HISTORY OF STO. ROSARIO
The present name of the barrio is Sto. Rosario. It is commonly called "Tinabang".
Five kilometers northward from Magalang, sprawling perpendicularly to the Magalang-Concepcion road, with its western end pointing towards Mabalacat town (seven kilometers away) is Sto. Rosario, a hardy village peopled by peaceful and industrious farmers. It is also a community whose colorful history dates back hundreds of years ago. Sto. Rosario's existence stems back from the time a young couple came upon an abandoned "caingin" on the west bank of a great, shallow brook early in the 1780's. The story, handed down from generation to generation, relates how the first settler had gotten discouraged in his attempt to claim the plot of land from the forest growth and lush vegetation which overran it. When he pulled out, he left a message of defeat etched in the trunk of a giant tree which stated: "Tinabang cu lub at meco nacu". (Translated: I have been discouraged and I have departed). The semi legend goes on to relate how the young couple carried on where the unknown first settler left off in the clearing and cultivation of the abandoned homestead and in time people began to trickle and migrate to the settlement to till adjoining "caingins" to the stout hearted young couple's on the bank of the great brook which now is the site of the present barrio.
The great brook, Sapang Maragul as referred to by the inhabitants, has long forsaken its ancient course and to this day the rise of land Sto. Rosario stands upon is the only testimony that once it was the bank of a wide brook whose dry bed is the lowland of the present village which is called "Bana" by the present day residents. Two other sitios are Calumpang and Tinabang a Malati (Little Tinabang).
By the beginning of the 19th century, the settlers formed a body to run the local affairs. The Chairman was Sotero Tayag and the three other members were Blas Datu, Manuel Cunanan and Juan Razon. The first task of this committee was naming of the community into Tinabang and later to Tinabang del Rosario in honor of the patron saint Virgin of the Rosary brought by Blas Datu into the settlement.
The present name of the barrio is Sto. Rosario. It is commonly called "Tinabang".
Five kilometers northward from Magalang, sprawling perpendicularly to the Magalang-Concepcion road, with its western end pointing towards Mabalacat town (seven kilometers away) is Sto. Rosario, a hardy village peopled by peaceful and industrious farmers. It is also a community whose colorful history dates back hundreds of years ago. Sto. Rosario's existence stems back from the time a young couple came upon an abandoned "caingin" on the west bank of a great, shallow brook early in the 1780's. The story, handed down from generation to generation, relates how the first settler had gotten discouraged in his attempt to claim the plot of land from the forest growth and lush vegetation which overran it. When he pulled out, he left a message of defeat etched in the trunk of a giant tree which stated: "Tinabang cu lub at meco nacu". (Translated: I have been discouraged and I have departed). The semi legend goes on to relate how the young couple carried on where the unknown first settler left off in the clearing and cultivation of the abandoned homestead and in time people began to trickle and migrate to the settlement to till adjoining "caingins" to the stout hearted young couple's on the bank of the great brook which now is the site of the present barrio.
The great brook, Sapang Maragul as referred to by the inhabitants, has long forsaken its ancient course and to this day the rise of land Sto. Rosario stands upon is the only testimony that once it was the bank of a wide brook whose dry bed is the lowland of the present village which is called "Bana" by the present day residents. Two other sitios are Calumpang and Tinabang a Malati (Little Tinabang).
By the beginning of the 19th century, the settlers formed a body to run the local affairs. The Chairman was Sotero Tayag and the three other members were Blas Datu, Manuel Cunanan and Juan Razon. The first task of this committee was naming of the community into Tinabang and later to Tinabang del Rosario in honor of the patron saint Virgin of the Rosary brought by Blas Datu into the settlement.