Qualla: Silay https://qualla.com/silay en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Silay https://qualla.com/silay Silay: Introduction https://qualla.com/silay/ The city takes its name from a tree, which takes its name from a princess, who takes her legend from a battle no one can prove happened. In the story, Princess Kansilay led her village against a pirate raid, fighting with a talibong sword until the attackers fled and she fell. A tree grew over her grave, the first kansilay tree, and the place became Silay. Whether or not the legend is true, Silay City earned its reputation for defiance honestly. This small city on the western coast of Negros has been fighting to preserve things since before preservation was fashionable.

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/m/silay-wp/w9zm-silay-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Silay: Scratching for Clams to Refining Sugar https://qualla.com/silay/ Silay's earliest incarnation was a settlement called Carobcob, a Kinaray-a word meaning to scratch, named for the practice of raking tidal sands for tuway clams. The village sat near the mouth of a creek, and in 1571 it was granted as an encomienda to Cristobal Nunez Paroja, one ...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/m/silay-wp/w9zm-silay-scratching-for-clams-to-refining-sugar.mp3 0:06 2 full Silay: November Fifth https://qualla.com/silay/ On November 5, 1898, at about two in the afternoon, residents of Silay gathered at a street corner and marched to the Spanish garrison near the Catholic Church. The encounter was bloodless. The Spanish civil guard commander, Lieutenant Maximiano Correa, refused to surrender at fi...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/m/silay-wp/w9zm-silay-november-fifth.mp3 0:06 3 full Silay: The Paris of Negros https://qualla.com/silay/ The nickname sounds grandiose for a Philippine provincial city, but walk through the heritage district and the reasoning becomes clear. More than thirty houses have been declared part of the Silay National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippin...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/m/silay-wp/w9zm-silay-the-paris-of-negros.mp3 0:06 4 full Silay: Patag and the Last Stand https://qualla.com/silay/ On the slopes of Mount Silay lies Patag, where the Japanese occupation of Negros made its final stand during World War II. In 1945, the Nagano Detachment of the Imperial Japanese Army retreated from the coast and established a defensive position in the mountain terrain. Soldiers ...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/9/z/m/silay-wp/w9zm-silay-patag-and-the-last-stand.mp3 0:06 5 full Silay: Kansilay Lives On https://qualla.com/silay/ Every June 12, Silay celebrates the Hugyaw Kansilay Festival, a dance-driven retelling of the Princess Kansilay legend that doubles as a celebration of the city's evolution from a lowly pueblo to a cultural destination. On June 12, 1957, Silay officially became a city under Repub...

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