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A Voice from the Hills
Serving Language Communities through Linguistics, Literacy and Translation
A Voice From the Hills:
Essays on the Culture and World View of the Western Bukidnon Manobo People (2nd printing)
Francisco Col-om Polenda's essays on the
culture and world view of the Western Bukidnon Manobo People
Translated and edited by Richard E. Elkins, this volume was originally published in 1989. A Voice From the Hills was granted the National Book Award by the Manila Critics Circle that same year. More than forty essays cover the topics of Life Cycle, Social Values, The Home, Livelihood, Politics and Peacekeeping, Getting Along with Gods and Spirits, and Leisure and Beauty. All texts are presented in both English and Western Bukidnon Manobo and one text is fully analyzed.
1989, xx, 401pp. ISBN: 971-780-1059-16-9 (LSP Special Monograph Issue, Number 29)