Move over, haiku, tanka, and the sonnet—the ambahan is here to stay. “Ambahan: A Love Story Poems” by Quintin Jose V. Pastrana, a 2021 release of the Far Eastern University, is no ordinary poetry ...
During the last quarter of 2017, I was lucky enough to be invited to give a talk on the ambahan, the traditional poetry of the Hanunuo Mangyans of Mindoro. Their poems are inscribed normally on bamboo ...
Inspired by the traditional poetry form of the Mangyans, Quintin Pastraña, an Asia 21 Alumnus, presents his new book of poetry, “Ambahan: A Love Story, written in the seven-syllable meter still used ...
Anya Insik Postma did not know how great her Dutch anthropologist-father has been until she started to work with the nongovernment Mangyan Heritage Center Inc. (MHC) in the City of Calapan in Oriental ...
My own personal celebration of National Literature Month was my rather belated discovery of the ambahan, Hanunuo Mangyan poetry, thanks to a coffee table book, “Bamboo Whispers: Poetry of the Mangyans ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Hanunuo Mangyans of Mindoro teach their children how to engage with people in the community and handle life’s troubles indirectly, by using metaphors. Young men court women ...
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