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• The Province of Marinduque, known to be the "Heart of the Philippines" and home of the Moriones Festival has a well-recorded history of its foundation day
• Marinduque, along with Mindoro, on the southeast portion of Laguna and Camarines, was made a part of Batangas when the latter was founded


  1581
• The island of Marinduque was separated from Batangas and became a part of Mindoro as a corregimiento


  Early 17th century
• Marinduque functioned as a province but was later reduced as a Mindoro sub-province


  1671
• Marinduque declared its separation from Mindoro and from Spanish rule after the overthrow of the last Spanish casadores (Tagalog soldiers) during the Philippine-Spanish War


  28 April 1898
• Marinduque was finally converted into a new province by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 125


  1 May 1901
• Marinduque was annexed to the Province of Tayabas (now Quezon) by virtue of Act No. 499


  10 November 1902
• Marinduque was declared a sub-province of Tayabas under Act No. 1649 with Juan Nieva as Lieutenant Governor


  17 May 1907
• Act No. 2880 re-established the Province of Marinduque as a separate and independent province from Tayabas


  21 February 1920
• A province's founding anniversary is a reminder to the local community about the long-standing culture and traditions of the province
• The annual festivities that often accompany this type of holiday build stronger bonds among the local population
• The celebrations and festivities during municipal, city and provincial foundation days form part and parcel of the Filipino culture
• The Philippines is well-known as one of only two Christian countries in Asia
• Ferdinand Magellan reached Philippine shores and the conversion of the indigenous people to Christianity began


  1521
• The observance of the Holy Week is one of the most significant Catholic occasions observed in the country
• The Moriones Festival has been celebrated in the Province of Marinduque since 1807
• The Moriones Festival is a re-enactment of the biblical story of Saint Longinus who was a Roman soldier with one blind eye, and was cured when the blood of Jesus spurted onto his eye
• The Moriones Festival has become a part of the identity of the people of Marinduque
• The Province of Marinduque is hereby declared as the Home of the Moriones Festival
• The Department of Tourism (DOT) shall feature the Moriones Festival in its overall tourism promotion program
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