Editorial Conservatory of culture Sun Star

POLITICAL and economic issues are now choking General Santos information highway. In fact they are nearing the limits of our mental fortitude. So it is now time to take respite from all these mind boggling issues and explore the still widely unchartered terrain the realms of culture. Last Saturday we watched the MSU Kabpapagariya as it rendered a concerto of cultural songs and dances during the wedding reception of Suelyn Guerrero and her American husband Reginald Williams at the Phela Grande Convention Center. Arroyo Watch Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo The rendition was powerful. We are moved and awed by its mystics. It was so magnificent that our spirit had seemed to depart from our physical self to join the clouds and be free. The spiritual ecstasy was momentary but it was a sweet divine experience for us. Perhaps what added to its powerful impact was the way the MSU Kabpapagariya had revolutionized its craft. In the past the rhythmic smooth and artistically graceful ! movements of the fingers hands feet and body are specific roles which were traditionally assigned to women dancers. But now the men are doing exactly these with perfection and finesse. Kabpapagariya s symphony lifted our spirits into the horizons and its dances showed off in fascinating cadence by men and women clad in mystical native outfits were virtual time machines which brought us back into our glorious past away from the shams and fakeries of the present. Really Gregorio Zaide and Teodoro Agoncillo were terribly wrong in tracing our society s roots mainly to the Aetas of Panay. Neither Onofre D. Corpuz was correct to regard the Tabons the ancient cavemen of Palawan as our leading ancestors. We disagree with Renato Constantino that Zaide and Agoncillo and perhaps Corpuz had conspired with our colonial masters in committing a wholesale insult against the Filipino race by tracing its roots to lower classes of people. Such sad commentary is inexcusably racial. But we do a! gree with him when he said that Zaide Agoncillo and perhaps Corpuz had deliberately schemed to eclipse the many rich Filipino cultures and traditions in the pages of our history and worse in the collective memory of the nation. Fortunately what our history writers failed to do the MSU Kabpapariya is doing it for us earning for itself the esteemed honor of serving as the conservatory of our cultural heritage. For more Philippine news visit Sun.Star Pampanga . For Bisaya stories from General Santos. Click here. This section is updated every Monday April issue Write letter to the editor. Click here. E NETWORK HEADLINE DOJ Arroyo can declare rice corn emergency E NETWORK NEWS Man uses child as drug courier Insufficient power supply causes more brownouts New artifact site found in Sarangani return to top home network page LOCAL NEWS BUSINESS OPINION SPORTS LIFESTYLE FEATURE I Copyright Sun.Star Publishing Inc

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