This paper explores food that ferments naturally, without the addition of yeast. Before my first taste of tengba, I was warned by the same person who invited me that I might not like it. I was then a high school student vacationing in Besao, my mother’s hometown in the Cordillera. This dish is traditionally the only dish served during linayaan, a family gathering that marks the falling off of the...
S’ya na nan nai-ingsaa ay il-ilanSin kaage-agewBabbabai’y nang-isisiklang is gamigMalanoy di menputputlongan is taliWennu menpatpatan is bulbulong.Si Inhabian ay mangsipsip-uy as paypayNipapadong sin pag-abe-an naNangibabaod is dagemMangsuksukat sin turong di lemlem.Mendadawes nan mata sin sinasagangAdi menyuyuko wennu men-iila’s det-aMenleleteg nan dolig, masisiwat nan padangaKateg nen-aagto’s...
Tinibo’ di umatan di moma an munpanuboihanadan punaladanya hay aton di hapidan kumalabkab hi nunihaggon an kayiwNatigo’ di aton nadan mun-akinduholan kumayat hinan momahin nun-aowang damo an maphod an momonoya hay munpanghit hi tuboya pudun nan hapidNatibo’ di aton di mamanuhi aggudong hinan payobokon ya ammuna ta waha ihda ya ihbulmu ta amungon di gu’angnata waha ibaaghi namaganan an bilawuta...
Ha’on nan papayo an wada ni’ hinan hinlibuan pinhun di numboblaya’mu mannin attog maid moy balol uadwani ya nan bahbahhinity awada’ Madmadngol upay di ungak di wa’el ya wangwangya tuliyo’ di liting hinadan piping-pingitmu nagnu nagata namagananday udum hi adol uya ulay pinhod un kumgaya maid ha bumuduh luwa Matmattigo’ di bihhita’an malpuh boblen naduma-dumamu mangmango’ nadan u’ungaan immongngal...
Introduction The two writers from the Cordillera Administrative Region, who are products of writing workshops, share a glimpse of their culture and heritage through their contributed works. They both write to uphold indigenous tradition and cultural advocacy amidst the rapid pace of modernization in the world. Gawani Domogo Gaongen, a poet in Kankana-ey and environmental advocate based in Sagada...