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Monday, November 09, 2009

San Carlos cultural celebration on Pangasinan Day

SAN Carlos will celebrate Pangasinan Day on November 13, the 113th birth anniversary of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez, with a cultural program.

The celebration begins with a Holy Mass at the St. Dominic Parish at 7:00 a.m., followed by a flag-raising ceremony and wreath-laying at the bust of the Speaker at the city plaza which is named Speaker Eugenio Perez Memorial Amphitheater.

The program will be conducted purely in the Pangasinan language, including the national anthem, which will be sung by the choir of the Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation.

A variety of musical entertainment depicting the province's culture will be provided by the DepEd District 2 teachers, the Tambayo Cultural Group, the San Carlos College Drum and Bugle Corps, the Aniweng na Kawayan Group from Dagupan City courtesy of Dagupan City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, and the Perpetual Help University System from Malasiqui.

A member of the Perez Family is expected to address the gathering.

The Ulupan na Pansiasia'y Salitan Pangasinan will also hold its oath-taking for its officers. The group is headed by book author Mel Jovellanos of Pozorrubio. (CIO)

Source: Sunday Punch (November 8, 2009)

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Santiago B. Villafania is a Pangasinan poet based in Cavite/Manila, Philippines. Some of his poems have appeared in local and international print and web publications. He advocates for the development, preservation and the revival of Pangasinan as a literary language. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Emilio Aguinaldo College. » more

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Pinabli tan arum ni'ran Anlong (2nd Ed.)

"The publication of Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles by Santiago B. Villafania should be a source of rejoicing for readers of regional literatures. This second book by Pangasinan’s leading poet today is impressive in both form and substance. Villafania has created 300 sonnets and 50 villanelles in his own language that attempt to reflect the primacy of native culture and return the poet to the central stage of social life." – A Boost to Pangasinan Literature from Breaking Signs by Cirilo F. Bautista (Philippine Panorama, 16 Dec. 2007, pp.25-26)

"Sa kanyang pangalawang aklat na Malagilion, nangahas na naman siya (Villafania) na gumimbal sa pamamagitan ng kanyang Sonnets tan Villanelles upang ilibing sa limot ang aking pag-usisa't pag-urirat kung paano na ang panitikang Pangasinan." – Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera, Jr., Tagapangulo, Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas

"Villafania is not only a visionary poet, he is a linguistic philosopher who codifies the origin of language and culture, dissects the myths and the common beliefs of the people against the urban legends, juxtaposes the literary tradition against the modern influences by dialectically infusing them in his poetic revelation of truth." – Poetic Revelation in Language and Culture by Danny C. Sillada (Manila Bulletin, 12 May 2008, pp. F1-F2)

"Sumusunod si Sonny Villafania sa landas na hinawan ng mga manunulat sa Pangasinan na nauna sa kanya. Sa kanyang paglalakbay, hinahawan din niya ang bagong mga landas na maaaring sundin ng susunod na mga manunulat sa wikang Pangasinan. Subalit hindi lamang para sa mga taga-Pangasinan ang kasalukuyang akda. Ito rin ay panawagan sa mga manunulat sa ibang mga wika sa Pilipinas upang patuloy na pagyamanin ang kanilang panitikan at pagsulat. Kung walang mga lokal na panitikan ay hindi magiging posible ang tunay na panitikang pambansa. Kung hindi matatag at malusog ang lokal na mga wika, hindi rin magiging matatag ang wikang pambansa." – Dr. Ricardo Ma. Nolasco, Tagapangulo, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF).

Photos: Book Launching at the Pearl Manila Hotel, 5 Feb. 2008

Palikuer: Say Basa ed Anlong nen Santiago Villafania nen Renato Santillan

“Santiago Villafania’s Balikas ed Caboloan certainly has reinvigorated the anlong tradition of Pangasinan that for a long period of time suffered silence from the hands of writers more attuned to English writing. Characteristically anacbanua, Villafania’s poetry echoes his predecessors and presages a promising era for young writers in Pangasinan.” – Dr. Marot Nelmida-Flores