CATBALOGAN CITY – As a kickstarter of the “Pakig-angbit, Kadarag-an Series of Lectures”, the book titled “Extraordinary Life and Works of Fr. Cantius Kobak: A Polish Historian of the Philippines” was unveiled to the public on March 1 (21).
Pakig-angbit, Kadarag-an Series of the SSU Museum and Archives is a month-long commemoration of the quincentenary arrival of Magellan in the Philippines, specifically in Samar.
“The theme primarily depicts the victory of Filipinos in the value of patriotism and nationalism,” Mr. Jhonil Bajado, SSU Museum and Archives Director, stated in his rationale of the event.
His Exellency Jaroslaw Sczcepankiewicz of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Manila gave a pre-recorded message essentially expressing the importance of Father Kobak in the development of historiography in Samar.
The Secretary of the National Committee on Museums, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Mr. Carl Sanchez Bordeos, gave a short lecture about the “Historian of Samar”― Fr. Kobak―and how vast his contribution was in the history of Samar.
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