UPDATE: From the comments section:
“Hugo Prill Sr., BIBAK Hawaii president clarifies that BIBAK Hawaii did not perform in 2006. The photo is of a Hawaii-based dance troupe performing and donning something “BIBAK”.
Continue reading Picture of the Day: Igorots in Honolulu, Hawaii
You got to love Smorgasbord of Random Thoughts. It is the blog of Cheryl Daytec Yangot who, if you remember, caught our attention way back at the time when we were just making our first steps in the blogosphere (being encouraged by more established bloggers like Miskina Ano Naisip which I thought was a blog on tennis player Anastasia Myskina, Kayni’s Meanderings, and Gandang Igorota). Anyway, as we were saying, Cheryl caught our (and certainly the nation’s) attention because of her crucial role in exposing the board exam nursing scandal which you can read in our post here.
The school year is about to begin so let’s have a quiz. Well, actually, it’s just one multiple choice question, the kind that our teachers used to give us during periodical grading exams (Not sure if that is what they still call it these days.)
There may be light at the end of Abra’s welcome tunnel but we can’t say the same for its troubled politics.
Continue reading Abra Election Post Script: By "Only" 610 Votes
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