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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