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TRAVELLING EXHIBIT


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UPCOMING EXHIBITS

 

September 4 – October 9,   -   Davao Museum
 2008                                             Davao City
                                                      
 
October 14 – 31, 2008       -  Pamulaan Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Education
                                               University of South Eastern Philippines (USEP)
                                               Mintal Campus, Mintal, Davao

 PREVIOUS EXHIBITS

                 
June 16 – July 12, 2008      Xavier, University
     Cagayan de Oro City

April 1-30, 2008 Puerto Princesa Coliseum,
Puerto Princesa City, Palawan

February 1-29, 2008 Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Zamboanga City

November 26, 2007 - January 31, 2008 Holy Name University,
Tagbilaran City, Bohol

October 4-27, 2007

Aklan Museum, Kalibo
Sep 3-27, 2007

Museo Iloilo, Iloilo City

Aug 22-31, 2007

Silliman University, Dumaguete City

July 30 -Aug 17, 2007 Museo Negrense,
University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City

MANGYAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL

February 7 to 9, 2008
Jose J. Leido Memorial National High School Gym
Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro

Read About the Festival...
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For more information, contact:
Emily Catapang
mobile:
+63 910 3053810
phone:
(043) 288-5318  (Mindoro) 
email:
mangyanhc@catsi.net.ph



Featured Story:::


Bamboo Whispers
by: Lolita Delgado Fansler


“There is scarcely a man, and much less a woman, who cannot read and write in letters proper to the Island of Manila.”

    The quote is attributed to Fr. Pedro Chirino, a noted Jesuit historian who wrote on the early years of Spanish colonization in the Philippines. Every Filipino today ought to be proud that in the early 1500s through 1600s, when the Spaniards established a stronghold, most Manila inhabitants, especially women, were literate. They were using their own script before the conquistadors arrived in the more than 7,000 islands.

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News Update:::

The First PCNC-certified NGO in Mindoro

    The Mangyan Heritage Center was recently granted a three-year certification by the Philippine Council for NGO Certification, the self-regulating body for non-government organizations in the country.  The PCNC ensures that non-profit organizations meet the standards for financial management and accountability in the service of underprivileged Filipinos.  The MHC now enjoys a donee institution status, which allows its donors to receive tax deductions and exempts them from paying a donor’s tax for their contributions.

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February 2007

Mangyan Cultural Festival
Divine Word College,
Calapan, Oriental Mindoro



Education:::

Two Lectures
view the flyer

Looking Past the Images:
Photographs of the Mangyan People

19th-20th Century
Speaker: John L. Silva
9:30 am to 10:30 am, January 19, 2006
Ayala Museum

The Joy of Writing in the Ancient
Script of the Mangyan People

Speaker: Lolita Delgado Fansler
10:45 am to 12 noon, January 19, 2006
Ayala Museum

News:::

KPLN GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 7 MANGYAN TRIBES
by: Lheila Mozenda C. Mendoza
July 3, 2006  
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SISTER DOYET, FIRST MANGYAN MISSIONARY NUN
by: Madonna Virola
May 5, 2005   
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Environment:::


AGAINST CREW'S MINING PROJECT
Fr. Edwin Gariguez
February 22, 2006
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OUR NATIONAL PATRIMONY IS NOT FOR SALE!
Statement
Task Force Sierra Madre and Alyansa Tigil Mina
February 3, 2005
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POSITION PAPER ON THE REVOCATION OF THE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF AGLUBANG MPSA BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Multi-sectoral organizations of Oriental Mindoro Pement
Task Force Sierra Madre and Alyansa Tigil Mina
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CASE BRIEF: THE MINDORO NICKEL PROJECT
Alyansa Laban sa Mina (ALAMIN)
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Culture:::


WHAT DO THE MANGYANS OF MINDORO EAT?

by: Micky Fenix
January 12, 2006

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY:
THE MANGYAN OF MINDORO

by: Bambi Harper
January 7, 2006  
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WORKSHOP ON THE MANGYAN SYLLABIC SCRIPT, HELD AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM

February 11, 2005

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