On the high wall, back of my current apartment (Cebu City), grows a little Bo fig -- Ficus religiosa -- the sacred fig -- said to be the tree under which the Buddha achieved enlightenment. [caption id="attachment_215" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="The little Bo fig at the back of my apartment"] [/caption] I don't know if anyone else has reported the connection, but i think the Bo balete is the tree that best represents Cebu. I noticed it was everywhere when i first came to Cebu city-- mostly on walls and unkempt areas -- warehouses, old residences, thriving on the city's limey soil. In Visayan, Cebu is Sugbo. While others may argue the term came from something that has to do with "current" -- as in "sinulog" , i find it more convenient to "see bo" in sug-bo. Others, no doubt have noticed this connection -- and have, in their own way, found ways to express it. I once saw a bo tree being grown as a d...
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