Pio Abelgas Kabahar[1] (October 11, 1892 â€" 1977[2]), also known as
Piux A. Kabahar, was a Cebuano composer, playwright, journalist, and
director. He was best known as a playwright, he was the director of
the first Cebuano moving picture, Bertoldo ug Balodoy.Pio Kabahar was
born to the couple Justo Kabahar and Margarita Abelgas[3] in San
Nicolas, Cebu[4] on October 11, 1892. He was influenced by his father
who was a musician, and he played violin for the Mauricia Gahuman's
dancing hall, as well as other musical instruments such as the
mandolin, guitar, cello, banjo, bandurya, subing, and percussions.
When he had saved enough, he paid for his studies at the Cebu
Provincial High School.[3]He first taught at Recoleto Central School
for four years[3] and then became a writer. His time saw the emergence
of the press that regularly published works of the local artist, whose
styles were imitations of American novels and influenced by the
translations of European fiction. Kabahar's works in stage drama
exhibited similar shift, added with social criticism and entertainment
as evident in the works of other playwrights such as Buenaventura
Rodriguez and Florentino Borromeo.[5]
Piux A. Kabahar, was a Cebuano composer, playwright, journalist, and
director. He was best known as a playwright, he was the director of
the first Cebuano moving picture, Bertoldo ug Balodoy.Pio Kabahar was
born to the couple Justo Kabahar and Margarita Abelgas[3] in San
Nicolas, Cebu[4] on October 11, 1892. He was influenced by his father
who was a musician, and he played violin for the Mauricia Gahuman's
dancing hall, as well as other musical instruments such as the
mandolin, guitar, cello, banjo, bandurya, subing, and percussions.
When he had saved enough, he paid for his studies at the Cebu
Provincial High School.[3]He first taught at Recoleto Central School
for four years[3] and then became a writer. His time saw the emergence
of the press that regularly published works of the local artist, whose
styles were imitations of American novels and influenced by the
translations of European fiction. Kabahar's works in stage drama
exhibited similar shift, added with social criticism and entertainment
as evident in the works of other playwrights such as Buenaventura
Rodriguez and Florentino Borromeo.[5]
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