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What is the provincial song of Batanes?


  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)  

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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