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Florentino Collantes (left) and Jose Corazon de Jesus (right) are the first performers of balagtasan in manila. Balagtasan is a Filipino form of debate done in verse. Derived from the name of Francisco Balagtas also known as the Prince of Balagtasan, this art presents a type of literature in which thoughts or reasoning are expressed through speech.
Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), [1] commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines.
The first balagtasan was held in Tayuman, Manila on April 6, 1925. Several pairs of poets joined the literary joust but Collantes and De Jesus were the most popular. The organizers pitted the two in a rivalry that culminated in a contest for the title of 'Hari ng Balagtasan' (King of the Balagtasan).
They changed the format of the duplo and renamed it balagtasan in honor of Balagtas. There were three pairs of poets who participated in the first balagtasan on April 6, 1924 at the defunct Instituto de Mujeres (Women's Institute), founded by Sevilla, but the audience were most impressed by de Jesús and another Filipino poet, Florentino Collantes.
In a balagtasan where he and Jesus Balmori fought on the subject of El Recuerdo y el Olvido, no winner was revealed because they were both good but in the sound of applause after the balagtasan, it appeared that Bernabe attracted the audience.
FlipTop Rap Battle League is the first and largest running pro battle conference in the Philippines founded by Alaric Riam Yuson (known as Anygma) in 2010. [1] [2] The league promotes Pinoy hip hop.
Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas.The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia").
Michael M. Coroza is a full professor and former chair (2020 - 2023) of the Department of Filipino, School of Humanities, Ateneo de Manila University.He teaches Filipino literature, creative writing (poetry), and literary translation at the graduate and undergraduate levels.