THE DAVAO City Culture and the Arts Office (DCCAO) lauded the initiative to rename barangays, but should consider cultural and historical landmarks in the process.
DCCAO head Oscar Casaysay said Thursday the process is included in the cultural mapping in the city.
“Siguro mas maayo naay historical or cultural significance kung nganong kana ilang ipangalan,” Casaysay said during the Ispeak media forum on Thursday.
He added that should the barangay be renamed, it has to be considered how the barangay was formed and the significant event that took place within the area.
Casaysay cited, for example, Acacia Street, which is still called Acacia now despite the absence of such trees.
“That will be part of our cultural mapping, to be an addition to the profile of the city,” he said, noting a need to do landmarking of the city’s specific areas of historical significance.
Cultural mapping is an approach to record and track the tangible and intangible parts in communities that have invaluable significance.
Renaming of 40 barangays in the first district was pushed by councilor J. Melchor Quitain Jr., as barangays are still called by numbers.
Under the first congressional district, there are 40 barangays in Poblacion namely: 1-A, 2-A, 3-A, 4-A, 5-A, 6-A, 7-A, 8-A, 9-A, 10-A, 11-B, 12-B, 13-B, 14-B, 15-B, 16-B, 17-B, 18-B, 19-B, 20-B, 21-C, 22-C, 23-C, 24-C, 25-C, 26-C, 27-C, 28-C, 29-C, 30-C, 31-D, 32-D, 33-D, 34-D, 35-D, 36-D, 37-D, 38-D, 39-D, and 40-D.
Quitain Jr. recognized that renaming the barangays in the Población District will take time, as it will require the people’s vote, which would entail expenses.
