LANTAPAN, Bukidnon ― During the celebration of Talaandig Day here last Friday, tribal elders sit on the sidelines and watched their young perform dances and play instruments, tasks they do during past festivals.
A school of indigenous living traditions was opened at the foot of Mt. Kitanglad in Barangay Songco, Lantapan town in Bukidnon last Friday to continue their tradition of imparting the Talaandig culture and history to their young.
Aduna Llesis Saway, project-in-charge said the school is intended to teach Talaandig children as young as five years old to know their culture and history before they will undergo formal education.
Saway said the children are taught how to play the drums and other musical instruments; dance at a young age.
“We have found a way of handing down our traditional way of life to our children,” Saway said.
Saway said Senate President Miguel Zubiri, who hails from Bukidnon, gave their tribe a P5 million grant to construct a two-story building in the Talaandig village in barangay Songco.
“This is a space for the Talaandig tribe to learn our culture, history, our poems, and art,” Saway said.
Saway said the idea of imparting Talaandig history and culture has spread to two other villages in Lantapan after the town council provided money for two teachers for children who cannot go to school.
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