Identifier: philippineisland00lalauoft (find matches)
Title: The Philippine Islands
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Lala, Ramon Reyes
Subjects: Philippines -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Continental Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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thing incongruous in the introduction of operatic music intodivine worship. They are moved to devotion no less by tliestirring strains of one of Sousas military marches or a languorouswaltz of Strauss, than by the solemn Te Dennis of the Catholicritual. To them all music is divine. We stop a few minutes to watch the cura,—the parish priest,—as he dispenses blessings to his devout parishioners, who nowcrowd round him with every appearance of reverential affection. Our friend the cura is a veritable father to his people. As helistens to the ingenuous confidences of his flock, his face beamswitli that rare benevolence born of godliness; there is a whisperof doniestic sorrow that he needs must hear, a story of happinessor a tale of wrong. For each and all he has a word of kindly-affection, and as he sees us waiting near the entrance, he ap-proaches with outstretched hand and invites us to the grandprocession in tlie evening. The people have dispersed, and have returned to their homes.
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A Village Feast. 163 Already the sun is higii in the sk\, pouring a deluge of heatupon the landscape. From the iiurizon, mountain after mountainsprings airily into the heavens, their blue peaks suggesting a placeof perpetual coolness, upon which the eye loves to linger amidthe oppressive blaze of the tropic sun. Surrounding the village are forests of majestic trees, of inde-scribable grandeur, and of unparalleled magnihcence. Amongthese the white houses of the planters nestle peacefully. Each house has its own tiny garden, fenced in with reeds, andforms a miniature paradise, where are flowers of splendid hue,creepers with purple blossoms, red-coral blooms, and trees ofpalm, mango, orange, lanzon, santol, and giant bananas, whoserich fruits, in giant clusters, tempt the eye of the beholder.Here the native is a petty king : for his own little domain,for nine months of the year, yields sutBcient for his wants.Nature, indeed, gives him a golden harvest for only the reaping. We have been i

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