Schools keep indigenous culture alive (fwd link)

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Schools keep indigenous culture alive

July 19, 2008 02:11:00
Ma. Diosa Labiste
Philippine Daily Inquirer

ILOILO CITY – Perla Zaragosa Moreno, 47, one of the last five fluent speakers of
Ati language in Tisa village Hamtic, Antique province, rued the little interest
among the young Ati to speak and study their native tongue.

“Ginakahuya nanda maghambal Inati (they are embarrassed to speak Inati),” she
said.

Tisa is an Ati settlement of 50 households served by the School of Living
Traditions (SLT), a place to learn the culture of the Ati, one of the
indigenous peoples on Panay Island.

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