Por Diyos Por Santo...

"Por Diyos por santo...mag-iwan ka naman ng tatak mo." - Alicia Magos, Ph. D., UP Visayas 

(You may try to be open to other culture for Pete's sake, leave something of yourself.)

This came from an anthropologist in Panay who had closely studied the Binukots and cultural epics of the island. It's not saying that one should be open to to learn and adapt new culture but one still has to know and try to keep their own culture. One should not forget and disregard the old ones. One should leave something of himself as his own.

I just had to write this one after watching this Iwitness segment. I seldom get to see this interesting program, as most people also do, because it's airtime is pretty late. That is altogether another blog entry though.

This is really pretty interesting for me because I, myself, is a product of local race but never really learned a lot specially the language. I grew hearing the old folks use it but I  had never thought of using it until when I was an adult. It's not easy. I can barely speak although I can pretty much understand. Between me and my brother, I am not sure if one of us is fluent.

Well, a little effort every once and a while might be good. That's just about it for me. I'm really more comfortable in the English language. But Dr. Magos nailed it.

 "Leave something of yourself."

"Mag-iwan ka naman ng tatak mo!"