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Culion Museum and Archives
Culion Museum and Archives
Background
As the world has eliminated leprosy as a public health problem except for 6 countries, the concerns of collecting and preserving documents, research materials and results pictures, books and other memorabilia related with the disease and its long struggle to control it, is also an important and urgent task not only for historical and posterity purposes but for learning and documentation since there is no other disease that has created such fear, stigma, ostracism and institutionalization other than leprosy. The concomitant public health measures and medical and patients’ response to the disease had been peculiar, drastic, devastating and worth reviewing and preserving.
History of Culion Sanitarium and General Hospital
History of Culion Sanitarium and General Hospital
Culion Leper Colony is an interesting institution and is in many aspects a unique one. Primarily, it was established to protect non-leprous people from those afflicted with the disease. The protection was done by segregating and putting the leprosy patients into place solely for them. The welfare of the patient was just secondary. The government sees to it that they live and die in as much comfort as possible with the people of their kind. One of the most important contribution and role of Culion Leper Colony was in the research arena, where numerous and extensive studies on the epidemiology of the disease and the quest for the cure were conducted and for the above objectives and goal – Culion has serve the purpose well.Historical Background and Overview of Culion Municipality
Historical Background and Overview of Culion Municipality
The Municipality of Culion is part of a group of islands in Northern Palawan called Calamianes that includes the municipalities of Busuanga, Coron, and Linapacan. During the Spanish Period, these were known as Las Islas de Calamianes, Provincia de Espana.
Aside from churches, the Spaniards built defensive fortifications in strategic places in Taytay, Cuyo, Agutaya, Linapacan, including a watch tower and fort in the locality of Libis in Culion.
In 1858, Calamianes was divided into 2 provinces, “Castilla” and “Asturias”. Castilla, which included northern Palawan, retained its capital of Taytay. Asturias extended south to Balabac. In 1873, the capital of Palawan was changed from Taytay to Cuyo. The French anthropologist Alfred Marche traveled the Philippines and documented his research of many places. French Ambassador Pirre Revol in particular translated Marche’s account of the Calamianes, and Culion.
History of Culion
History of Culion
Isla de Culion
In 1622, with the zeal of the missionaries to spread Christianity in Palawan (Paragua), the Order of the Augustinian Recollects reached Isla de Culion. There begun the evangelization of the island.
Due to the zeal shown by the missionaries, the progress attained in this Mission was copious as well as rapid. But this progress was not to last long. The evangelization of Mindanao, the land of the followers of Mohammed triggered the so-called Moro raids.
Culion - A Paradise Lost - A Paradise Regained
Culion - A Paradise Lost - A Paradise Regained
• Geographical Location
Culion is an island situated at the northernmost part of Palawan some 200 nautical miles southwest of Manila. It belongs to the Calamianes Group of Islands.
Culion lies within the parallels of 11036’ N and 12003’ N and the meridians of 1190 47’ E and 1200 15’ E. It has a total land area of 415 square kilometers which includes the 41 surrounding islands and measures 1,191.39 square kilometers including its territorial water. It is bounded on the north by Busuanga Island, on the east by the Coron Reef, on the south by Linapacan Island, and on the west by the South China Sea.
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24 February 2012 00:10
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