March 20th, 2008
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03.20.08Quicklinks: 20 March 08
* Want to travel the Southeast Asian seas? The BSU Blog has the details on how you can apply to the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP). Application ends 11 April 08, so you still have time to prepare whatever requirements they will ask from you.
* Know more about the betrothal practice in Kalinga by visiting The Mountains of Kalinga blog.
* The Baguio City 2008 Yearbook is out according to Jack Cariño. Among others, the yearbook features the Ibaloi beauty queen, Chainus Guirrey. More at Chi from the Cool Clouds.
* Rex Pe blogs about myths regarding Igorots and presents the facts to debunk said myths. Read it here.
* Maurice has interesting reads on our culture of uprightness and honesty and our view on heavenly bodies.
* Remember the song that goes, “Small circle, small circle, big circle” which you sing while drawing circles? Page 101 has a post about it here. Join our discussion :-)
* Padma has a must read piece on the music of our lives a.k.a indigenous music. I was planning to steal it but I think it’s best if you read it at the PCIJ website.
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03.20.08For Your Photos
Remember that Harry Potter movie where Hagrid gave Harry a photo frame of his parents with his parents waving at him? By “waving” I mean they were actually waving. So it’s not a still photo of them in the act of waving but we actually see moving images of James and Lily Potter waving their hands.
When I first saw that, I was like, “Wow. That’s cool. I wonder if we will ever see something like that in real life.”
Well, it turns out that technology has caught up with Harry’s wizarding world because we now have such a thing. It’s called a digital photo frame.
Want to know more about this kind of product? Then check out the web site of Digital Frames Direct particularly the following pages: the digital photo frame section which gives us more info on things such as the frame’s screen size, memory, etc.; two video reviews of the photo frame; and this corporate gifts page for those looking for corporate gifts.
Pretty cool stuff, eh? Now if only someone can invent a flying broom for us to ride on. We will call it the Nimbus 2010 if JK Rowling does not object.
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03.20.08Peace Shrine Unveiled in Tabuk
From the Philippine Information Agency
A memorial peace shrine built by the Kalinga Peace Makers Movement at the Tabuk Pastoral Center (TPC) here was unveiled on March 15 with Governor Floydelia Diasen and City Mayor Camilo Lammawin Jr. leading the wreath laying at the foot of the marker.
It was dedicated to those who sacrificed their lives in the name of service for the people of Kalinga, particularly the four Catholic priests killed in recent years and those victims of violence.
The inscription at the peace shrine reads: “In memory of Rev. Fathers Conrado Aquino, Elias Bareng, Leo Vande Winkel, all CICM priests and Franciscus Madhu, SVD and all those who sacrificed their lives due to tribal or criminal violence. May the blood they shed be the seed of lasting peace in Kalinga.”
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03.20.08Jun Utleg’s Igorota
Cross-posted at From the Boondocks.Mapapa-wow ka sa ganda ng kantang ito. I think it typifies the kind of songs we love in the Cordilleras — smooth, kind of quiet (or walang vocal theatricals), and meaningful.
Jun Utleg used to be a member of Binhi, the Baguio band known for that hauntingly beautiful song, “Ang Bata”. I remember hearing “Ang Bata” performed in one of Baguio’s bars, was haunted by it, and went back the following night to buy a copy of the band’s record. I can imagine myself doing that for this song, “Igorota”.
Fellow bloggers: Let’s help promote this song. I-blog na rin ninyo sa inyong blog hehe.
VIDEO CREDIT: Jun Utleg
