i am from poblacion bauko mountain province
The Legend of its Name
Stories which were told from generations reveal that the people who first settled in the present day municipality of Bauko are the couple named Padoka and Adian. They lived through planting root crops, domesticating and hunting wild animals in the woods.
One day, their pregnant sow got out of its pen and never came back. The couple searched the immediate vicinity but the pig is nowhere to be found. Adian searched farther where she discovered the sow’s footprints headed eastward going down the lower dike-like mountain called Kamanbaneng. They followed the footprints until they reached a cave-in near a spring in Mt. Kipay-an where they finally saw the pig. The area is packed with trees called “Baukok.” Padoka surveyed the land and found out that it has a good and friendly terrain which made him decide to transfer his whole family there.
As the number of people who live in this place expanded as a result of migration and intermarriage between the children of Padoka and Adian and nearby communities, there began rampant cutting down of trees which they used to build houses. As the number of trees dwindled, the descendants of Opeg, son of Padoka and Adian started calling the place “Baukok” which served as memory of the trees that once abounded in the place. This later on evolved to Bauko which is how this municipality is now known. One day, their pregnant sow got out of its pen and never came back. The couple searched the immediate vicinity but the pig is nowhere to be found. Adian searched farther where she discovered the sow’s footprints headed eastward going down the lower dike-like mountain called Kamanbaneng. They followed the footprints until they reached a cave-in near a spring in Mt. Kipay-an where they finally saw the pig. The area is packed with trees called “Baukok.” Padoka surveyed the land and found out that it has a good and friendly terrain which made him decide to transfer his whole family there.
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