Project Type: Essays
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PA-LIWANAG
I loved you in my mother tonguea language that does not drip or flowwith all its gnashing consonants: the ks andthe ts and the ns, and hard, stern vowel soundstripping the tongue like rocks and bouldersriddling the Karayan Buaya in the summertime,daradar, kalgaw, see? But you already know that.It was the language that welcomed youinto…
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DALAWAMPU’T SIYAM NA LIBO
“Maalalahanin ang anak ko sa akin, sa tatay at sa mga kapatid niya. Kapag may trabaho siya, inaabot niya agad ang pera niya sa akin. Nagbibigay din siya sa mga kapatid niya. Naipagawa niya ang bahay namin. Ang sabi niya, titigil na siya kapag tapos nang gawin ang bahay. Hindi na niya natupad ang pangako…
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MAKISAWSAW
“…there is a growing concern about where our food comes from and what’s in it, no thanks to a food system that is becoming increasingly unsustainable, toxic, and destructive. A range of problems, from the rise of chronic diseases to accelerating climate change, has been linked to the way we produce, consume, and dispose of…
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BIAG DAGITI AGAY-AYWAN
“I dream of having my own house, my own car maybe, and of travelling to different places. I have to save up money for emergencies, hospitalization, and retirement. If I die now, I do not even have enough money to give myself a decent coffin or burial. … I can handle the challenges that I…
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UMAALMA, KUMIKIBO
“When the killers burst through the door, Mary flung her baby away before she was shot four times in the head — a clear case of palit-ulo, or substituting one target for another to reach a quota. The masked killers then ordered Mary’s four older children to clean the crime scene. Mary’s eldest daughter recounts…
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MANGA TUTUL A PALAPA
“You cannot have Mranao food without palapa. It is served as a condiment or appetizer and, as the base of Mranao cuisine, you can rub it on fish or meat, or even use it as a flavoring agent in certain sweets (or mamis).” MANGA TUTUL A PALAPA: Recipes and Memories from Ranao Assad Baunto; illustrations…
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DALOY
“Malungkot dahil malayo ka sa pamilya mo. Walang mag-aalaga sa ‘yo kung magkasakit ka. Walang mag-aasikaso ng pagkain mo at bibili ng gamot mo. Kailangang kumilos ka para alagaan ang sarili. Mahirap dahil anuman ang nararamdaman mo, pagdating ng 5 pm, kailangan mong gumayak para pumasok sa trabaho. Kailangan mong maligo, mag-make-up, at magplantsa ng…
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LAWANEN
“So Inged a pilombayan / Seka so darpa a pathathayaan / Sii reka matatap so karinaw. // Anda den imanto? / Anda den so Dansalan? / Darpa o kalilintad, / Imanto na miyaoparik. Tanto ka a inipagombasay / O malaikat o manga lokes. // Ainaw Dansalan ko a pilombayan / Pamager ka sangkaya a katidawa.”…
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LAOANEN
“Being a Meranaw writer is being a Mindanawon writer. And being a Mindanawon writer is being a world writer, a global writer. We may find ourselves in different situations; we can write different storylines largely based on the culture we come from. We can’t localize or culturally contextualize certain experiences. Make our stories very Mindanawon.…
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DANAS
“Saludsod ko iti bagik, ibaluddak ngata ditoy? Tortiurendak la ketdi. No ramesendak ngay? Ay, apo … yad-adayom! Ania ti naaramidko a lak-amek ti kastoy? Awan ti makitak a dakes kadagiti inar-aramidko. Ngem nalabit a gapu iti panagprotprotestak, ti panangilablaban ko iti karbengak ken panangiyebkas iti arungaing ti kaaduan. Adu ti nabasbasak maipanggep iti kinaranggas ti…