De Jesuswas acclaimed as the “First King of Balagtasan,” a poetical joust popular during the early decades of the 20th century. De Jesuswas acclaimed as the “First King of Balagtasan,” a poetical ...
Jose Corazon de Jesus (Huseng Batute), the writer who penned the Tagalog lyrics to the song “Bayan Ko,” was the same person who took part, along with Florentino Collantes, in the very first balagtasan ...