Writers
FELIX Y. ADAMI is a textbook writer and school
principal at Ivana Elementary School in Batanes. He
earned his M.A. in Education major in Educational
Management at St. Dominic College Basco, Batanes.
CORAZON S. ALVINA is an educator, curator,
published author, photographer and an independent
editor. She was the former director of the National
Museum and the Metropolitan Museum. She is a
member of the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts (NCCA) Committee on National
Living Treasures.
ARTEMIO C. BARBOSA is an author, curator,
resource speaker and researcher. He is currently the
Commissioner of the International Organization of
Folk Art (IOV) in Austria under the International
Commission of Museums (ICOM) and the Division
Chief of the Anthropology Division of the
National Museum.
WILLIAM BEYER was a geologist. The son of
anthropologist and archaeologist, H. Otley Beyer,
he is known for his short essays on Ifugao art and
culture.
FRANCISCO BILLIET, C.I.C.M., arrived in
the Philippines in 1911 as a missionary in the
Cordilleras. He started mission work among the
Kalinga in 1920 and became recognized as an
authority on Kalinga language and culture.
FAY-COOPER COLE was a professor of
anthropology and founder of the anthropology
department at the University of Chicago. He
became an authority on the peoples and cultures of
the Malay Archipelago and wrote several popular
works on evolution and the growth of culture.
HAROLD C. CONKLIN is considered one of
the world’s leading authorities on ethnoscience and
is noted for his pioneering work on indigenous
systems of tropical forest and terraced agriculture.
He received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1955 and
joined the faculty in 1962. He has chaired various
departments and divisions of the Peabody Museum
of Natural History and since his retirement in 1996,
continues as Curator Emeritus.
DATU ABUBACAR MASTURA
DATUMANONG, AL HAJ, Ph.D., is a registered
civil engineer, educator, government envoy and
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peace advocate. He is currently the Assistant
Regional Secretary of the Department of Trade and
Industry, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
EDNA C. DELOS SANTOS is an assistant
professor in physical education, officer-in-charge
of the Office of Admissions and special assistant
at the Office of Academic Affairs of the Mindanao
State University. She earned her B.S. Education from
the University of the East and her M. Ed. from the
University of Hawaii.
JOYCIE Y. DORADO ALEGRE is an artist,
academician, cultural worker and institution builder
based in Eastern Visayas. She is currently an
Associate Professor in the Humanities of the U.P.
Visayas Tacloban College and Commissioner for
the Subcommission for Cultural Communities and
Traditional Arts of the NCCA.
MANUEL B. DULAWAN is an author, educator,
lecturer and researcher specializing on various
aspects of Ifugao culture. He retired from
government service in 1992 to research and write
about the various aspects of Ifugao culture.
MARY TALTALA DUMANGHI holds a
Doctorate Degree in Educational Management
from the Benguet State University. She is the current
Graduate Studies Coordinator of the Mountain
Province State Polytechnic College, Tadian Campus,
Tadian, Mountain Province.
FELICELY MAGPARANGALAN-ESTADILLA
is a native of Marinduque. She is a graduate of
Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU) with a
degree of B.S. in Secretarial Administration major in
Office Management. She has been with the National
Museum for 30 years.
ROBERT B. FOX was an anthropologist and
leading historian on pre-Hispanic Philippines. He
worked at the National Museum of the Philippines
from 1948 to 1975 where he led explorations in
Calatagan, Batangas , Palawan and notably the
Tabon Cave Complex of Lipuun Point in Quezon.
Dr. Fox also taught at the University of the
Philippines and served as Presidential Assistant for
National Minorities.
MARLU C. GABILO has a Bachelor’s Degree in
Elementary Education from the Saint Dominic
College in Batanes where he also obtained his M.A
in Educational Management. At a young age, he
started fishing and boatbuilding, working as his
uncle’s apprentice. He continues to build boats in
his free time and works as an elementary school
principal.
RAQUEL C. GOCUYO is a journalism graduate
from the University of Santo Tomas. Not content
with a diploma in writing, she went on to pursue her
passion, Philippine history, by taking up masteral
studies, also at UST. She works in the publishing
industry where she started as a magazine writer and
now as coordinator for textbooks.
FLORENTINO H. HORNEDO, Ph.D., is a social
anthropologist, writer, researcher and professor
of Philippine literature and cultural history. He
specializes in the study of Ivatan culture on which
he has written and published numerous studies.
He earned his Ph.D. and his postdoctorate in
History and Political-Science at the University of
Santo Tomas. He has served as dean of Saint Louis
University College of Human Sciences and the
Graduate School Saint Dominic College of Batanes.
F. LANDA JOCANO is a socio-anthropologist,
author, educator and social scientist. His significant
contributions to the study of Filipino society and
culture have earned for him several national awards.
He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the Asian
Center of the University of the Philippines (UP) and
Executive Director of PUNLAD Research House.
Prior to this, he served UP in various administrative
capacities.
