...It is so symbolic and if I’m not mistaken it is inside one of Dagohoy’s cave. It represents hope, light at the end of the tunnel. I guess you personally took that picture from inside the cave ....
Sir Macky, thanks. I don't know if Lamanoc (as it is vandalized on the cave wall by members of the National Historical Institute in the early 80s themselves, although I prefer spelling it Lamanok) was one of the caves used by Dagohoy and his forces.
It is located in an island of the same name in the far eastern part of Bohol, off of the Anda Peninsula. There are caves there were one can see prehistoric hematite paintings. It is for these paintings and many other archaeological relics found in Lamanok (
that Anda is hailed as the "Cradle of Civilization of Bohol." Ironically, most of these relics and artifacts are in the basement of the National Museum branch in Butuan City.
Since it is far from the highlands of Bohol, it may be unlikely that it was used as one of Dagohoy's outposts. But, then again, based on the same argument of its inaccessibility or of at least being difficult to penetrate, it may well have been (The caves of Camira and Inaghuban (two of the many cave systems that Dagohoy used) are themselves situated in difficult terrain.). Someone will have to do further research on that.
And yes, the picture was taken inside the cave.
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