A few months ago, I was invited by Sarangani First Lady Michelle Lopez-Solon to come to tour around the province and experience the Sarangani Bay Fest.
Last May 15, early in the morning, I boarded the Cebu Pacific flight bound for General Santos City, the gateway to the South Central Mindanao region. There I was met by Michelle together with other bloggers who will also be joining the tour.
Our first stop of the day was the Lemuhen Cultural Dance Troupe in Brgy Badtasan in the Municipality of Kiamba. This Tboli community of performers is led by Lyn Lambago.
They have been eagerly awaiting for our arrival and immediately gave us a warm welcome, the Tboli way.
Upon we arrival we had our traditional Tboli breakfast of camote, Gabi, chicken cooked in bamboo pole and some bananas. After the heavy meal, cultural presentation followed. Several traditional Tboli dances were presented to us. The finale performance was done by Lyn Lambago herself, explaining to us that the number she presented was kin fact shown to her in a dream. She was told that that dance in her dream is the original Tboli dance that should be taught to the younger kids of today.
Lyn stressed to us that today,many groups are also performing so-called Tboli dances but actually are not authentic dance movements anymore. and In this day and age where traditions are slowly being forgotten by the kids, she emphasizes the need to teach the young Tboli kids their traditional dances. In this way the rich and colorful culture of the Tboli people would be passed on to the next generation.
This was just the first part of our Sarangani, Your Adventure tour. Stay tuned for the second part of this series. In the mean time, enjoy the photos I took during the tour.
© Enrico Dee for BYAHILO, 2014. |
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