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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Call for applications for the National Book Development Trust Fund
The National Book Development Board (NBDB) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the National Book Development Trust Fund.
For 2011, the NBDB will be awarding three (3) grants for the following topics: a) Health and Wellness, b) Environment and Biodiversity, and c) the English translation of a novel originally written in a regional language (viz. Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Bikolano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kapampangan, Pangasinense) or a novel in English by an author from the regions.
Applicants are required to submit, along with the duly accomplished Application Form and other requirements, a draft equivalent to twenty-fivepercent (25%) or more of the entire manuscript, research, or multimedia work.Chosen authors will be awarded a grant of around P200,000.00 each. Winning applicants will be announced during the Philippine Book Development Month in November.
Deadline for submission of applications is August 15, 2011. Read more...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Culture, language, and the arts
By DR. FLORANGEL ROSARIO BRAID
MANILA, Philippines — Although we are a country known for the richness of its cultural heritage, there really has not been enough political will to tap this precious resource for governance.
Whatever lip service has been given on the role of artists and writers has yet to be translated into policy and resources support. As Malou Jacob, executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) noted, we “need the imagination of artists to move forward... and an economy of culture that can help transform the country’s image.”
In terms of leadership in the various cultural institutions, this administration has done its part with the appointment of credible heads – Emily Abrera as chair of the Cultural Center of the Philippines with Raul Sunico as president. Recently, Felipe de Leon Jr.was appointed chair of the NCCA. Likewise, there has been organization restructuring in the National Historical Commission, the National Museum and other related institutions. But still much more can be done to put culture and arts in the people’s consciousness and as an integrating force in governance. Read more...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Anlong: Panaanap ed lupam
nen Jalalud'din Rumi
(impatalus ed Pangasinan nen Santiago Villafania para ed si Chris tan Jessan)
Nanlapu ed gapo na bilay ko
aanapen ko so lupam
balet natan anengneng ko la
Natan anengneng ko
so ayat so limgas
say agnatukor a karakpan
na lupa
ya aanapen ko
Natan nalmo taka
tan saraman so manelek
tan ag angitalek ed siak karuman
et masayem ed agda impananap
a singa ginawak
Aligaligen ak ed derleng
na limgas mo
tan pilalek kon nanengneng ka
na sanlasus a mata
Say pusok pinarlangan na panangaro
tan ag tinmundan nananap
ed sayan inkelaw kon limgas
ya amamayok natan
Ambaing ak
ya tawagen iyan panangaron too
tan antakot ak ed Dyus
ya tawagen iyan dibino
Say balingit na engas mo
singa palpalis na kabuasan
sinmabi ed kareenan na tanamanan
inlinawam so balon bilay ed siak
nagmaliw ak ya kaagewan
tan aninom
Say kamareruak agayla'y liket
kada gisla na inkapalsak
et pinabli ka
Say agaag mo
amarlang na apuy dia ed pusok
para ed siak
say dalin tan tawen
Say pana na arok
sinmabi la ed pegdat to
Wala ak ed abung na panangasi
tan say pusok
et pasen na pirawat
Looking for your face
By Jalalud'din RUMI
From the beginning of my life
I have been looking for your face
but today I have seen it
Today I have seen
the charm, the beauty,
the unfathomable grace
of the face
that I was looking for
Today I have found you
and those who laughed
and scorned me yesterday
are sorry that they were not looking
as I did
I am bewildered by the magnificence
of your beauty
and wish to see you
with a hundred eyes
My heart has burned with passion
and has searched forever
for this wondrous beauty
that I now behold
I am ashamed
to call this love human
and afraid of God
to call it divine
Your fragrant breath
like the morning breeze
has come to the stillness of the garden
You have breathed new life into me
I have become your sunshine
and also your shadow
My soul is screaming in ecstasy
Every fiber of my being
is in love with you
Your effulgence
has lit a fire in my heart
for me
the earth and sky
My arrow of love
has arrived at the target
I am in the house of mercy
and my heart
is a place of prayer
http://youtu.be/BJ1LrJI2U7w
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
Anlong a Ditso
Say anlong a Tanaga (http://tanaga.blogspot.com/) na Tagalog et Ditso ed Pangasinan. Mabetbet say pakdaar tonian anlong et nipaakar ed erotica (besngaw a dawag).
Pitoran silabel ono kataga ed kada dasig tan wala'y mitatanol ya angga'd dinan ed saraya: AAAA, AABB, ABAB, ABBA, AAAB, AABA, ABAA.
ditso 1
nitan la'y Inggon anges
lapu ed inkabuanges
bangking la no manakar
dia'd polong mantubakyar
ditso 2
ag gogoe'y anggatel
ompano naguratel
no pisag so ginmatel
ay agmo itetepel!
ditso 3
wala'y manuk kon taras
mansaltin kumaripas
nen kuan kon kinarapas
ay agi! kabalbalbas!
ditso 4
akin maopapet ka?
agka pa kapakapa
ta ambalangan agew
amamayon ni'y pagew
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A Tao 道 Sign
Santiago B. Villafania, Pangasinan poet, is the author of poetry collections Pinabli tan arum ni'ran Anlong (Beloved & Other Poems), Balikas na Caboloan (Voices from Caboloan) published by the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) under its UBOD New Authors Series (2005) and Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles (2007). Villafania is one of the 11 Outstanding Pangasinenses conferred with the 2010 ASNA Award for the Arts and Culture (literature) category during the first-ever Agew na Pangasinan and 430th Foundation Day of Pangasinan on April 2010. Read more »
