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Cordillera region celebrates IP pride

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The Cordillera office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples lined up various activities to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Month this October.

Lawyer Ronald Calde, the commission’s regional director, invited the public to join the events the agency prepared to help preserve and protect the rich culture and traditions of Cordillera IPs in different tribes.

On Oct. 8-31, 2016 at Vocas La Azotea, the ingenuity of Cordillera artists will be demonstrated in the PAMANA Art Exhibit and a series of film shown free at the Ili-likha on Assumption road on October 22-26.

More than 1,000 beneficiaries of the commission’s educational assistance program will plant at least 10 tree seedlings and maintain them to help regreen the forests in the region and support the Cordillera as the watershed cradle of Northern Luzon.

At the same time, the commission will hold a series of discussions on regional autonomy and federalism for the youth and students in the region’s colleges and universities from October 1-31, while a separate forum on regional autonomy and federalism for elders will be held on October 28-29.

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According to Calde, a book launching is set on October 30.

The Igorota Foundation will host the Cordillera Perspective on Development and Violence Against Women and Children on October 28-29, 2016. Dexter A. See

The month-long event will be capped by the Gong Festival and Indigenous Peoples Rights Act Day on October 30 at the Baguio Convention Center wherein the different tribesmen will showcase their respective culture and traditions through the playing of the gongs.

Calde said the Gong Festival will allow the youth to acquire traditional skills handed down by their ancestors.

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