Members of the Zamboanga Fearless Mountaineering Society undertook a project to clean-up Mount Pulong Bato, in Pasonanca on Sunday, August 30, 2009. The whole day activity concentrated on the picking up of rubbish left behind by irresponsible trekkers, who leave their water bottles and candy wrappers along the trail up to the mountain.
Pulong Bato, has a very historical significance to the city of Zamboanga, particularly to the Subanon tribal group,as it is considered to be a sacred mountain and home of their deity. In the past, when the rivers of Pasonanca was still deep and could be accessed from an inlet in Mulu Muluan, the tribal group of the Subanens, or people of the river as their name is literally translated, would travel by canoes to Pulung Bato and would offer sacrifices to an ancient balete tree at the foot of the mountain.
Several legends have been linked to this mountain, making a climb of this ancient rock a mystical experience for adventurous climbers. During Holy Week, people making their holyweek sacrifice would climb up for prayers. While this makes this mountain popular, it also brings a long with it the common problem of climbers who irresponsible throw their garbage anywhere.
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