New Info on Panay Sandukos

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by nacho

Miguel Diaz was with me at the Iloilo Museum when we interviewed the Panay Bukidnons. My advantage over him was that I could understand and speak the Bukidnon dialect ...

Nacho, thanks indeed for the translation, and for the most delicious food we all had at that seaside resort ... and not necessarily in that order

For some context, here and below are pictures of those wonderful Panay Bukidnon people. Second from the left is Federico Caballero, a Panay Bukidnon who is a National Folk Artist -- he can recite from memory the Panay Bukidnons' pre-colonial [pre-16th century] epic, Hinilawod. They say that it takes 3 days straight to recite the saga.

And then 4th (or 5th?) from the left is Federico's brother who is a panday [blacksmith, and pronounced pun-DIE].