Here’s a video of a cute kid singing the Ifugao song, Itettem. It is heartwarming that some parents are teaching our indigenous songs to their kids, no? Appreciation of ourselves as a people really starts in the home. The lyrics of the song goes like this:
Itettem ta humgopak
Tete ehton nakaktolak
An nalpo nidadawi
Nidadawi dawin boble
Itettem (2x) ino
Ha! And you thought we will no longer bore you with more election coverage. Well this one is too good to not blog about. It’s kind of like the case filed by Joe Molintas vs. Morris Domogan.
PPCRV denounces vote-buying in Mt. Province
From the PIA
Ay sino na? Dan aped men tatangad? (Who is this? Why is he looking up?) Click here for the answer to the first question. If you guessed correctly, then you might qualify as a fan. Although we people from the boondocks tend to be a bit snooty towards those who have a “fan mentality”, there’s really nothing wrong with being a fan isn’t it 🙂 It’s certainly better than being a warmonger (war criminal?) like George W, or a cheat like Gloria, or a cheat’s lackey like some politicians we know.
Here’s a music video on the lives of vegetable farmers. Because Pagano’s comment (in our first post on vegetable farmers here) is directly related to the subject of this video, we decided to publish his comment here in the main page. Thanks Pagano.
Pagano on the lives of vegetable farmers:
The situation for highland vegetable farmers has always been similar with that of gamblers, or maybe just a little worse for the farmers. They sow the seeds and tend to them till they are fit to harvest. (This last sentence over-simplifies the whole gardening process — the endless hours of labor, the never ending expenses, plus the psychological pain that accompanies the gardening endeavour, i.e., pests attack, the weather gets uncooperative, Gloria is still not resigning, etc, etc…)
In case you are wondering how those hanging coffins in Sagada went up those really steep rocks, this video shows us how it is done. If iSagadas are really smart (as they claim themselves to be hehe), they should not just be contented with showing off the hanging coffins to tourists but should now be working for its preservation. Methinks Ifugaos are doing a better job in preserving their cultural heritage and in asking for help from agencies/organizations that could help them in this challenge. For one, they made attempts to have their cultural wealth recognized by agencies such as UNESCO, etc.
The iSagadas? We still have to see them do something. Kuntento lang yata sila to just talk about their tourist attractions which, from where we sit, are slowly deteriorating. We hope the incoming officials of the town will do something about this.