2008 August 31 | Mindanao Writers' Blogs
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Peace, perception, and the ratings war

COMING from a place where you may not have heard anything about Mindanao except about war and strife, were you not worried that you were going on a tour at a time when Mindanao is supposed to be at war?" I asked a first-time visitor who arrived with his big group right ...

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Magnificat by J.S. Bach

The repertoire of choral music of J.S. Bach is vast and contains many consummate masterpieces that rise far above the level of all other choral music, even exceeding Handel at times. There are many enormous works, such as the B minor mass,  the St Mathew Passion, and the Christmas Oratorio. There are ...

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Between gunbattles and a festival

KADAYAWAN week is always hectic, and it's not even a happy hectic. It's hair-pulling hectic, and has been like that since Kadayawan came to be... a lifetime ago.Thus, as the week crescendos to a close, I always harbor that wish to be the visitor and not the visited, if only to watch ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Davao Circa 1980s

I HATE Kadayawan. Hehehe! Not that kind of hate. I hate it because there's just too many visitors and too many activities, I don't get to do what I really want to. Like it was only until the 10th year when I finally got to watch a floral float ...

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Waway Saway on videos and books on peace for children

“Iitsa, tamoka, yataki, tumbi!”  ”Iitsa, tamoka, yataki, tumbi!” Iitsa, tamoka, yataki, tumbi! (That’s throw, catch, step and stamp!) I thought for a while it was a line in a Kenyan song I learned from someplace else, but the words sounded familiar even if it was belted out in a universal beat. Waway Saway’s song lingered in my hearing ...