Panay is the place where the dawn of Christianity started. it is also the center of the first act of revolt against the Spaniards in the province of capiz. the first encounter between the Filipino revolutionaries and the Spanish forces happened in may 1897 at Tadio Bridge. Despite the inferiority in manpower and arms, the revolutionaries were able to repulse the advances of the Spanish forces by sheer ingenuity. using only "gafas" nipa stalks which looked like rifles from afar, they have the Spaniards thinking that the Filipino revolutionaries were well equipped and prepared retreated to Capiz now Roxas city
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