The Guinayangan Republic

Sa matandang panahon ang malayong baryo ng Dungawan ay dating bahagi ng kalakhang barangay ng Himbubulo. Upang marating ang lugar, kailangang ahunin ang mataas na bundok na may madawag na kagubatan. Mga Aeta ang mga unang nanirahan dito. Sila ay nabubuhay lamang sa pangangaso at paghahanap ng bungang kahoy at prutas. Sa paghahanap nila ng mga baboy ramo at usa, umaakyat sila sa mataas na puno at nagmamasid sa paligid-ligid na parang nanunungaw. Pinanununghan nila ang dagat sa ibaba kaya tinawag nila ang lugar bilang Dunga-awan ang malawak na kagubatang ito.

 Naging isang barangay ang malaking Dungawan (bago pa humiwalay ang Dungawan Pantay at Dungawan Paalyunan) sa panahon ng Presidente Municipal Antonio Marquez.

Sa ibaba ng kabundukan ay matatagpuan ang Dungawan Paalyunan, galing sa salitang aliyun ng mga katutubong Aeta. Ang mga baboy damo at usa ay dito raw pagala-gala o paali-aliyun kaya binansagan ang pook na ito bilang Paalyunan. Nang humiwalay sa Dungawan Central, ito ay tinawag na Dungawan Paalyunan. si Diego Cabral ang unang naging Tinyente del Barrio ng kapanahunang iyon.

by: Mylene Concepcion

Enchanted Kingdom and Star City came late in my list of local amusement parks here in my 3rd world country. I grew- up amused by annual fiesta's carnival in my rural hometown Guinayangan.

However rural and 7 hours far from Manila, my beloved town, nevertheless is easy to pick-up internet connection just like the rest of the world. So, I'd say_it's not so left behind.



Yet, it's on a happy note to find similar mobile amusement center still being enjoyed by the locals on our town fiesta.


















I remember to have my first ferris wheel ride with mother in one of those carnivals of my primitive years.











When I caught a stop ( the ferris wheel stopped on cue when a unit had to unload/load a new set of  passengers) at the uppermost part, floating above all, I would enjoy the eye bird's view of my green town.












Weird attractions like this one also never failed to make my little girl's eyes so wide with amusement.

































































Nah, I didn't have this kind of balloon, I had those organic round, colored balloons.























Can you spot the little boy and girl in queue? Reminds me so much of me and my brother when we were in the same age, tagged by my mother to give us the best amusement in town.
I miss those days.

repost from Ascertain Bliss