Dila ng Bayan by Dr. Isagani R. Medina (Book)

This book is a collection of three interrelated articles on language history and culture by Dr. Isagani R. Medina. The book is part of a five-volume collection of his essays titled "Mga Ani ni Gani" which were written by Medina from 1951 to 1995. This book was first published in 2005 by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). 

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introdaksyon

Vocabularios y Diccionarios in the Major and Minor Philippine Languages: Lasting Legacies of the Church in the Philippines (1565-1898)

I. Major Languages

A. Luzon

1. Iloko (Ilocano)

2. Ibanag

3. Igorot

4. Ilongot

5. Pangasinan

6. Sambal

7. Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)

8. Tagalog

9. Bikol

B. Bisayan Islands

1. Samar-Leyte

2. Sugbuhanon

3. Hiligaynon

C. Palawan (Cuyo)

1. Kuyonon (Cuyonen)

D. Mindanao and Sulu

1. Lutao, Lutaya (Samal-Laut)

2. Maranao

3. Maguindanao

4. Tiruray

5. Bagobo

II. Minor Languages

1. Ivatan

2. Negrito (Aeta)

3. Gaddang

4. Isinay

5. Ternateno (Mardica)

6. Kalamian

Ang Kasaysayang Panlipunan ng Pilipinas: Isang Rekonstruksiyon Mula sa Mga Diksyunaryo't Bokabularyong Tagalog, 1600-1914

Pagninilay sa Mahal na Araw Ukol sa "Dalamhati", "Luwalhati", at "Ginhawa" sa Mahal na Passion ni Jesu Christo ng 1760

Index

About the Author

Complete List of the Names of National Artists for Literature in the Philippines

18. - Gemino H. Abad, 2022, Manila

17. - Ramon Larupay Muzones, 2018, Iloilo

16. - Resil B. Mojares, 2018, Zamboanga del Norte and Cebu

15. - Cirilo F. Bautista, 2014, Manila

14. - Lazaro Francisco, 2009, Bataan

13. - Bienvenido Lumbera, 2006, Batangas

12. - Alejandro R. Roces, 2003, Manila

11. - Virgilio S. Almario (Rio Alma), 2003, Bulacan

10. - F. Sionil Jose, 2001, Pangasinan

9. - Edith L. Tiempo, 1999, Nueva Vizcaya and Negros Oriental

8. - Levi Celerio, 1997, Manila

7. - N.V.M. Gonzales, 1997, Romblon

6. - Rolando S. Tinio, 1997, Manila

5. - Francisco Arcellana, 1990, Manila

4. - Carlos P. Romulo, 1982, Tarlac

3. - Nick Joaquin, 1976, Manila

2. - Jose Garcia-Villa, 1973, Manila

1. - Amado V. Hernandez, 1973, Manila

House of Memory: Essays by Resil B. Mojares

Book title: House of Memory: Essays
Author: Resil B. Mojares
Publisher: Amvil Publishing, Inc.
Publication date: 1997

What does a house speak? It speaks many things: of certain enduring affections, of absence, neglect, infidelities of distance, distraction, forgetting.

In this collection of essays, National Artist for Literature Resil Mojares makes his way into the past by framing his memories and musings as parts of a house. Each essay elicits that familiar nostalgia one gets while visiting an old home and wistfully rummaging through long-forgotten objects that bring back the fond memories of childhood.

Mojares's writings create a sense of wonder about the most ordinary objects and occurrences, demonstrating a richness of emotion and a deep mindfulness many only hope to achieve.

The Maps That Contain Us: Poetry and Flash Fiction (Book)

The Maps That Contain Us: Poetry and Flash Fiction is a book written by Marla Miniano and Reese Lansangan. The book features illustrations by Jamie Catt. The book was published in 2017 by Summit Books. Book design by Tata Yap and editing by Lio Mangubat. 

Book description:

"When your heart soars or sinks in ways that unmoor you, where do you go? To a house bathed with light up in the mountains, where you've been expected all along. To airport terminals and train stations, to empty streets and crowded cities, to a sleepy seaside town. To Tokyo, to Amsterdam, to Honolulu, to New York City. To Disneyland, a library, a funeral home, an apothecary. To a place where there are no crash landings. Somewhere you know by heart. Back to where it all began, retracing your steps until every corner feels like home.

