Đỗ Hiền received the highest title People’s Artist for his effort to preserve folk dances and bring them to audiences. Đỗ Hiền is inspired by folk dances in the northwestern region to choreograph ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — An apostrophe may be a small mark, but for the Blaan indigenous community, ending the practice of attaching it to their tribe’s name, which changes the word’s spelling ...

Gamaba is a version of the National Artist Award in traditional arts, according to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). Speaking in Blaan, Bantilan, who learned the craft from ...

In the delicate dance of cultures, indigenous practices are ... a way to weave together the past and the future, ensuring that Blaan culture thrives despite inevitable changes.