By Walter I. Balane on June 7 2013 2:41 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MIndaNews/07 June)– The Bukidnon State University community-based recording studio’s “Lageng” (voice), a collection of 14 traditional songs from Bukidnon’s seven hill tribes, was met with “excited and optimistic… »
By Walter I. Balane on May 21 2013 4:45 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – In a marked departure from their mainly oral tradition, the Bukidnon-Daraghuyan tribe has published a series of four comics depicting their history and culture. Titled… »
By Walter I. Balane on March 10 2013 8:52 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/10 March) — Bukidnon-based artists are organizing a soil painting festival in April 2014 to put the province on the map as the “Soil Painting Capital of the… »
By Walter I. Balane on March 6 2013 8:45 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/05 March) – The provincial government should have disallowed some companies from enjoying exclusive rights during the Kaamulan even if they were major sponsors of the annual festival… »
By Ramon Jorge B. Sarabosing on December 29 2012 10:41 pm
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/ 29 December)- The National Museum branch here has been temporarily closed to the viewing public due to repair and retro-fitting works. George Abcede, the museum’s officer-in-charge, said… »
By Ramon Jorge B. Sarabosing on October 25 2012 5:15 pm
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — The first ever privately-owned art center in Caraga Region recently opened in Butuan City, to cater to the needs of art patrons, buyers and enthusiasts… »
By Contributed Article on October 23 2012 9:44 am
The Cultural Center of the Philippines presents the MSU-IIT IPAG in Steven P.C. Fernandez’s “Uwahig,” the Mindanawon Indarapatra epic and the Bukidnon water legend, of an environment degraded by war… »
By Karl M. Gaspar CSsR on June 30 2012 7:47 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 June) — I am very glad that the first film I watched on the first day of the First Sineng Pambansa National Film Festival sponsored by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is Orvil Bantayan’s TAMBARA. As Davao City is this festival’s host, a film touching tangentially on the indigenous belief system of Davao’s original people – the Bagobo – is a must see!
By Violeta M. Gloria on February 18 2011 6:03 am
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews) – This city is celebrating the National Arts Month by pushing indigenous arts more than popular arts and those from other countries. “We need to uphold our… »
By Mindanews on February 10 2011 12:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/9 Feb) – The 3rd Cinema Rehiyon kicked off here this morning with its opening ceremonies at the Pinnacle Hotel. Gracing the ceremonies were members of the National Center for Culture and the Arts-Cinema Committee, including its chairperson, Dr. Mike Rapatan. Cinema Rehiyon, flagship activity of the NCCA-Cinema Committee for the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF), bears the theme “Forging Philippine CineDiversity.”
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on November 17 2010 2:34 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 Nov) – The Pulangi V hydro electric project and the claim of a sacred burial site of the Manobo ancestors have divided the lumads in… »
By Karl M. Gaspar CSsR on November 13 2010 10:26 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 November) – Sheika, a film written and directed by Davao-born Arnel Mardoquio is competing at the 11th Asiatica Film Mediale Festival in Rome, Italy this week. The… »
By Walter I. Balane on November 13 2010 10:25 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 November) — The National Museum of the Philippines is set to declare the Apu Mamalu burial ground in Misakil, Damulog, Bukidnon a national cultural treasure, Sen. Juan… »
By Germelina Lacorte on November 9 2010 10:47 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 November) —Through their artworks exhibited in Brussels, the Belgian capital, in September this year, Mindanao artists have sent Europe the message that there’s more to Mindanao than… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on August 30 2010 10:54 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 August) – “How can we promote dialogue and cultural cohesion if in schools we churn out graduates every year who are not used to dialogue?” Jesuit priest… »
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on August 27 2010 12:13 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews/26 August) — The ancestors of Cagayanons could be the sea-faring sub-tribe of the Manobo, the Higaonons. Ethno-historian Dr. Antonio Montalvan, currently the curator of the Museum… »
By Walter I. Balane on August 23 2010 9:39 pm
VALENCIA CITY(MindaNews/23 August) — For the first time in the parish’s history, the feast of San Agustin in Valencia City will be opened with a mass in Binukid, the language… »
By Mindanews on August 20 2010 2:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 August) – For the first time since its Metro Manila debut, the first Bangsamoro full-length movie, “Limbunan” by Gutierrez “Teng” Mangansakan, will be shown in Davao City… »
By Mindanews on August 8 2010 10:40 am
DAVAO CITY (DWG/08 August) — In line with the thrust of the National Commission on Literary Arts to help develop creative writing in the regional languages, the Davao Writers Guild… »
By Walter I. Balane on August 4 2010 12:02 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 August) – The Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center or APC launched a book on the Bukidnon Pulangiyen tribe titled “Learning Sustainable Life” in three cities recently. Author… »
By Mindanews on July 23 2010 1:17 pm
DAVAO CITY – Gutierrez “Teng” Mangansakan II’s film, “Limbunan,” the first Moro full-length narrative film has been invited as the closing film in the International Critics’ Week of the Venice International Film Festival next month. No Filipino film has ever been featured in the line-up of Venice Critics’ Week, but the film done by the 33-year old Mangansakan, a Moro from Maguindanao.
By Mindanews on June 22 2010 12:33 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 June) – See the world through Moro eyes. Watch Limbunan, the first BangsaMoro full-length narrative film that will have its debut at the sixth edition of Cinemalaya… »
By Walter I. Balane on June 21 2010 11:53 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 June) – To say that Malaybalay came from “walay balay” (no house) is inaccurate, an old-time Bukidnon ethnographer and cultural scholar said. Malabalay “is the name of… »
By H. Marcos C. Mordeno on May 16 2010 8:50 am
MUSUAN, Maramag, Bukidnon (MindaNews/15 May) – Ninety-five public school teachers across the province yesterday ended what organizers said was a groundbreaking initiative in Philippine education with simple graduation rites at… »
By April Rose Torion on May 8 2010 6:57 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 7 May) – A historical monument will rise in the city to mark the creation of Malaybalay as a village under Spain in 1877. The monument’s… »
By Bj Patiño on May 7 2010 1:36 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 April) – This city was bursting at the literary seams when writing luminaries gathered on Monday May 3 at the Lispher Inn to kick off the 2nd… »
By Mindanews on April 27 2010 1:22 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/26 April) – The National Museum is set to declare a sacred tribal burial site in Bukidnon a national cultural treasure, a Lumad rights advocacy group today said.… »