FRANCIS LAMBRECHT, C.I.C.M., was an
educator and a missionary of the Congregation of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary. For seventeen years,
he evangelized the Ifugao people, at the same time
mastering their language and ancient traditions. His
anthropological researches have been published
in scientific periodicals of several universities
worldwide. Among his lasting anthropological
contributions are his researches on Ifugao epics.
AURORA ROXAS-LIM, Ph.D., is an educator,
researcher, writer and curator. Trained in English
Literature at the University of the Philippines, she
took up a Masters of Arts in General Studies of the
Humanities at the University of Chicago. She went
on to Cornell University where she majored in Art
History and Archaeology of Southeast Asia. She
conducted archaeological research in the Philippines
and Southeast Asia and has written numerous
scholarly papers, monographs published in national
and international journals on a wide range of topics.
CYRLIN B. LOZA is a copyeditor, teacher, writer
and designer for books and museum exhibits. She
earned her M.A. in Journalism from the Asian
Institute of Journalism and Communication and in
Cultural Heritage Studies (magna cum laude) from
the University of Santo Tomas.
MASARU MIYAMOTO, D. Litt. is a professor of
cultural and legal anthropology at Chuo University,
Tokyo, Japan. He carried out fieldwork among the
Mangyans of Mindoro Island in the 1970s and
1980s and has conducted research among a few
ethnic groups in Sabah, Malaysia in the 1990s.
JESUS T. PERALTA, Ph.D., is an anthropologist/
archaeologist, essayist, poet, painter, photographer,
graphic artist and a prizewinning playwright. He
was Director III of the National Museum until he
retired in 1997. He is currently a Consultant of
the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA). He is a member of the Intangible Heritage
Committee of the NCCA and a consultant of the
National Living Treasures Award Committee.
CECILIA V. PICACHE, is the coordinator of the
National Living Treasures Award and Intangible
Cultural Heritage Programs of the NCCA. She
earned her B.A. in Journalism and M.A. in Cultural
Heritage Studies (magna cum laude) from the
University of Santo Tomas. She was a research
fellow of the Asia Cooperation Program on
Conservation Science of the National Research
Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of
Korea in 2010.
FRANCISCO COL-OM POLENDA was a 1989
National Book awardee for A Voice from the Hills:
Essays on the Culture and World View of the Western
Bukidnon Manobo People. He authored and translated
several works on Monobo literature which were
published in various cultural journals.
NORMA A. RESPICIO, Ph.D., is a professor
at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.
She specializes on Japanese art and culture and
Philippine traditional art, particularly on local
textiles. She has an M.A. in Art History and a Ph.D.
in Philippine Studies, both from the University of
the Philippines.
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Alegre, J.Y. D. (2010). The Waray Culture Monograph. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
DELBERT RICE is an engineer, anthropologist
and biblical scholar, among other things. He has
written scientific articles and has been a lecturer
in universities and international conferences. Rice
collected Ikalalahan folk stories and published an
anthology in 2011. He currently lives in Imugan,
Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya.
MINERVA S. SANI has been a cultural worker since
1973. She obtained her B.S. Education degree from
the Mindanao State University (MSU) and trained at
the National Museum and Ayala Museum. She was a
member of MSU’s folk dance troupe in her student
days.
HADJA MO’FIDA BINOLAWAN TAWANO is
an educator and cultural worker. Aside from earning
her B.S.E. and AB degrees, she also has a certificate
in the Arabic language from the King Abdulaziz
University, Saudi Arabia.
HADJA SOHAYLAH SODIODA M. UNTE is a
B.Sc. graduate working as assistant to the chief of
the Folklore Division of the University Research
Center of the Mindanao State University. She
collects and translates Maranao folklore, some of
which have been included in various publications.
Photographer/Book Designer
RENATO S. RASTROLLO is a photographer,
graphic artist, book and exhibit designer. He earned
his Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Advertising
from the Philippine Women’s University. With over
25 years of experience in the field of documentary
photography, his works have appeared in national
and international publications. Presently, he is a
culture and arts officer at the Cultural Center of the
Philippines.
Other photo sources:
Ramoncito Ching
Augustina Lopez
Eduardo Muñoz Seca
Jeflyn C. Rastrollo
George Uñalivia
Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group Collection.
Used by permission of Executive Director Dulce
Obusan
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Bacdayan, A.S., Capistrano-Baker, F.H., Hamilton, R.W. and Milgram, B.L. (1998). Basketry of the Luzon Cordillera, Philippines.
Los Angeles, USA: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
Brown, W. (1946). Useful Plants of the Philippines. Manila: Manila Bureau of Printing.
Casiño, E. (1976). The Jama Mapun. A changing Samal society in the southern Philippines. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University
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Monthly Review Press.
Dumanghi, M.T. (2007). Folktales and chants of Tadian. Mountain Province: The Municipal Government of Tadian.
English, L.J. (2004). Tagalog-English dictionary. Mandaluyong City: Cacho Hermanos, Inc.
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Ingel, M.L, Ligero, J. and Respicio, N. (2010). Tawid, the Living Treasures of Ilocos Sur. Ilocos Sur: Sanicua Publication.
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