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28/03/2023

28/03/2023

Catch the FREE screenings of award-winning Cinema Rehiyon films online via Vimeo starting today, March 26 until April 1, 2023. Access to the films starts at 3:00 pm!😊

Pre-registration is required. To reserve a seat for FREE, click on this link: https://buytickets.at/cinemarehiyonmontaosafilmfestival2023/882312

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In celebration of National Arts Month, the City of Baguio and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts present: Cinema Rehiyon 15 @ MFF2023, co-presented by the Baguio Tourism Council and BARP Foundation Inc., SM City Baguio, Department of Tourism- CAR, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Grand Sierra Pines Baguio, Baguio Country Club, The Manor at Camp John Hay, Le Monet Hotel, The Podium Boutique Hotel, Saint Louis University, University of Baguio, University of the Cordilleras, UP Baguio, Baguio City National High School, and Pines City National High School, TWIMedia, and LOStories.

Festival partners: Ili-Likha Artists Wateringhole, Vivistop Baguio, Cordillera School of Digital Arts, Solibao, Black N’ White Apartments, Witchcraft Brewery, Balai Studio Cafe, Jollibee, Paladin Hotel, UFO Workshops, Fullpost Asia, and Soundbox Mix.

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28/03/2023

Chronicling & Setting Foot on Historic Sites as part of a training on Digital Recording - The purpose of our travel and culture related documentation in Mountain Province is far more than Hollywood’s spaghetti cowboy plot “I came, I saw, I shot”. My role was to lecture and give tips on digital recording most especially of historic sites and events of cultural significance to a place known as the bastion of indigenous cultural communities-Bontoc.
Part of my lecture was actually made easy by Pixar’s Pitch, a type of storytelling likened to the movie Finding Nemo. I mentioned to the participants that their planned documentary and research work could also lead them to what I call ‘Eureka Effect’.
Indeed, our trek to a place in Bauko led us to set foot on old ritual places like the Dalikanan where travelers used to rest, cook their meals and perhaps spend the night as explained by Prof. Obie Noe Madalang of MPSPC. We weren't able to look for the Dalikanan stone used for cooking as it was probably included in the boulder that sank as parts of the place is prone to erosion. While trekking along pine covered hills of Bauko, we were told of ancient terrains passed by Anglican priests and bishops and we also viewed Otucan Sur that was said to be the first village to have tin roofs as it was the old trading area for lowlanders or non-native merchants who peddled their wares to the so-called y-Golots or what is now known as Igorots. Somewhere in Bauko between Lagawa and Banao in my Google map, there is this open space surrounded by rocks that was said to be a sacred ground where menfolks perform rituals and offer a dog as a form of sacrifice to ward-off evils and possible harm after a battle or tribal war. The square-like ritual place measures 21 by 21 square meters and I actually took a drone shot of it for documentation purposes.
While in Bontoc before our Bauko exploration, I actually went near the banks of the Chico river between Poblacion and Samoki to flight test and set the GPS coordinates of my Mavic Pro drone. I remember bathing naked at the waters while also washing or Nissan Patrol vehicle when I was still new as government Information Officer of then newly created Philippine Information Agency. Though Samoki is now a bustling commercial center, it was one of the popular sites of the “Fagfagto” or “Bagbagto”, the historic stone-throwing challenge among young men in Bontoc, one of the topics suggested by the participants of our training. , , ,
Thanks to Oliver Celi and for these images

20/02/2023

Travelling Around the Cordillera: Touring or travelling around the mountain provinces of the Cordillera is unlike moving around in the low lying areas of the country as you need to use vehicles that can traverse the bumpy roads and rugged terrains of the upland region. Seasoned travelers usually bring extra tires and back-up fuel and and their tools usually include a shovel and machete that is needed should they encounter landslide or blocking felled trees. , , , .

20/02/2023

Bidding farewell to a place so loved by many that has become part of Baguio City's historic past symbolizing Cordillera's struggle for peace, independence, unity and bid for regional autonomy. Once tagged as Cordillera House when occupied by former rebels led by the late SVD priest Fr. Conrado Balweg and later housed the Philippine Information Agency for two decades that now has to vacated the place by orders from the palace, said place became a talk in quad media because of a phrase that hit the net which mean "makes one cry". With the undying spirits of the men and women of and ever support of , hashtags such as and emerged and said place will now be known as the strategically located just a spitting distance away from the of Baguio.

20/02/2023

Bidding farewell to a place so loved by many that has become part of Baguio City's historic past symbolizing Cordillera's struggle for peace, independence, unity and bid for regional autonomy. Once tagged as Cordillera House when occupied by former rebels led by the late SVD priest Fr. Conrado Balweg and later housed the Philippine Information Agency for two decades that now has to vacated the place by orders from the palace, said place became a talk in quad media because of a phrase that hit the net which mean "makes one cry". With the undying spirits of the men and women of and ever support of , hashtags such as and emerged and said place will now be known as the strategically located just a spitting distance away from the of Baguio