Cabiao Nueva Ecija Philippines

Brief History of Cabiao

The name "kabyaw" originated from the term "Kabyawan". This is the name of a stone device operated by means of a carabao and which was used to crash sugar cane to get the juice which later was made into molasses or crude sugar. The first kabyawan was supposed to have been introduced here by a woman, named Romana. The kabyawan or batang kabyawan became familiar to the neighboring places and the place where it was located was identified as Kabyawan and later shortened to "Kabyaw". The spelling was altered by the influenced of the foreign alphabet letters.

The Spanish influence provide penetrating. The inhabitants easily adapted the ways of living of the Spaniards and were converted to Christianity. Different species of plants from Mexico such as Cacao, Coffee, Tobacco and Achuete was introduce by the Spanish friars. Household chores were done by woman while working for livelihood was performed by man.

The wealthy were distinguished from middle class and the poor. The house of the wealthy followed the Byzantine style while that of the poor was usually made of cogon or talahib, bamboos of shingles of nipa.

The Spaniards introduced the modern art of teaching and learning. They established schools in convents and the Spanish curates were designed teachers. The famous Maestrong Juan Talens, Maestrong Juan Orquiza and Maestrang Facia were outstanding products of the Spanish Educational System.

Cabiao was one of the members of the Lakandula Confederation of Tondo before the Spanish arrival. The existence of the Filipino inderpendent states ended and were subjected Pueblos and Barrios when the Spaniards came, the tireless persons who served as Gobernadorcillo were Pablo Galang, Doroteo Santiano, Apolonio Parungao, Atanacio Relucio, Faustino Sugay, Silvino Sagcal, Andres Romero, Regina Ortis Luis, Alipio Tecson and General Mariano Llanera, who started the revolution in Cabiao in 1896, was the last of the Gobernadorcillo.