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Cordillera Day 2007
Our friends from the left will be celebrating Cordillera Day in Baguio City on 23-24 April. As you may already know, Cordillera Day was used to be called Macli-ing Dulag Day because it was initially held to commemorate the death of the man who led the people’s opposition to the Chico River Dam. [You may want to read our brief posts about Dulag here and here.]
Timicheg: A Bontoc Igorot in Ghent, Belgium [circa 1910s]
If it has not done so already, the City of Ghent in Belgium is planning to name one of its streets after a Bontoc Igorot named Timicheg. Why the honor, you might wonder? Along with other Igorots, Timicheg was brought to Ghent by an American impressario to be displayed during the World’s Fair held in that Belgian city. So it’s sort of like the European version of the St. Louis World Exposition where Igorots were also displayed. As the story goes, the Igorots were then abandoned by their manager and our kailiyan Timicheg died reportedly because of depression and the cold weather.
Ambeth Ocampo has the story which I am shamelessly stealing and posting here. Anyways, are you related to Timicheg by any chance?
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CordiViews: Baguio Industrial School, circa 1910
PHOTO CREDIT: E Murray Bruner.
CordiViews: Banaue, circa 1910
SOMEWHAT RELATED POST: CordiViews: Bontoc, 2006. PHOTO CREDIT: E. Murray Bruner via Univestiy of Wisconsin Digital Collection. (Thanks to Bangued for the tip.)