A Voice from the Hills / Essays on the Culture and World View of the Western Bukidnon Manobo People / Philippines

A Voice from the Hills

Essays on the Culture and World View of the Western Bukidnon Manobo People / Philippines

TEXT:  English

Printed By: Linguistic Society of the Philippines

Writer: Francisco Col-om Polenda

Editor: Richard E. Elkins

ISBN: 9717801059169

Pages: 396

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.