The authors of In Case You Come Back explore love, loss, life, and loneliness in this collection of poetry and prose, mapping out the disasters and triumphs we all navigate in hopes of finally finding our place."

About the authors:

Marla Miniano is the former editor in chief of Candy Magazine and Summit Books, and now the editor in chief of Cosmopolitan Philippines. She is the Author of the YA series Every Girl's Guide and the short story collections Table for Two and From This Day Forward. Her work has been published in Poetry Magazine and on rookiemag.com.

Reese Lansangan is an independent singer-songwriter, pop-folk musician, visual artist, fashion designer, and multi-awarded creative from Manila. As a performer, she has brought her music from local to foreign shores and has been representing the Philippines in several international music festivals since 2015. Stream her music on Spotify.

Jamie Catt is a freelance visual artist and illustrator currently based in San Francisco, CA. Heavily inspired by the world and seeing its magic unfold each day, she produces vivid illustrations that capture the whimsical attributes of her imagination.

Tata Yap is a creative director for Code and Theory Manila, a graphic designer, and design lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University.

Excerpt:

I arrive earlier than what's written on my boarding pass. I buy a croissant and eat it from the wax paper. I dust little brown flakes off my pants. I song to myself. I crack open the new book that I bought specifically for this trip. It is a ritual of sorts, buying a holiday book. Not finishing is part of the ritual, too. I wrap my hands around myself, feeling the cold through my windbreaker. Instantly, my mind flies to my green dresser drawer back home, where I keep all of my good sweaters. The thing about packing is you always take the things you end up not needing. Always leaving behind the things that should've been brought. I look around. The airport is teeming with people. Here are the men in suits, women on phones, parents clutching souvenirs, children wreaking havoc - the everyday picture of a place like this.

The Maps That Contain Us: Poetry and Flash Fiction

Becoming a Mumbaki: Ritual Change and Continuity in Contemporary Ifugao Society, North Luzon, Philippines

Title: Becoming a Mumbaki: Ritual Change and Continuity in Contemporary Ifugao Society, North Luzon, Philippines

Authors: Analyn V. Salvador-Amores, Marlon M. Martin

Publisher: Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippines Baguio, 2023

Description: Studies on the customary practices of the Ifugao, an ethnolinguistic group residing in northern Luzon, have received more attention compared to other ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines. However, there has been limited analysis on the current practices of both Ifugao male and female mumbaki (referring to "native priests" or ritual specialists), as well as their progression to a higher rank known as mumbagol.

This book examines the norms and protocols involved in becoming a ritual practitioner amidst changing social, economic, political, and religious circumstances within a contemporary society. The contemporary practice of Ifugao mumbaki provides insights into similar transformations occurring in indigenous religious practices globally.

About the authors:

Analyn V. Salvador-Amores is a professor of Anthropology and former Director of the Museo Kordilyera at the University of the Philippines Baguio. She is also the Project Leader of the Cordillera Textiles Project (CordiTex). She earned her masters and doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Oxford University, UK. Her research interest includes non-Western aesthetics, material culture, ethnographic museums and colonial photography in the Philippine Cordillera. Included in her work is the two-time award-winning book: Tapping Ink, Tattooing Identities: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Kalinga Society published by the University of the Philippines Press in 2013 (National Book Development Award, 2013 and National Academy of Science and Technology, 2016). As a public service professor, she continues to engage indigenous communities in her work, and promoting indigenous knowledge in different platforms. She actively carries out anthropological fieldwork among the indigenous communities in Northern Luzon, and have published extensively on this subject.

Marlon M. Martin is an Ifugao and the Chief Operating Officer of the Save the Ifugao Rice Terraces Movement (SITMo). He is the founder of Ifugao Indigenous Peoples Education Center and Community Heritage Galleries in Kiangan, Ifugao. He passionately leads community-based initiatives focused on cultural advocacy and conservation. As a dedicated community organizer and cultural worker, he engages in extensive research, authoring publications that delve into Ifugao indigenous knowledge systems, rituals, and traditional resource management. Committed to passing on the cultural legacy, he actively collaborates with the academe. The recent one is the co-authored book with UCLA's Stephen Acabado, Indigenous Archaeology in the Philippines: Decolonizing Ifugao History (2022, University of Arizona Press and Ateneo de Naga university Press.)

Becoming a Mumbaki: Ritual Change and Continuity in Contemporary Ifugao Society, North Luzon, Philippines