldest schools in the Philippines established by the Jesuits in the 1600s when they first established their rectory in the town upon landing in Philippine islands during the early century of Spain's conquest of the Philippines. Waray-Waray language Waray (also known as Waray-Waray or Bisayâ/Binisayâ nga Winaray/Waray , Spanish : idioma samareño meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and

1938-521: The patient's ransom. if he were captured. Palo is well known as the site of Gen. Douglas MacArthur 's return to the Philippines together with Philippine and American military forces after a period of exile in 1944. Hill 522, a hill located near the town center, was the site of fierce fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during the Second World War. The metropolitan cathedral of the archdiocese, located right across Palo's municipal hall,

1995-405: The province. In 1957, sitio Campitic was converted into a barrio, while barrio Baras-Candahug was divided into two: Baras and Candahug. Barrio Malirong was renamed as Libertad. On November 8, 2013, Palo was severely struck by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) , which destroyed a large portion of Eastern Visayas and killed a number of residents in the town. On January 17, 2015, Pope Francis visited

2052-488: The provinces of Samar and Eastern Samar , but not Northern Samar ), as well as in all of the Waray-speaking areas of Leyte , except the towns of Javier and Abuyog . However, this sound change is an areal feature rather than a strictly genetic one (Lobel 2009). Most Waray dialects in northeastern and Eastern Samar have the close central unrounded vowel /ɨ/ as a reflex of Proto-Austronesian *e. Waray

2109-486: The provincial capital from the current highly urbanized city of Tacloban. According to existing records those who went to Kutay after the tribal war in Bunga were all equipped with palo , a sort of club for fighting or self-protection. Being the settlement of a tribe with palos , this is likely the reason why the community was known as "Palo". However, the late Justice Norberto Romualdez , in an issue of Noli Me Tangere ,

2166-571: The provincial capital of Leyte when the administration transferred to the interior lands after Dulag was ransacked and burned down by the Moro pirates which were constantly pillaging coastal towns and villages on Philippine islands. Around this time, the capital of the Spanish colonial government was still in Cebu. Clerico-military was the existing type of government that the Spaniards had imposed during

2223-537: The same meaning, making it a very diverse language. Here are some examples of demonstratives and adverbs together with their equivalent definition in Waray-Waray: Native numbers are used for numbers one through ten. From eleven onwards, Spanish numbers are exclusively used in Waray today, their native counterparts being almost unheard of by the majority of native speakers (except for gatos for hundred and yukot for thousand ). Some, especially

2280-611: The seat of Dagami's local government. Its upper left side features the St. Joseph Parish of Dagami and the other side shows a faucet that represents Dagami as the source of fresh water of the Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD), the local distributor of fresh water in the 1st District Leyte, namely where the capital of the Province is, Tacloban City . The lower part of the Seal on the left side symbolizes

2337-577: The second World War, Dagami became one of the major battlegrounds between American and Japanese forces. Its mountain ranges served as cover for the Japanese between their base in Ormoc City as the American forces were advancing during liberation. Hilabago became a major Japanese army base. The U.S. military built an access road to the upland mountain but with traces still visible today. Dagami became

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2394-442: The situation by farming the logged area and creating coconut plantations. The mountain is best viewed from the town proper. On approach to the town proper, the mountain is an imposing majestic hill where smokes billow from different parts like chimneys. Up in the mountain near its peak, one could see the vast Pacific Ocean . The incumbent Municipal Mayor of Dagami is Abundio I. Delusa, popularly known to Dagamin-ons as "DEO". Delusa

2451-475: The southeast. It is bounded in the south by the municipality of Tabontabon . In the west, it borders with the municipality of Burauen and Albuera . Over the mountain range on Dagami's western upland part, it borders with Ormoc City on the northwest. The town is located 32 kilometres (20 mi) from the provincial capital, Tacloban City . Dagami is politically subdivided into 65 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . In

2508-430: The speech of "Sámar and Leyte". Linguist Jason Lobel (2009) considers there are 25 dialects and subdialects of Waray-Waray. Many Waray dialects feature a sound change in which Proto-Bisayan *s becomes /h/ in a small number of common grammatical morphemes. This sound change occurs in all areas of Samar south of the municipalities of Santa Margarita , Matuginao , Las Navas , and Gamay (roughly corresponding to

2565-462: The term Visayan is usually taken to refer to what is called Cebuano in contemporary linguistic literature. Domingo Ezguerra's 1663 (reprinted 1747) Arte de la lengua bisaya de la provincia de Leyte refers to the "Visayan tongue of the province of Leyte", Figueroa's Arte del idioma Visaya de Samar y Leyte refers to the "Visaya language of Samar and Leyte". Antonio Sanchez's 1914 Diccionario español-bisaya (Spanish-Visayan Dictionary) refers to

