Marriage, religion, and traditions
FOR the majority who are living liberal lives of the post-modern world, traditions such as arranged marriage, giving of dowry, and polygamy would likely be uncanny. Most people might mistake these concepts to take away the liberty and rights of those involved.
However, it's not always the case. Sometimes, the practice of these traditions is liberty in itself, depending on the degree. As a matter of fact, if you criticize the practice of their cultural and religious rights, you then impede their liberty. I admit, it's going to be a difficult job to comment about cultural matters when I am not even directly affiliated to a tribe that traditionally practice such.
But for someone who had been exposed and had witnessed the practice of these first-hand, I lay my thoughts about the matter.
My friends, classmates, former students, and workmates have enlightened me about the principles behind arranged marriages. Some of them were involved in these, as a matter of fact.
Polygamy is legally allowed to practice by Muslims. A lot ask why, and the answer lies in the Islamic Holy Book, the Qur'an, where a man may marry up to four women under the following conditions: 1) The first wife consents to her husband marrying another woman; 2) The man can provide equal love, attention, and provision to his wives; and 3) If the woman is an orphan and no longer has anyone to support or sustain her. SScagayan
sical events among themselves, let our local bakers offer their strawberry cakes and pastries, let our farmers present their sweetest and biggest strawberries, let them own the festival…for now.
-o0oThe success of La Trinidad’s Coffee Festival is attributed to the hardworking employees of the Municipality, especially the Municipal Agriculture office headed by Ms. Felicitas Ticbaen. Of course, the events will not be possible without the ever supportive line-agencies of Benguet and CAR as a whole: Dep’t of Agriculture, Dep’t of Trade and Industry, and Dep’t of Tourism. We also thank our exhibitors, farmers, and coffee stakeholders for their most valued participation. We, of course, thank our Municipal officials, headed by Mayor Romeo K. Salda, for the opportunity to celebrate our favorite elixir: Coffee. Agbiag ti Kape ti Trinidad!
and individual’s visual style are compounded and applied in film. We choose in what field to specialize on and I remember Charlie Chaplin saying as quoted: “I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. Everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large”. This individual uniqueness as said by Steven Spielberg in a quote “All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives. Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about. Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?” With the easy acquisition of digital of audio-video recording gears and computer software for post-production and editing, anybody who has the proper knowledge on how films are made can come up with advocacies that can run parallel to big budget projects. Information officers need not hire or tap commercial firms to undertake the production of their advocacy programs like a short film because they themselves can do it with proper guidance. This is the kind of training-workshop that I look forward to undertake.