Our kailiyan Art Tibaldo was kind enough to share with us his article and his photos of the recently concluded Lang-ay Festival in Bontoc, Mt. Province. You can see more of Art’s beautiful Cordillera photos in his website. Thanks Art.
Here’s the second funny video. As we mentioned earlier, we hope to find more funny videos made by our kailiyans, upload them here, and conduct a poll towards the end of the year so you could vote for the funniest video.
Now, this video comes dangerously close to becoming offensive. It has footages of the Lang-ay Festival in Mt. Province accompanied by the Soca Boys’ song Follow the Leader. It is a cheeky video which almost crosses the line but never actually does (at least to me).
Continue reading Funny Videos [2]: Funny or Offensive? You Decide!
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?
Continue reading Timicheg: A Bontoc Igorot in Ghent, Belgium [circa 1910s]
NOT SO FAST iTABUKS, YOU DON’T HAVE A CITY YET. The bill converting Tabuk into a city lapsed into law last March 30 but the whiny, bratty, clubbish, “kami lang ang may karapatang maging siyudad at sa amin lang ang revenue allotment” League of Cities in the Philippines filed a petition before the Supreme Court questioning the legality of the law. Now the iTabuks will have to wait for the SC decision before they hold a plebiscite to approve or reject Tabuk’s cityhood.
The past few days have not been kind to candidates from the Cordilleras. Earlier, we blogged about the killing of Kalinga Vice Governor and gubernatorial candidate Rommel Diasen while he was giving a speech in Magnao, Tabuk.
Meanwhile, I just received a text message that Alfredo “Binky” Lamen Jr., son of former Mt. Province Governor Alfredo Gayagay Lamen and a candidate for Board Member for the first district of Mt. Province died of a stroke during a campaign rally in Bauko town last April 3. The Northern Dispatch has more details. And so does mtprovince.net.
Continue reading Binky Lam-en, Candidate for MP Prov’l Board, Dies From Stroke