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Monday, February 24, 2020

entry arrow9:00 AM | Daguit?

Encoding right now T. Valentino Sitoy's definitive history of Dumaguete [it is soooo good]—and I am persuaded thoroughly by his argument that the origin of “Dumaguete” does not come from “dagit” [meaning, to seize] which has become our popular version of that history. This is the thing about the lack of heritage awareness, and the published history that go with it: we are always enamored by the legend that we have, and take that as history. So where did the name “Dumaguete” come from? You will have to wait for the second volume of Hugkat Journal to come out...

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