'Ulupod Kita' (Let's Join Together) - Youth Commitment Song

Our school while having its annual physical maintenance participated in by the different sectoral stakeholders in the community, a group of three youth composed this Ilonggo song and recorded it in one of the classrooms of the school by using a cell phone recorder.

Kaye Stephanie Marabe, an LDS member in Masville, Brgy. Cubay, La Carlota City was the led vocalist of this group. The other two were Michael and Retoy, rapper and rapper-guitarist respectively.

"Ulupod Kita" (Let's Join Together) is an original song composition in local dialect of this group. It portrays the role of the youth in charting their future. The tune is simple. It is easy to sing along with.

This song as I mentioned earlier was recorded in a cell phone recorder by Kaye and a copy was furnished to this author. This is featured here for public exhibition and exposure.

Dalawidaw: An Ilonggo Love Song

"Dalawidaw", according to my friend, Edgar Siscar of ILOILO UPDATE, is a popular Ilonggo love song, a haunting metaphor of the Japanese Occupation of the Negros Provinces & Panay Island. Written by former Mayor and Congressman Augurio Abeto on November 13, 1943 on the anniversary of the Philippine Commonwealth. Its music was written by Rodolfo "Oping" Villa, his secretary.

Dalawidaw

His Summary of DALAWIDAW relates the following:

According to Negros history writer Modesto Palacios Sa-onoy's account that I've modified, Mayor and later on Congressman Augurio Abeto wrote "Dalawidaw" as they were retreating to an evacuation site in Birubina Hills in Brgy. Bi-ao in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on the day of the Philippine Commonwealth anniversary on November 14, 1943.

As a love song, it tells of a love affair from the point of view of a Dalawidaw.... a small bird common in Binalbagan.

Tumandok, An Ilonggo Blog to watch!

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Tumandok is a name given to the newest blog of this writer. It came to being late Saturday night to realize a suggestion of some Negros bloggers who wanted to come up with a blog for an Ilonggo version. Though it seems weird for it would have a very limited readership, but it is worth of doing it anyway

In fact, this kind of blog, which principally will be using the Ilonggo dialect, has already been reserved in my subconscious mind several years ago, waiting for an appropriate time to be hatched and it's by coincidence that this group of bloggers had discussed and interpolated about it.