“Captivating Capiz-Sigma” is the one of the sixteen municiplaity in Capiz.A fourth class  municipality , it is subdivided into 21 barangays.According to the old people, their have a datu that has a cold illness and often blowing his nose it is called”naga-sikma”.And that datu was a popular to their followers and other datus, they change the name in “Datu Sikma”. And that time the town named Sigma from the word “Sikma”.

Dumalag Capiz is a 4th class municipality in the province  of Capiz. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 25,920 people in 5,375 household. And it was subdivided into 19 barangays. Dumalag, one of the central towns of Capiz Province, was founded by the Augustinians in 1590. Later, it passed on to the bishopric but in 1614 or 1615, it reverted back to the Augustinians. Its supposed original name “Ayombong” was replaced with Dumalag in 1631.

Roxas City is a second class city in the province of Capiz, Philippines. It is the capital and component city of Capiz. The current city mayor is former provincial governor Vicente Bermejo who was elected during the 2007 election. Originally founded as the town of Capis in 1693, Roxas City is the site ofMiguel Lopez de Legaspi’s settlement when he arrived from Cebu. Panay used to be the capital of the province. Capiz, the name of the province, was the old name of Roxas City.

Location

Geographical Location If one looks at the map of the Province of Capiz, one can locate Sigma situated at the central plains of the province.To the east of Sigma 3.5 kms. away is the Municipality of Dao; to the west 7.0 kms. bound the Municipality of Mambusao; and direct north is the town of Ivisan, 13 kms. away from Poblacion Norte. The Poblacion is strategically located along the crossroads of the three provinces – Capiz, Aklan and Iloilo. It is around 30 minutes non-stop ride from Roxas City, the capital city of Capiz or forty five minutes ride by passenger buses and jeepneys, they paid 30 pesos  the regular passenger and 23 pesos the students and senior citizen in the transportation . By the same vehicle, Iloilo City is a good two and a half hours ride from Sigma and is practically one hour and thirty minutes ride by bus or jeep from Kalibo, Aklan.

Sigma Town Hall          

This hall serve as the of elected Municipal official. Conducting important transaction are also done in the sigma town hall.

Sigma Town Church

This was constructedthrough the effort of every person who donated their money just to build this which serves as the legalization that sigmahanon is not just following the cultural heritage. alone. They also perpetuate the moral values and attitudes which was brought and introduce by the spaniards during the spanish era the CHRISTIANITY.

Municipal Library

This serve as a library to all Sigmahanons  who want to research about the History of Sigma  and all Barangay under its jurisdiction. Books and learning materials are also present to develop the mind of all Sigmahanons and promote a “Book lover Municipality” in the second District in this province.

Sigma Public Plaza 

One of the accomplishment of the present governance. This serve as a rendezvous by calling up the mass meeting. And also this was lighted at night. And the lace were the center the festivals durinh its annual fiesta.

Products

Tropics, a small business which makes “kaong” and “nata de Coco” being sell to different stores and even in the mall throughtout the province  and also being exported in the neighboring provinces.

Hil-O -Hanay Festival                                               

In early days of sigma when there  were still a few people around the population was partly distributed, the practice of HIL-O-Hanay was quiet prevalent. During those time was just one cropping season in farming was a labor intensive undertaking. There were no agricultural machineries to speak off, and farm work was really tedious. When one farmer work in the farm of another who had help him earlier, in is said that he is rendering “HIL-O to his companion.” The act of doing this one to another is as Hil-O-Hanay.

Today, the sigmahanon still practice HIL-O-HANAY everytime they participate in a “patabang”,”pahapon-hapon”, or “paaga-aga”.It is not just limited to a farm work but may include repairing in neighbors house, road maintenance , cleanliness drive , construction of school facilities, relief opertaion and another community activities.

Events:

Payag contest       

With the current trend of building concrete structures for residential purposes, the usefulness of the indigenous bamboo as art material, the LGU of Sigma has incorporated the annual payag-payag contest in the HIL-O-HANAY festival as folk architecture. The “payag” is a small hut made of bamboos and other indigenous materilas the payag- payag contest is open to all 21 barangays of Sigma and the one that are able to construct is the best payag according to the criteria set by the judges, are declared as a winners.

Lutong Sigmahanon

 This is a showcase of simple local culinary delights meant to gladden the heart and nourish the body after the hard days toil under the sun.

Pailig It Lantay 

An innovation  in this years celebration. This activity seek to maximize the potential of the use of Mambusao River that divides the two poblacion barangay of Sigma and at the same time, address ceratain environmental issues affecting the said river. Pailig means to drift using the rivers current as a means of trnsporting goods particulary bamboos and other agricultural products thus pailig it lantay seeks to recapture the spirit of this asian tradition wheb the major means of transport among the local inhabitants  was the river. This fact is evident by the location of the most towns in the Province of Capiz. Their poblacions are usually establish a long or near river banks.

Lin-Ay It Sigma

Traditionally, no fiesta celebration in the Philippines  is complete without a fiesta queen being proclaimed and crowned a such. This maybe a vestige of our colonial past particularly during those period will we were uder American rule were carnival queen and later on festival queen were introduce into our psyche. In recognation of this tradition, LIN-AY IT SIGMA is crowned yearly as a show of solidarity with the rest of the Filipino nation.

Teacher’s Night

This event, all teacher are required to attend this celebration it is because this the time that they show thier talents and companionship to the other teachers.

And you help each other out .When you think of little things to do that make each otherglad,

And you try to cheer each other up whenever you feel sad,

When you give encouragement and praise each other frequently,

When you look for ways to show your deep affection constantly,

When you share  your hopes, your doubts, your plans, and all your dreaming of

Then you’ve learned the special secret of how just to stay in love!

Man is equally in terms of justice equality on rights and duties . We are created by GOD with the same fundamental rights. In that case man should not be carried with inter-personal relationship. When a man ask for help and gets what heask for, he only sells his service and not his dignity, so he has the right to contradict when his right was not able to recognized.

“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and cuoe the oftener and the more steadily we think of them:the stary heavens above, and the moral law within ” one’s said by Kant. So we must learn recognize,  humor and respect each rights, to be fair and equally treated.