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environmental
services of the lake - It is the center of
life and activities for the 29 lakeshore towns that borders it. It provides
life-support services to these communities, notably as source of water for irrigation,
industrial cooling, and domestic water supply; a reservoir; waste sink; power generation;
transport route; and, a place for recreation.
cultural aspects of the
lake -
Its lakeshore towns are rich in
culture and traditions. You will still find old churches, a town that nurtures the
country's best artists, and even caves containing the oldest rock art in the country, to
name a few. Many traditional fishing practices can still be observed like the use of
home-made guns and salambao. Laguna de Bay has in fact been immortalized in the two
novels of the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, himself a native of Calamba, a
lakeshore town. |
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