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What is the provincial
song of Batanes?
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Answer:
Kalusan
(a rowing song first recorded and popularized by Gov. Otto Scheerer,
1909).
On November 28, 1988, an interesting legislation
on provincial symbols was passed and approved. |
| Tataya (photo: BatanesOnline.com) |
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The approved symbols were:
| Provincial
Tree: |
Aryus |
| Provincial
Flower: |
Rahakut
(native white orchid) |
| Provincial
Bird: |
Aradiwangan,
Voyit (Ivatan dove) |
| Provincial
Fish: |
Mayasang |
| Provincial
Air Plant: |
Humahum
(fern) |
| Provincial
Song: |
Kalusan |
Source: The Making of the Ivatans by
Cesar A. Hidalgo, Ph.D.
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