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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.
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* National Historical Institute,''Filipinos in History'' Volume 1 (Manila: National Historical Institute, 1995)
* National Historical Institute,''Filipinos in History'' Volume 1 (Manila: National Historical Institute, 1995)
* Almario, Virgilio S. ''Art and Politics in the Balagtasan'' (Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2003)
* Almario, Virgilio S. ''Art and Politics in the Balagtasan'' (Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2003)
* FB page: Florentino Collantes https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083653419246


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