The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ

IN my time in grade school and high school, the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ was always mentioned as one of our heritage treasures together with Pagsanjan Falls and the Salinas Salt Mountain in Nueva Vizcaya. There were others, of course, but having been a stamp collector at that time of high school, I remember vividly stamps depicting these three iconic Philippine treasures. So much so, that they were filed in my mind at that time in Baguio City to some day seek them. And I did.

Pagsanjan Falls near Manila was an excursion, the Bamboo Organ in Las Piñas was a short drive from my residence in Pasay City and finally, on the way to Cagayan Valley, I took a side trip to see the mountain of salt. All of these efforts were fulfilling because I was taught about their beauty as natural wonders and their value as heritage objects.