![]() Back in the 1930s, Mindanao was opened for settlement for the landless by the Commonwealth Government under President Manuel Luis Quezon. My grandmother, Fortunata, Lola Forting to us, was a teacher at Culasi Elementary School in Antique when the National Land Settlement Administration under the management of General Paulino Santos opened the gates of Mindanao, then touted as the Land of Promise, to settlers from Luzon and Visayas. ![]() ![]() as a song Dandansoy in 1965, in a book “Philippine Progressive Music Series Book III! This pain had been kept a secret in Fortunata Magsipoc Ledesma’s heart for almost 26 years…until her longing was published nationwide…. More so if the husband would cross the seas to look for greener pasture in a faraway island of Mindanao in 1939. Music: Fortunata (Dioso) Magsipoc – Ledesma of Culasiīidding goodbye to a husband in times when one needed him most is painful. Hope this will add up to all of what you guys remind of… na miss ko na gid magpuli da sa atun sa pinas… ari pa isa ka subo nga kanta…īangud sang kitchen boy matamad mag kuti….Ģ8. ![]()
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