Ubbog Cordillera
Saturday, March 13, 2010

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2009 in a nutshell , The UBBOG founding members (left to right) Ton, Maya, Junley, (Roch), Nap, Eki, Sharma, Melvin, Freda, Jm, Charisse,...
Saturday, February 7, 2009

Of posters and plans

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To begin with, we need to bow to Sacha's beautiful photo and design of our poster. The poster made me want to keep one for myself and ju...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Flintstone's Club and the Igorota

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By Freda Dao-ines My dad said my calf muscles, butoy in my native Kankana-ey tongue, are big and round camote tubers. My very objective but...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Diminishing memories and a tree

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By Rachel Pitlongay THE dispute over the tree began after the last typhoon of October when the new neighbor got to thinking that the tree mi...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Marapait: For the Bitter and the Sweet

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By Chinee Sanchez-Palatino THEY are the beautiful receptionists greeting you a warm welcome amid the frigid breeze as you enter Baguio that ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Poetry and the Ibaloi Literary Tradition

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By Melvin Magsanoc THE Ibaloi literary tradition is an oral tradition; thus, it doesn't have the art of writing poetry. Poetic lines are...
Monday, November 10, 2008

Literature brings back 'relics'

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By Charisse C. Acquisio NOVEMBER is usually attributed to burning lamps on the eaves of our homes and setting out food for the departed. I...
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UBBOG CORDILLERA YOUNG WRITERS
Baguio City, Cordillera, Philippines
Ubbog is a word that means "a fresh water spring" in the Iluko language. As a metaphor, it is a spring where overflowing ideas from the youth inside and outside the Cordillera region spill out a melange of different views that will eventually quench the thirst for new Cordillera literature. The group was created to foster fellowship among the youth who are interested in writing, pseuodowriting and reading. It was born and kept alive mainly through sheer bravado, teeth-clenching determination and an enthusiasm that can be found only among the so-called youth. Or so we think.
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