Book on regional folk tales in the offing

A BOOK on native tales is finally on print.   

Titled as “The Golden Arrow of Mt. Makilkilang and Other Cordillera Folktales,” the collection of tales from all over the region will soon be highlighted.  

The book is produced by the Cordillera Green Network (CGN), focused mainly on three areas: reforestation, sustainable agriculture and environmental education.  

Rey Angelo Aurelio, CGN community theatre facilitator, said: “Under the Environmental Education, the group came out with a community theatre program as medium for learning, targeting the young people.”  

Stories in the book share lessons on taking care of the environment and protecting its resources through folktales from the provinces of Kalinga, Benguet, Apayao and Mt. Province.  

Stories include the brave and clever Gawan and how he fought a monster snake to save Gammilayan; the curious Kankanaeys who discovered the edible fern Paco; the powerful yet generous Ari Moran who led his people to plant rattan; and the strong Bugan who journeyed the river from Sabangan to Kalinga inside the belly of a snake. 

“The stories were thoroughly researched by volunteers and the teachers in the public schools in the communities,” Aurelio said. 

The CGN published book will be launched on June 30, at specialty bookstore, Mt. Cloud.

CGN is headed by director Mariko Sorimachi with a performance by Aanak di Kabiligan Community Theater Group.  

Aurelio said: “These stories had been the inspiration behind the group's successful environmental education campaign, dubbed as ‘Eco-Theatre Caravan’, a roving theater community of young Cordillerans, Theatre Artists, and Volunteers performing in different communities and Prefectures in Japan advocating environmental causes through performance.”

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