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The Barasoain Church is a historical place and popular tourist destination in Bulacan. Because of its popularity and oldness, many people planned to celebrate wedding, baptism, first communion and other religious activities in this church.
“Do you know where the name “Barasoain” came from?” This was the question asked by the curator of the Barasoain Museum thatmade us think about. Actually, this made us realize that we’re doing a research about the historical events that happened at Barasoain Church, but we had forgotten to ask ourselves about the simple origin of its name. We then discovered that the name “Barasoain” was rooted from the Filipino word, “baras ng suwail”, which means “dungeon of the defiant” in English. It’s because this was the place where you can find Filipinos who were in opposition to the laws of the conquerors of our country. Another fact about the origin of its name was that it was taken from the name of a well-known church at Navarra, Spain. Some priests and missionaries had gone there and saw a very beautiful church, so they decided to give the same name to the one that they built in Malolos.
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