Florentino collantes biography of mahatma

Florentino Collantes (October 16, – July 15, ) was a Filipinopoet who was among the writers who spearheaded a revival of interest in Tagalog literature in the Philippines in the 20th century.

Early years

Collantes was born in the village of Dampol in Pulilan, Bulacan to Toribio Collantes of Baliwag, Bulacan and Manuela Tancioco of Pulilan. He completed his primary and secondary schooling in Malolos, Bulacan.

American colonial period in the philippines

As a teenager, Collantes displayed an avid interest in literature and memorized epic poems in Spanish (corridos) and Tagalog (awits). He is known to have committed to memory long excerpts from versified stories on the passion of Jesus Christ, known as 'pasion', that are traditionally sung in public during Holy Week in the Philippines.

He was also a skilled practitioner of 'duplo', or a dramatic poetical joust that was a popular form of entertainment in the Philippines until the s. At the age of 15, he already read almost all (awits), ('du