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