2622-513: The three sultanates unite into one kingdom, changes took place. Its capital, Dagilan, increased in population. The culture and social life of the kingdom further evolved with the entry of the Chinese and the Hindus. The people engaged in trade both with Asia and Europe. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Leyte in 1521, trade mostly took place in the villages bordering the sea, where Dagilan

2679-474: The town alone. Poverty incidence of Palo Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Palo is the seat of the 6.8-hectare Leyte Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Park and the 22-hectare Leyte Mikyu Economic Zone. The Leyte ICT Park hosts two BPOs while the Leyte Mikyu Ecozone is undergoing development. The town's historic municipal building was the former seat of

2736-622: The town as part of his papal visit to the Philippines to meet with the surviving victims of the typhoon. He also blessed the Pope Francis Center for the Poor and met with priests, seminarians, other religious figures, and surviving victims of the typhoon at the Palo Cathedral before leaving Leyte. The municipality is located in the north-eastern part of the province of Leyte, 8 miles from the capital city of Tacloban . Palo

2793-583: The town of Palo. The settlers in Kutay moved to Bangon river and there started the first barrio, Barangay de Palo, in 1521. Barangay de Palo would then become Pueblo de Palo in 1768. Its first elected gobernadorcillo was Capitan Balasabas. The first curate was R. P. Fray Matias Rosel, O.S.A., an Augustinian friar from Andalucia, Spain. The Missions In October 1596, the Jesuit Frs. Cristobal Jimenez and Francisco Encinas left Dulag traversing to Palo along

2850-615: The tribes Panganuron, Kadampog, Manlangit, Kamagung, Kawaring, Kabalhin, Kumagang Maglain, Bilyo and Dilyo. They lived peacefully in an area resembling the shape of a bridge in what is now Barrio Bunga (present-day San Joaquin), which spanned an area on both sides of the river bearing the same name. As the population increased, tribal feuds would cause the people to disperse. Survivors would settle in Payapay, and others in Canpetik. The bulk went to Kutay. Those in Kutay would eventually establish

2907-628: The word often heard by non-speakers meaning 'none' or 'nothing' in the language; similarly, Cebuanos are known in Leyte as mga Kana and their language as Kana (after the oft-heard word kana , meaning 'that' in the Cebuano language ). The Cebuano pronunciation of Waray is walay with the same meaning. During the Spanish period, texts refer to the language as simply being a dialect of "Visayan". In contrast, most contemporary linguists consider many of these "Visayan dialects" (e.g., Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Karay-a, etc.) to be distinct languages, and

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2964-464: Was called to Carigara, Fr. Jimenez carried on alone until Bro. Miguel Gomez arrived to help him. Fr. Jimenez learned enough of the local language to be understood but his influence was limited in "his mission area" to only a few. The people probably suspected him of being a tax collector. For a long time the natives avoided him and resisted all his attempts at friendship. Nothing he did or offered to do for them seemed to breakdown their distrust him and he

3021-403: Was distressed and worried at their antipathy. In his rounds of the villages, he noticed that there were many sick of which the greater the number succumbed to diseases for lack of medical attention. This observation gave him an idea. At that time, medical service was very expensive and available only to families of means for they alone could afford to pay work animals, slaves, or the equivalent of

3078-540: Was first elected as Dagami's Boholano mayor in May 2013, defeating "Koko Ortega". At this time, after the People Power Revolution , President Corazon Aquino forced the resignation of all local government unit heads and appointed officers in charge in their place. The Dagami Municipal Seal represents the town's humble achievements. The center of the seal shows the town's Municipal Hall (above) ,

3135-553: Was located. From 1902 to 1907 the Pulahanes challenged the American authorities in Leyte, led by Faustino Ablen ("Papa Faustino"), an illiterate peasant who assumed the title of pope. Ablen claimed to have supernatural powers and sold anting-anting that would render one invisible to the enemy and holy oil that could cure any ailment. In some battles, the Pulahanes managed to deploy five hundred to one thousand men. The government

3192-472: Was so alarmed that it offered a 2000 peso reward for Papa Faustino, dead or alive. US Major General Leonard Wood sent four battalions of the US Army to Leyte to crush the rebellion. On June 11, 1907, a detachment of Philippine Scouts chanced upon four Pulahan fighters and opened fire. Three men escaped, but one was captured. He was Papa Faustino. With his capture, the rebellion in Leyte came to an end. During

3249-487: Was used as a hospital for wounded Filipino and American forces. A memorial now stands at the beach site where MacArthur and his troops landed, locally known as MacArthur Park. The first Gabaldon Building is also situated in Barangay San Joaquin, Palo, Leyte. It was inaugurated by President Sergio Osmeña . Palo was also once the capital of Leyte. The town's Purissima Bridge was the first steel bridge built in

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