LUKBAN
Limatok, tiny leeches found in wet tropical forests thriving on the blood of humans and animals. They stick on one’ s skin until they are full. Lugao, porridge cooked using rice cereals. Very popular among segments of the population with little access to rice grain. Morisqueta, cooked rice. Nipa, the plant of the palm family that provides abundant materials for native houses. The house made of nipa is often called the‘ nipa hut.’ Pact of Biak-na-Bato, a truce between Spanish colonial Governor- General Fernando Primo de Rivera and the revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution. Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries were given amnesty and monetary indemnity by the Spanish Government, in return for which the revolutionary government would go into exile in Hong Kong Palay, the unshelled grain of rice Paltiks, homemade guns often made of steel pipes but exploding real bullets Parao, a small wooden boat Pasado por las armas, the term used for prisoners sentenced to death by a firing squad Presidente municipal, the term for’ mayor’ in the early days of the American occupation Prestacion personal, obligatory work rendered by all citizens during the Spanish regime Principales, members of the principalia Principalia, the class of citizens who had certain amounts of property and often selected to become local officials Pueblos, the Spanish word for town Pulajans, the resurgent rebels who came after the Lukban-led rebellion in Samar and Leyte with dios-dios origins Residencia, the convent where members of a religious order doing mission work in a particularly area converge, the equivalent of a vicariate Sandatahan, the regular troops of Lukban Sitios, the smallest settlement that is part of a barrio or village Sundang, the long blade used by the native population to clear underbrush or cut branches. Sometimes they were used for fighting. Talutang, a bamboo contraption that emit sounds when blown. Used to sound alarms. Tanguero, someone who is fond of dancing the tango Tenientes, lieutenants. At one time, the cabeza de barangay was also called teniente del barrio Visitas, a mission site for Catholics visited by priests from other towns who administered the sacraments and said the Holy Mass
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