It’s all about everything

Me and my friends will go to Malaybalay this afternoon and we will going to witness the wonderful Kaamulan festival in Bukidnon. I’m going to bring all my outdoor gadgets there and all will be going perfect…

One of the Philippine Festival is The Kaamulan, started in 1974. It was the fiesta of Malaybalay, May 15, in honor of San Isidro Labrador. The town’s vice mayor then, Edilberto Mamawag, thought of inviting some indigenous Bukidnon tribespeople to town.The name Kaamulan is Binukid for “social gathering.” There are eight indigenous groups in Bukidnon: the Matigsalug, Umayamnon, Ilianon, Pulangihon, Talaandig, Tigwa Manobo,Western Bukidnon Manobo and the Higaunon who are also found in the hinterlands of Agusan del Sur, Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte.

In other Festival, they have to stage-direct schoolchildren and make them appear as natives, in Kaamulan it is the real indigenous peoples who attract the crowds. So many tourist would also visit on this festival.

CEREMONY:

There is the pangampo (general worship), the tagulambong ho datu (a political ritual marking one’s formal ascendancy to the datuship), the panumanod (spiriting ceremony), the panlisig (edging away of evil spirits), another ceremony called pamalas and a native horse fight called kagsaba ho kabayo.

I work in an engineering office and it’s normal for me to be assigning in different places whenever our construction project will be ended. Hence, Greenville Subdivision - (our construction project) is finally finished and now I am temporarily assigned in Silver Creek subdivision in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. My next job will be in Iligan City - Orchid Home Subdivision- (another construction project) but I will be start working there by the last week of March and hopefully I could go home in Cagayan de Oro City during weekends….

I always crave to be independent and wants to try to live alone with my own and finally when I experienced it living in our Company’s staff house in Patag, at first it’s very difficult because I can’t even sleep properly and I always want to go home. ughhh…(homesick).. I told my officemates all about this and they also felt the same. But they assured me that I will be getting used to it.

And now, all in the office were too excited that finally today is Saturday because this day would be the time to go home in our respective family. Monday - Saturday is our working days. Hence, we only work half day during Saturdays. We got one and half day to spend our time with our family…When finally I got home this afternoon, what I did I just stayed at home for the rest of the day with my family I guess I’m just making up for the lost time ..ha-ha!