Sasmuan is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. A municipality ( bayan, sometimes munisipyo in Cebuano or used infrequently in Tagalog) is a local government unit in the Philippines The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines. Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 23,359 people in 4,343 households. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
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History
"Sasmuan" was derived from the Malayo-Polynesian word "pitagmuan" or "meeting place of the datus". Datu or datto is the title for ancient tribal chieftains and monarchs in pre-Hispanic Philippines.
Sasmuan already had a well developed system of government well before the era of Spanish colonization. It evolved to be one of the oldest and major settlements in Pampanga by the 16th century. The Santa Lucia Church was one of the first Roman Catholic churches built in the Philippines by the Spaniards with the political and financial support of the Principalia. Principalía chieftain class or [[nobility]] was the ruling class in the towns of Spanish Philippines composed of the Gobernadorcillo or the Municipal Captain who presided over
Barangays
Sasmuan is politically subdivided into 12 barangays and 3-Sitios. This article refers to a political administrative division See Barangay Ginebra Kings for other uses
- Batang 1st
- Batang 2nd
- Mabuanbuan
- Malusac
- Santa Lucia (Pob. )
- San Antonio
- San Nicolas 1st
- San Nicolas 2nd & Sitio Remedios
- San Pedro
- Santa Monica & Sitio San Francisco
- Santo Tomas & Sitio Sta Cruz (Home of the "ANAC CAMING TAGA SITIO" (ACTS))
- Sebitanan
Geography
Sasmuan has a unique geography in that it is surrounded by fish ponds. Aquaculture has been the main industry that drives the local economy.
Customs and Traditions
Don Monico Mercado Day
- Celebrated every 4th of May to honor the first Congressman of Pampanga and the people of Sasmuan.
Holy Week
- pasyon
- manibatbat
- family saints
Fiesta San Juan
- Celebrated every 24th day of June in honor of St. John the Baptist. Saint John the Baptist ( heb. Jochanan ben Sacharja, arab. يحيى Yaḥyā or يوحنا Yūḥanna, aram. Customarily, every visitor to the town will be splashed with water. There is a big river parade that takes place the whole day.
All Saints Day/All Soul's Day
- Celebrated in the 1st and 2nd of November, townspeople march to the cemetery to honor their loved ones who have passed away. It is a day of remembrance and prayers. Everyone brings volumes of candles to be lit the whole day and night. Children traditionally outdo each other making sculptures out of collected melted candle wax.
Kuraldal Festival
- Celebrated every 6th of January, in honor of the town's patron saint, Santa Lucia. This article is about the Catholic saint For other meanings see Saint Lucia (disambiguation Saint Lucy of Syracuse also known as Saint Lucia Santa Lucia is believed to help not only the blind but women who wish to have the fertility to bear children.
Unique Delicacies
- Polvoron
- Tamales
- Palatpat
- Tabang Talangka
- Pituklip
- Eko
External links
- Sasmuan, Pampanga (video)
- Sasmuan, Pampanga II (video)
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
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