The intriguing Camiguin church ruins

Hi Folks ,

How are you doing today?In my end,days had been wet here in Cebu with rain falling like cats and dogs. I had to be honest it made me homesick at one point.But as I said in many of my blogs ones emotional health is an individual battlefield.So ,I try to be positive as always despite the fact that my super busy work -study schedule makes me sleepy and tired at most days.

So while I am stuck in a traffic that could last an hour with the rain I decided to write about my trip to one of the church ruins in Camiguin.As you will see in these pictures its just the massive walls cloathed in moss .The greenery of the place is so calming to my tired spirit and not just to my two dark brown eyes.

I am fond of ruins like this as they have unique architectural taste and they take us to a time to a distant past embed with interesting stories unique to themselves.Churches those days werent just religious places but also a refuge from attack of nature or from invaders.They are places where lovers meet for a tryst or where feuding parties finally come into terms.These had been venues of happy events like wedding,baptism etc as well as of deep mouring as un death.So expect me to be in deep reverence when I am in such place

Being marked as a place with historical interest would help this place a lot in attracting tourist as well as in its daily upkeep.I am happy thay O saw many tourist hoppinh into this place for some souvenir pictures.I hope with the advent of social media theyd gain the recognition it deserve.

I have been told by my German native teacher that in Germanynas well as in many European countries churches because of declining church attendees had been turned into museum,malls restaurant and clubs just so their exquisite workmanship wouldnt go to waste.Looking at this ruins I hope stakeholders and tourist alike understand these are not just seasoned boulders of an old church but more so a national identity thay have to be preserve.

I am happy to notice its very clean so gone are the days of irresponsible tourist.For a third world country like us tourism can hugely aid us in generating jobs and revenue hence I take it as a personal mission to advertise the paradise that our country is.My penny thought is if we cant do something good for our nation let us not pull it down by irresponsible degrading remarks on our motherland.

As I stroll on its vast perimeter I cant help but wonder the grandeur it was then,the secrets uttered between a confessor and a confesse priest,the promises uttered between couples,the prayers uttered in its walls and the tears it silently witnessed with the passing of years.Devoid of huge machine then one can only say it was either done out of deep faith or greatest coercion to achieve such a feat.

Man's spirutuality will be defined and redefined in his lifetime.Social norms will change hence we see radical changes affecting our churces like the acceptance of same sex marriages in some countries yet here is what I know--irregardless of any social upheaval there will be people who would find it to humanity's best interest to preserve this cultural heritage.Because in these walls are the manifestation of what ot ia to be human that to me is the creation of something that will outlive them.

So while they remain to be seen and while you have the time and mobility to see them I suggest you do.Take those picturesque photos because like most things in this world even at our best effort this structures will cave in to erosion and the natural course of wear and tear.And dont discount the fact many of mans ancestral heirlooms that lasted centuries were wiped out by acts of war in name of freedom.Ironic indeed.

May this brief invitation written in haste by a culture geek and architectural vulture inspire you to find places worth remembering about

Till next post,
Ayn