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==Early years== | ==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. | 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 (Bulacan High School). | ||
As a teenager, Collantes displayed an avid interest in literature and memorized epic poems in Spanish ({{lang|es|corridos}}) and Tagalog ({{transl|tl|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 1950s. At the age of 15, he already read almost all ({{transl|tl|awits}}), ('dula') and {{lang|es|corrido}}. Due to poverty, he only manages to read books and journals by helping to sell some {{transl|tl|awits}} and {{lang|es|corridos}} during fiestas and he uses the money he earns to borrow some journals from a nearby store. | As a teenager, Collantes displayed an avid interest in literature and memorized epic poems in Spanish ({{lang|es|corridos}}) and Tagalog ({{transl|tl|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 1950s. At the age of 15, he already read almost all ({{transl|tl|awits}}), ('dula') and {{lang|es|corrido}}. Due to poverty, he only manages to read books and journals by helping to sell some {{transl|tl|awits}} and {{lang|es|corridos}} during fiestas and he uses the money he earns to borrow some journals from a nearby store. | ||