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NORDIS
WEEKLY December 18, 2005 |
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Karbengan album: moving |
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BAGUIO CITY (Dec. 15) — The Karbengan album, which starred various local artists and bands in the city, was succesfully launched last Saturday, December 10 at the Ayuyang bar, here. The album is a production of Dap-ayan ti Kultura ti Kordilyera (DKK) and Tan-aw Multimedia Collective (Tan-aw) “dedicated to all the martyrs and victims of human rights violations and state terrorism.” Many attended the album launching which highlighted performances from artists who took part in the album like Salidummay, Ridaw, Sining ng Paglaya (Silay), Binhi, Kuwatro, Seminarians on Transformation and Nationalism (SOTANA), Tanghalang Bayan ng Kabataan sa Baguio (Tabak), Jennifer Cariño and Toto Colongon. Also included in the album are selections from Diskarte Namin, a US-based group of Filipino Americans, who did not make it to the launching. The Karbengan album is composed of 14 songs written and performed by the said local bands and artists. The songs are about the present situation, issues and problems people facing and the rampant abuses on human rights resulting from militarization. Here are some tracks from the album:
Other songs included in the album were Ikalawang Ikaw, Solidarity Song, Siya’y Di Lamang Isang Tula, Bangungot, and Tumurod/Mangahas (also with lyrics depicting human right violations). Despite the little tension caused by the presence of two suspected military men, the Karbengan album launching was a triumph. I am not an activist or a frequent demonstrator in the streets but when I heard the songs from the album, I was moved! # Maria Elena F. Dionisio/UP Intern for NORDIS |
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