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DOST-funded music docu nominated in ‘Gawad Urian’

MANILA – A music documentary made by a member of the Department of Science and Technology – National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) and funded by this agency is nominated for the Best Documentary category in the 41st Gawad Urian.

According to NRCP, the video, “Seven Dances of Life: Pledges to Others”, is about the indigenous music that highlights the socio-religious practices of two Sama-speaking communities in Tawi-Tawi Islands.

The film features ethnographic interviews, mixed with a series of dance rituals such as “Tabawan” dance and Sama ritual celebrations, to portray the mystical bound of an individual to his or her communities and lineages.

Jose Buenconsejo, NRCP member, ethnomusicologist and professor at the University of the Philippines-Diliman made this music documentary.

“(The video) was shot for eight days in March 2017. Then it was shown in the UP College of Music in June 2017,” Maria Elena Talingdan, chief Science research specialist at NRCP, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Wednesday.

She added that the budget for this was around PHP300,000.

“All NRCP members can apply for the NRCP funding, but their projects must fall under the DOST priority areas or the NIBRA (National Integrated Basic Research Agenda),” Talingdan explained.

The DOST’s priority areas for research and development are agriculture, fishery, and forestry; semiconductor and electronics; agri-processing; integrated circuit design; renewable energy; creative industries; information and communications technology and artificial intelligence; industrial waste treatment; food and nutrition; infrastructure and logistics; manufacturing; and environment and climate change.

Meanwhile, Talingdan said that while there are other NRCP-funded projects, which have received recognition or awards, this is the first time that an NRCP-funded documentary got nominated in the Gawad Urian.

Gawad Urian is an annual award by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino for outstanding Filipino-made films and documentaries.

The 41st Gawad Urian awards night will be held on Thursday, June 14 in Quezon City. (Ma. Cristina Arayata/PNA)

Ipinagdiriwang ngayong taon 2018 ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomiical Services Administration ng Department of Science and Technology (PAGASA-DOST) ang taunang Typhoon and Flood Awareness Week (TFAW) na may temang “Science and Technology Innovation a way to typhoon and flood Risk Reduction”.

Ayon kay PAGASA Administrator Dr. Vicente Malano na panahon na naman ng tag ulan at pagpasok ng mga bagyo sa bansa, kailangan nating bantayan ang panahon ngayon ng bagyo at ulan. Dalawa ang monsoon season ang south west at north east monsoon o amihan at habagat dahil sa mga dulot nitong pagbaha sa maraming lugar sa bansa upang maiwasan rin ang casualties.

Inaasahan din na magkakaroon ng mga pag ulan sa hapon o gabi kaya kinakailangan ang masusing paghahanda kapwa ng mga mamamayan at nang mga Local Government Unit sapagkat nabatid na nuong mga nakaraang tag ulan ay hindi naiiwasan ang mga disgrasya dahil sa kawalan ng kaalaman at tamang paghahanda.

Ang pagdiriwang ng taunang flood and typhoon awareness ay Batay sa proclamation 1535 series of 2008 na nilagdaan sa termino ng dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

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