Burial CavesBurial Caves is a National Cultural Treasure, National Museum; Registered Property, Municipality of Bagulin, La Union located at Bagulin, La Union, Region I.
Bagulin Rock Shelter – The cave located on a cliff at Sitio Alabok, Barangay Cambali, Bagulin, La Union was used as a burial site in the past. Primary dug-out wooden coffins with male and female skeletons were found. The wooden coffins are provided with cover with zoomorphic design representing the head of the carabao. Associated with the coffins are stoneware “burnay’ for making basi wine, deer horns and spears. The study of artifacts found therein revealed important information on burial practices in the past. Because of its significance, the site was declared a National Cultural Treasure on October 17, 1977 by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
MALACAÑANG
Manila
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
PROCLAMATION NO. 1683
DECLARING THE BURIAL CAVES AT SITIO ALABOK, BARANGAY CAMBALI, BAGULIN, LA UNION, AS A NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURE
WHEREAS, the existence of burial caves in the Municipality of Bagulin, La Union, has been confirmed; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to preserve the site and the artifacts therein for posterity and to develop the same for cultural and tourism purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and pursuant to Republic Act No. 4846, do hereby declare the burial caves at Sitio Alabok, Barangay Cambali, Municipality of Bagulin, La Union as a National Cultural Treasure under the supervision and control of the National Museum, in coordination with the Department of Tourism.
All proclamations, decrees or executive orders inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed herein.
Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
(SGD.)FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines