Magbása Kitang Bikol

Naga City, Camarines Sur—Pagrokyaw ka Julio Aborde  Jr. kan Camarines Sur sagkod Maria Cecilia Tatel kan Catanduanes, duwang maestrong kagsurat kan mga istoryang-pan-aki na pinili kan Let’s Read kan Asia Foundation kan nakaaging taon.

Rokyaw man na gayo sa mga nagkurit kan mga istoryang ining sinda Marly Espiritu kan Masbate dangan Al Vic Misalucha kan Camarines Sur. Antes pa mag-abot an pandemya, haloy nang kamawotan kan Asia Foundation (AF) an maiheras sa gabos an saindang mga istoryang pan-aki sa paagi kan internet. 

 

Sa pakikipag-anduyog kan AF sa mga parasurat sagkod parakurit sa Bicol sagkod sa manlainlain na rona kan Pilipinas magin sa entirong Asia, an mga obra ninda Jun sagkod Cecil ngonyan mababasa na sa saindang mga pahina. Poon sa mga enot na workshop kan Enero sagkod Marso hasta Hulyo kan 2020, sakóng nagin dakulang pribiliheyong makabulig sa mga kasibutan (asin kasabutan) na ini.

 

Kamo gabos, madya! Dumanan ta an saindang mga obra. Bisitahon an letsreadasia.org. Basahon ta an sadiri ta:

 

Si Labsay kan Dakulang Bukid

Ni Julio Aborde Jr. 

Kan Magturaok si Inok 

Ni Maria Cecilia Tatel 

 

Mábalos, Asia Foundation.

 

#AsiaFoundation

#LetsReadAsia

#BikolBeautiful 

#CentralBikol

 

Suddenly, Last Summer

In “Suddenly, Last Summer”, I lament the curtailed freedom we as children experienced because of our parents’ protectiveness and fear of weaning us off into the world.

In fact, it was our siblings—our own brothers and sisters, our guardians—the IATF personnel who quarantined us in those days, as it were. It was our own folks who first locked us down, who told us to “stay home” so we would be protected from we-didn’t-really-know-who.

A year after the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) called for literary works centered on the theme of travel or “Lakbay”, they published this piece on how a child is constantly being told to just stay home and not join his (or her) siblings’ “adventure” in their village.

Lamenting the sadness (but really celebrating the joy) of childhood, this rawitdawit (Bikol poem) makes clear that probably no ‘lockdown’ can stifle a child’s imagination from “traveling” or soaring high; that nothing can stop children from exploring any space made available to them—from giving it sense and meaning.

Thank you, CCP.