Bisayangdako: Writing Cebuano Culture and Arts

By Erlinda K. Alburo (Author)

Quick Overview

"Understandably, there is more of the literary than any of the other arts here. From these pieces put together, the reader is invited to form a picture of the bigger Cebuano vulture of which they speak... Outside of Cebu no one seems to know-- or care-- about what we are doing here. At the same time, one may be so caught up in the local happenings that one doesn't give a thought to other events of the kind in the rest of the country. this lack of connection is somehow addressed by the pieces int his book" [from the Preface] On the cover is an icon of Cebuano culture, the art form of "balitaw" combining poetry, music and dance in a style of reflective of Bisayandako: extemporaneous verse, without fixed steps or music. Here we see Antonio Bohol & Josefa Bacalso performing the balitaw in the film "Mutya sa Saging Tindok" , 1960 [form the Cebuano Studies Center collection].

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Erlinda Kintanar-Alburo has been teaching language, literature and research at the University of San Carlos, where she was the director of the Cebuano Studies Center from 1996 until 2011. She has presented papers in local an international conference, written numerous journals articles an edited various anthologies of Cebuano literature for the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Cebuano Studies Center and the Women in Literary- Cebu (WILA). She has served as head as head, adviser, founding member and/or board member in national professional groups in Philippines studies, History, Anthology, Cultural and Literary Research; as well as in local groups like WILA, the Akademiyang Bisaya, Himiling Binilin and the Cebu City and of the Language Commission of Cebu province. For her work in cultural cultural advocacy, especially in the promotion of Cebuano and Cebuano literature, she has received achievement awards, like those given by the 1st Taboan Literary Festival (2010), the UP Dept. of English/Comparative Literature (2011) and National Research Council of the Philippines (2011).