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Media tackle 2010 Hinilawod is coming ! automated polls
Participants pose for posterity with their mentors from the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism led by Executive Director Malou Mangahas at the conclusion of the four-day (Jan. 27-30) Seminar/Training on Covering Automated Election and Campaign Finance in Tagbiliran City, Bohol attended by about twenty media practitioners across Central Visayas. They are ABATAYO, Inacher, Editor, Siquijor Today; ABELLA, Sherlyn, Manager, DYRM; ANSING, Renan L., Reporter, Siquijor Mirror; ARANAS, Maricar, Senior News Reporter, Fil Products Television Inc., BACOLOD, Policarpo, Reporter, Radyo Natin Madridejos; CANETE, Gloria, Producer, BBS DYMR-Cebu; CHUA, Kevin Ray, Cebu Bloggers Society; DEJARESCO, Zoilo III, Editor-in-Chief, Bohol Chronicle; DEMECILLO, Dems Rey, Senior Reporter, Negros Chronicle; GERVACIO, Jerry, writer, Cebu Bloggers Society; LAPID, John Dx, field reporter, ABS-CBN Dumaguete; LIM, Maria Theresa , Editor, Bohol News Daily; LUCENA, Rico, Reporter, ABS-CBN; MARTEL, Rene, Staff Reporter, Sun.Star Cebu; MIRA, Jufill, Reporter, DYWC; PAREDES, Jean Celeste, Writer, Bohol News Daily; PARTLOW, Mary Judaline Flores, Bureau Chief, Philippine News Agency-Dumaguete; VELIGANIO, Nemesio Jr., Senior Reporter, GMA Network-Mandaue City and VISARRA, Joseto Mendoza, Broadcaster, DYRD.
Kisaw Opens as visual artists prepare for Kulay at Hugis art exhibit
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here is something that the rivers have been trying to tell us… Long before Juan began walking our lands, the rivers have been here. They have witnessed how we transitioned from being a Kingdom people to slaves of other emerging Empires.
Kingdom people? Were we great before? Yes! We were once the isaw: Mag-Mugna Ta! in celebration of the National Arts Month opened golden people of the disputed with colors and action last Sunday, February 7th, as the opening parade Chryse which was the showcased bands and talents from various high schools and universi- Greek’s short name for ties. Holy Cross High School came in full force with their dragon danc- Chryse Chersonessos—the ers, while dancers from SU Kahayag Dance Troupe, and the FU isle of gold as geographer Buglasayaw featured dances from across the archipelago. Ptolemy called that tiny dot Other participating of gold-producing island in schools included Colegio de the East Indies. Santa Catalina de Alejandria, Ancient Chinese literaCatherina Cittadini School, ture records of a mysterious Negros Oriental High School, land known to them as ChinDumaguete Science High lin or the “Golden Neighbor” School, Taclobo National High School, and Dumaguete beyond their southern border City High School. The Youth in Annam. The Chinese Advocates Through Theater traded with Lusung Dao or Arts lined the streets with “Luzon Island” for gold and their zips and animal cosother wares in the region. tumes depicting our endanWe were a gered species. Local visual artists from thalassocracy to our neighDumaguete and neighboring boring countries. We were provinces also joined the pathe crossroads of Asia even rade as they prepared for their then with our sea ports and group exhibit Kulay at Hugis Holy Cross High School students with their dragon geographical advantage. that opens on the 14th of February, 3:30 PM at the for the celebration, which fea- Negros International Festival The East knew of our presRobinsons Place, and can be tured the St. Louis-Don Bosco will also be held from the 12th ence even before the West viewed till the last day of the School last Sunday, and the to the 14th of this month at the discovered us. month. Holy Cross School on the 14th Sidlakang Negros village. For But not all of us know Tayada sa Plaza offers in celebration of the Chinese details of this month long celthat we were not simply the their weekly Sunday shows New Year. The First Sidlakang ebration, text 0917 7949901. bahag sporting savages that we thought we were. I read the comment of he Silliman University College of Mass Communication is celebrating its one blogger confidently say44 th MassCom Month this February. One of the major activities is the ing that the Philippines does Marshall McLuhan Forum Series on Responsible Media. not have a profound and deep The Embassy of Canada give a presentation on the and academicians will each culture; adding that the 2000has again designated the SU theme “Media and the Elec- give a brief reaction to the lec- year old Banaue Rice TerCollege of Mass Communica- tions: Our Role in Participa- ture. Mass media practitio- races was really not origition to host this year’s tory Democracy” on Tues- ners, campus paper editors nally our idea but the Marshall McLuhan Forum day, February 23, 2010 at Chinese’s. with the current McLuhan 10:00 AM at the SU Multi- and mass communication stuAre we willing to let othdents from different schools/ prize winner, SUCMC’s Purpose Hall. alumna Ms. Diosa Labiste A panel of reactors com- universities in the city are also ers define who we are? Our hearts tremble as (BMC 1985). Ms. Labiste will posed of media practitioners invited to attend this lecture.
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SU MassCom holds 44th MassCom Month
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we dare to ask a truth telling question… Is there really something more to the Filipino? Is there something hidden deep in him that conventional history never sought to tell? History begins our story with the founding of Ferdinand Magellan and calls the years before as “pre-history.” But who was the Filipino before the Spaniards and Americans? We have two thousand years of history behind us, but we have just begun to search for who we really are. Searching for a mirror that tells us about ourselves, we go back to our ancient civilization and listen to the mythical tales passed on through tongue from generation to generation by our forefathers. One such story comes from the inhabitants of the Sulod Nation from Central Panay entitled Hinilawod which means “tales from the mouth of Halaud River.” This epic, for the Sulod people, seeks to explain the formation of their Panay island. The goddess Alunsina marries a mortal and receives the ire of his god suitors with a great flood of biblical proportions in order to drown the newlyweds. But they escape with the help of Alunsina’s sister and start a
new life at the mouth of the Halaud River. The river has been trying to tell us the adventures— and misadventures—of Paubari and his sons Labaw Donggon, Humadapnon and Dumalapdap as they fight off the monsters of the land and cheat death. It also teaches us the lessons needed to be a great warrior that Paubari’s sons had to learn the hard way. Hinilawod is equated to the well-known ancient epic, Gilgamesh. When performed in its original form will take three days to complete, making it one of the longest epics of the world. Watch our long forgotten kingdom come alive! The illustrious but lost Kingdom of the Lahing Kayumanggi. Listen to the tales from the mouth of the river as Luce auditorium presents Hinilawod live! Unearth their story…know your story, as the mouth of the river speaks. HINILAWOD will be shown at the Luce Auditorium, Silliman University on February 27, 2010. For tickets and details contact these numbers: 422-9235 09228709975 (Article by Charity Oh. Discovering what my brown skin means to me).