Trivia / Banaag at Sikat

• Spiritual Successor: To other Filipino versions of the Spanish costumbrista genre, which details local cultures and customs; particularly Nínay, the first Filipino novel. Banaag at Sikat even shares with Nínay detailed descriptions of Antipolo town, its flora and fauna and its vacationing families—in Tagalog this time, of course.
• Write What You Know: Delfin's newspapering job is patterned after Santos' own Real Life newspapering job.