Dayaw’s 10th season focuses on culture bearers
THE LIVES and struggles of Filipino culture bearers are the focus of the 10th season of the documentary series Dayaw.
With the 10th season theme “Salinlahi: Legacies for a Changed World,” this time the show will cover the stories of the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) awardees, and the students and protégés they are mentoring to continue indigenous Filipino traditions.
A production of ANC and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the series depicts the challenges faced by the country’s National Living Treasures.
“Our very first season, aired in 2015, talked about the natural elements that shaped traditional life. This 10th season talks about current, very real problems that affect the lives of our indigenous people,” said the show’s host, former senator and current Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda, in a statement.
“The GAMABA awardees face the same problems all Filipinos face — poverty, lack of economic prospects, growing old and being gradually displaced. Yet, they continue to create and teach,” she said.
The series was shot prior to the pandemic and explores indigenous traditions across the country.
The first episode follows Alonzo Saclag from Kalinga who is passing on the ways of the baglan as he teaches dances and chants to young Kalinga men and women. The second episode follows Teofilo Garcia of Abra who makes tabungaw hats. The third episode follows Eduardo Mutuc and his sons who are preserving the art of pinukpuk — crafts made by stamping embellishments on metal sheets.
The later episodes will feature two weavers who have passed away: the late Lang Dulay, the T’boli dreamweaver known for her 100 patterns and designs, and Bai Yabing Masalon Dulo, who mentored young women in South Cotabato. The show will also feature the young crafts people of Escuela Taller, a training center for traditional skills for poor, out-of-school youth.
The six episode series will air on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel, and the ANC Facebook page on Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. starting Mar. 18. For updates, visit. www.abs-cbn.com/newsroom.
