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Anti-Mining
Protest
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Face
to face. Cordillera Mines and Geosciences Bureau’s Engr. Eduardo
Austria faced the provincial representatives to the Cordillera Regional
Conference on Mining as they aired complaints of indigenous peoples
in mining-affected communities in a dialogue on March 3. Here, Hon.
Robert Harnois, vice-mayor of Cervantes, Ilocos Sur recounted how
Lepanto’s operations have wrought havoc to lowland farms and
communities in Ilocos Sur and Abra through the Mankayan and Abra rivers.
Center and right photos: Delegates of the mining conference staged
a picket at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources where
the Mine and Geoscience Bureau is located. The picket was held simultaneously
with the dialogue.
Celebrate
culture, food and flowers
Culture,
produce and flowers at its best. Rich, sustaining, promising best
describes the simultaneous staging of two festivals the 10th Panagbenga
in Baguio City and the 1st Adivay in La Trinidad, Benguet. Unfortunately,
the organizers of both festivals have in mind the tourism-dependent
economy. So they worked on the festivals to satisfy the tourists
and the pocketbooks of hotels, inns, restaurants and other tourism-related
enterprises. Many say they fail to satisfy their motives.
Had
they, instead, focused on the rich culture, the sustaining produce
and the promising flowers, at least they have satiated the thirst
of people to at least ponder a little and appreciate what they
have.
Tourists
concerned with culture, food and the flowering of a new breed
of consciousness in people will soon appreciate a new Panagbenga.
Only then can we truly shout: Adivay!
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| Panagbenga
Float parade. Different floats, the organizers say were 80-90% flowers
awed a mammoth crowd of around 500 thousand in Baguio City's 10th
staging of the Panagbenga or the Baguio Flower Festival. A Lumad (ethnic
group in Southern Philippines) is suspended on air. Street dancers
clad in eclectic costumes failed to portray the true Igorot culture. |
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| Adivay
2005. What is appealing in the Benguet Adivay Festival is the display
of genuine rituals in the daily hosting of two of the 13 municipalities.
Here elders from the municipality of Tublay share the "wat-wat"
to spectators and visitors while their colleagues dance to the beat
of gongs and chants. Other booths replicate scenery in their hometowns
and the rich Benguet culture.
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Beating
LPG price hike. A super kalan made from wrought iron was displayed
in the Adivay agro-industrial fair in La Trinidad, Benguet. Native
stoves have been making a comeback since the weekly oil price hikes
affected the price of LPG. This remains a challenge to our forest-keepers
and tree-planters. More trees for the dalikan, please. |
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BURBURTIA
KROKIS (Multi-lingual crossword puzzle)
February 20, 2005
FEATURE
STORIES
A
strong sense of community:
A tribute to Lakay Alipio Pasiteng (March 6, 2005)
While
fog drapes the valley (Feb. 27, 2005)
Pinoy
rock icons back together (Feb. 27, 2005)
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