EXPLORE LEYTE: CARIGARA

CARIGARA
•The Holy Cross
•July 15-16



It was first called Kangara (Kan Gara), meaning "that of Gara". Gara was said to have come from Borneo, one of the unnamed companions of the ten datus who landed in Panay and purchased that island from the Ati (Asta) chief Marikudo. Later, for phonetic convenience, Kangara became Kalgara and when the Spaniards came, they called the place Carigara until now.

1580. Augustinians Friars led by Fr. Alonso Velasquez came to Carigara.



1595. July 16, Jesuit missionaries arrived in the persons of Fr. Pedro Chirino, Fr. Juan del Campo, Cosme Flores, Br. Gaspay Garay and Martin. This period was also called the Golden Age of Carigara, making Carigara the religious capitan of half of the Visayas and the whole Mindanao.

Carigara becames Leyte's capital twice. 1770 and early years and 1824-1830.

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REF.
•Photo:
(Datu Gara Shrine) DwaineWoolley
(Carigara Church) fb/CarigaraLeyte
•Leyte Town Histories and Legends. 1980. Francisco Tantuico Jr.