Blog Posts on bagobo

Dummy Going ARTsy at the National Museum by lifeisacelebration on Sep 9, 2011Let me ask……..when was the last time you visited the Museum? Don’t look at me. It’s something I don’t do on a regular basis. But I would love to spend many afternoons there. And I continue to wish there is a good coffee...

What’s so interesting about the Kadayawan Festival? by Cebu and Davao Journey on Aug 17, 2011I know you reach this post from googling Kadayawan Festival or Kadayawan Festival 2011. If not, then you must have arrived here from my Facebook or Twitter, or perhaps you know me, or you’re my friend in Facebook or follower from Twitter. hehe.

Bagobos dump Lopez by durianburgdavao on Feb 13, 2010Even as he dives deep in the bottom of the ratings game, former congressman Ruy Elias Lopez has practically lost his chance to regain his old post at the expense of Third District Congressman Isidro Ungab. A Bagobo tribal leader has urged his tribal...

Dungog: Indigenous Peoples Festival 2009 by Valerie Caulin-Freelance Writer and Coffee Addict on Oct 2, 2009Held every October since 2007, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts partners with local governments to hold the Indigenous Peoples Festival. First hosted in Davao City and then last year in Isabela, the Provincial Government of Capiz host...

Horse fights to be re-staged during Kadayawan Festival 2009 by Mindanaoan - Living in Mindanao | Mindanao News, Features, Travel and Photos on Aug 9, 2009I can already smell the protests courtesy of animal welfare advocates. Horse fights (also known as “Paaway Kuda”), which are part of the culture of indigenous peoples, will be revived in this year’s Kadayawan Festival 2009 celebrati...

My name flies around the world via PAL Mabuhay Magazine in June. by Daba-daba Da Blog on May 16, 2008I received confirmation Tuesday, 13 May 2008, that a story on the origins of the Waling-waling which I wrote will be featured in the June 2008 issue of Mabuhay Magazine, the inflight travel and leisure publication of Philippine Airlines.  Miss Ira...

Waling: A Legend by Daba-daba Da Blog on Aug 5, 2007Since my first post would coincide with the Kadayawan season in the Davao Region, Philippines, i thought it would be fitting to post a Legend which I wrote in 1998, published in Philippine Star in 2000 (they edited it too, shame), and published in th...