Skip to main content

Nueva Era fuses ‘Oggayam’ in HS curriculum

By

By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter

Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte—As one of the cultural communities in the province of Ilocos Norte, the municipality of Nueva Era has integrated Tingguians’ traditional “Oggayam” in Nueva Era National High School (NENHS) curriculum.

NENHS senior high school coordinator Geralyn Nabaysa said the Oggayam is now being taught in all high school levels of the said school.

Ms. Nabaysa said the Oggayam integration in their curriculum helps preserve their culture. She disclosed that Tingguians, an indigenous peoples (IP) group in this town, comprise at least 80% of their school population.

She added that the integration was based on a study made on the students, and which was presented last year in the first Singapore Institute of Multidisciplinary Research Festival held in Taguig City

The Ilocos Times learned that of the 150 studies presented, the NENHS-owned research entitled “Effectiveness of Simulation in Developing the Student’s Skills in Chanting the Oral Tradition “Oggayam” of the Tingguians” were recognized as a “Reviewers Choice Awardee” from the 11 qualified studies.   

“Our study aims to develop the oral skills of the Tingguian youths as well as revitalizing their connection into their Tingguian oral tradition through simulation trainings assisted by the local chanters in the community,” Ms. Nabaysa explained.

Relative to this, Ms. Nabaysa also noted that the school continuously bring Tingguian elders to the school to personally teach the students the proper skills in chanting and reciting the Oggayam.

“We are very lucky to have the opportunity of creating something significant for my fellow Tingguian youths especially [in] our own Tingguian community because the oral tradition Oggayam is obviously fading because our elders who are very competent of the oral tradition are getting old,” Grade 12 student Judielle Mae T. Inong said.

Ms. Inong further stressed that this endeavor would help in the preservation of their culture since the younger generations would learn the proper chanting skills.

NENHS head teacher Henry Langgisan admitted that oral tradition like Oggayam is really fading in this town wherein Tingguian elders are already hard to locate, especially during special occasions where they are needed to join and participate.

“This is the reason why we started to train the students more so that I am also a Tingguian by blood,” Mr. Langgisan said.

Mr. Langgisan usually performs the Oggayam during special occasions in this town.

The Oggayam is a kind of song, which is commonly sang by leaders to celebrate a certain occasion dressed in their native attire and own dialect. It originally comes from the colorful culture of people from Ilocos and Kalinga.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Empanada festival: A celebration of good taste and good life

By
By Dominic B. dela Cruz & Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporters BATAC CITY—If there is one thing Batac is truly proud of, it would be its famous empanada-making business that has nurtured its people over the years. Embracing a century-old culture and culinary tradition, Batac’s empanada claims to be the best and tastiest in the country with its distinctive Ilokano taste courtesy of its local ingredients: fresh grated papaya, mongo, chopped longganisa, and egg. The crispy orange wrapper and is made of rice flour that is deep-fried. The celebration of this city’s famous traditional fast food attracting locals and tourists elsewhere comes with the City Charter Day of Batac every 23 rd  of June. Every year, the City Government of Batac led by Mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta commemorate the city’s charter day celebration to further promote its famous One-Town, One Product, the Batac empanada. Empanada City The Batac empanada festival has already become...
14 comments
Read more

2020 Laoag City Traffic Code

By
  Republic of the Philippines Province of Ilocos Norte CITY OF LAOAG   SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD   EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 58 TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE 11 TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF LAOAG HELD AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD SESSION HALL, LAOAG CITY ON OCTOBER 14, 2020. PRESENT: 1.        Hon. Vicentito M. Lazo                                                 City Vice-Mayor/Presiding Officer Hon. Juan Conrado A. Respicio II                                              S.P....
44 comments
Read more

Marcos town celebrates 3rd Pinakbet Festival

By
MARCOS, Ilocos Norte—Taking pride of this town ’s favorite Ilo cano dish, locally known as pinakbet, a mix of indigenous vegetables steamed in fish sauce, residents here ushered the opening of the third Pinakbet festival. “Pinakbet” came from the contracted Ilokano word ‘pinakebbet ’ which means “ shrunk ” or “shriveled.” As a way of thanksgiving, the Pinakbet festival is a repository of the town ’ s “ani” [harvest] festival being celebrated every month of March but this was later moved to December to accommodate more balikbayans wanting to join the festivity. Residents in this agricultural town derived most of their income from the harvest of high value crops, including rice, tobacco and corn as staple crops. This year, the week-long festivity highlighted a grand parade around the town plaza and a pinakbet cook fest at the municipal gymnasium to showcase the best pinakbet in town. A boodle fight followed suit. Earlier, a fun run was participated by various groups ...
Post a Comment
Read more