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In T’boli Land, at World’s End
I never completely imagined myself doing some field work in the hinterlands where the nearest restroom is the most un-glamorous bush, or the only use of the cellphone is anything other than communicating, where comfort means a patched-up mosquito net or an extra pillow made from who-knows-what. The city has always been my jungle, and Continue reading
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In Kutawato, Unveiling the Iranun Tarsila
I had the unexpected good fortune to join a team doing a Focus Group Discussion on “Understanding the Iranun Tarsila as a Tool in Conflict Resolution in Mindanao”. This was organized by the Al Qalam Institute for Islamic Identities and Dialogue in Southeast Asia (Ateneo de Davao University) in Cotabato City last Sunday, 20 January Continue reading
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Ye Kumu [T’boli T’nalak ]
This Ye Kumu, or ceremonial T’nalak cloth often used for weddings, was painstakingly crafted by weavers of the Lake Sebu Women Weavers Association, Inc. (LASIWWAI) in Brgy. Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. [With permissions from Ms Jenita Eko, President of LASIWWAI]. To purchase t’nalak from LASIWWAI, please email me at radabueza@gmail.com for details. Continue reading
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Pagbibigay Boses sa Homo Narrans Gamit ang Pagtatalambuhay
Palagi itong nagsisimula sa ganitong pormula: ang pag-ahon ng usisa at mangha, ang marahang halik ng hangin na pumipitas sa mga lumang memorya, at ang unang mga bituin, nanginginig, inilalaraw sa itim ng ating mga mata. Ganito nagkaka-anyo ang mga kuwento at sanaysay simula’t sapul noong unang panahon na nagtipon ang mga tao malapit Continue reading
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This is How I Understand Grief, Solitude
This is how I understand Grief: When the crisp and hollow wailing of our neighbor In front of her dead son Lost its consonants and the trail of Vowels seems to me the last echo In her womb. This is how I understand Solitude: I sit in a park bench And no one sits beside Continue reading
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The ‘Foundation’ and the Science which seeks to Understand the ‘Other’
While reading on Participatory Rural Appraisal and the notes from Dr. Tomas’ presentation, I was reminded of a climactic moment in Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” right before the planet Terminus was colonized by the Anacreonians, in a meeting of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Salvor Hardin, Mayor of Terminus: Hardin continued: “It isn’t just you. Continue reading
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Isang Pagninilay sa Butuan: o Kung Bakit Dapat Kumilos ang Lungsod ng Butuan Tungo sa Pagpapahalaga ng mga Nalalabing Liktao
Marahil may manghang nabibighani sa aking loob o ‘di kaya’y isang palaisipan na humahilanang pilit lutasin, kung kaya’t napupuno ako ng sigasig sa tuwing pupunta sa mga lugar kung saan umaalingasaw ang mga labi ng kasaysayan at pati na nang mga lumang anito at diwata, mapa-museo man ito, silid-aklatan o lumang mga simbahan. Di maikakaila Continue reading
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The Madness of the Night and the Woven Stars
Koro (Stars) 1 Itipon an kanta kan mga bulalakaw sindang nag-gigira sa diklom na panganoron mga kantang minaosip sa agi-agi kan muraway estrelyang kadurog kan mga bulawan. 2 lakbayin ang kadiliman ng gabi ng walang hanggang lalim na mangha iabot ang mga makasalanang kamay sa mga mapanuksong kinang ng langit . Balyan And Continue reading
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