MARGIENARY

Someone asked me to serialize a few articles on the offerings done by the Kalanguya, Igorots of the bygone era though some are still doing them until now. So TM, here you go. I could have emailed it to you but that's making it too easy for you. After all, you should be the one doing your own research, cheat! :) Be warned that I just copied it from a paper on Cultural vs. Biblical Keyterms presented at the International Translation Conference 2006 held in Horsleys Green, High Wycombe, Bucks., England. Besides, wala na rin akong maisulat muna. . 4 Types of Sacrifice/ Offering in Kalanguya Culture The Kalanguya sacrifices are collectively known as keleng but to the wider Filipino society, these sacrifices are called Cañao [1] [kan’yaw], a collective name referring to the Kalanguya sacrifices. I have categorized the types of keleng according to the purpose for which such sacrifices are performed. They are performed to achieve either social, physiological, or spiritual outcomes. The K...

I just got back from a trip to the village where I was born. The going and coming home was tough but it was worth it. A very good friend of mine organized a mini-conference for the women in the village and she asked me to provide technical support (i.e. making powerpoint presentations and setting up the LCD projector). I was not very excited about the idea of boarding a dumptruck, squatting on its floor with more or less 40 people (the capacity of the vehicle is 100............... bags of cement :) .. oh well, ok 15-20 people is all it should carry… well, actually, it should be three: the driver and two passengers). At first, 10 people were comfortably sitting on the truck then somebody stopped us and boarded without a word, basta they needed a ride too daw , then off we go again, and again may pumara na naman , until I have no more choice but to give up my little space for women with children to sit on. I am not complaining; just that I forgot how it was to be going ‘home.’ I forgo...