Category Archives: Culture and Tradition

Kalinga Dreadlock Rastaman, II

Some of you loved the video of Badjao Roots’ Kalinga Dreadlock Rastaman posted here, so I decided to post this information on how/where you can buy the CD. In case you are wondering about what to give as gifts this Christmas, this CD should be a good one. Let’s support our local artists and buy the original.

Distributors:
MANILA: Please contact Eric-0905-354-1901
BAGUIO: Ayuyang Bar, Baden Powell inn, Gov. Pack Road
and Tam-awan village, Upper Quezon Hill, Baguio city
NUEVA VIZCAYA: Ayuyang Folkhouse, 115 Magsaysay st. Solano
PALAWAN: Kamarikutan Kafe at Galeri, Bancao-Bancao, Rizal Avenue Extension, Puerto Princesa City
HONGKONG: Ms. Lerma-+852-91868130 or email:lerma_0914[at]yahoo[dot]com
US(Northwest including Vancouver and other BC states) contact Charles:bmwjahblues[at]yahoo[dot]com

RELATED: Kalinga Dreadlock Rastaman Video. INFO/PHOTO SOURCE: Kalinga Tambayan.

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Boon Award: The Ibaloi Dictionary Project

We are giving our next Boon “You Are Doing a Good Thing” Award to the people behind the Ibaloi Dictionary Project. We learned about this project from the blog of our good friend, Danilova Molintas.

So why are we giving a Boon Award to this group? Because instead of simply crying about the fact that their language might die (and we must admit that this blog is also guilty of this “crying but doing nothing else” thing), the group is actually doing something to address the problem. Let’s hope that the other ehtno-linguistic groups in the Cordillera will follow suit.

From Cemarban’s comment in Dani’s blog, we learn more about the people behind this worthy endeavor:
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