Daily Archives: February 8, 2007

Agriculture, Cordillera Music

Biag di Gardinero (The Lives of Vegetable Farmers)

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Vegetable farmers have always depended on the weather. When the weather is good, their harvest will likely turn out well. Their produce may only fetch a so-so price in the market but they have more vegetables to sell. When the weather is bad, the harvest may not turn out well. Farmers might have lesser vegetables to sell but the price of their produce is likely to go up so things will still even out.

As we mentioned in an earlier post, the current cold weather has affected vegetable farms in Benguet destroying at least P10 million worth of crops. Here’s a short GMA 7 News report on this matter.

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Culture and Tradition, History

Natives by Michael Tan (Part 2)

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This is the second installment of Michael Tan’s article. The first part is here.

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Natives (Part 2): Fortunately, there’s hope for bridging the divide between lowlanders and natives, with a new series of children’s books called “Batang Katutubo” (Indigenous Children). The series comes from Aklat Adarna, that great producer of children’s books headed by Virgilio and Emelina Almario. (Virgilio Almario is also known by his pen name Rio Alma and was recently designated a National Artist.)

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