PHOTOS | Bibinayo: traditional rice pounding
In Bibinayo, the Lumad tribes pound "palay" (pre-husked rice) and separate grain from the chaff in a given time. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
In Bibinayo, the Lumad tribes pound "palay" (pre-husked rice) and separate grain from the chaff in a given time. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao Region today ordered for the release of two captive police officials in Davao Region as a goodwill measure for the resumption of the formal peace talks set on August 22.
Matigsalug women hurry in sifting rice from the chaff during the "Bibinayo", a traditional way of pounding rice, which was part of the tribal games in the Lumadnong Dula at the People's Park in Davao City on Thursday, August 18. The Lumadnong Dula is one of the highlights of this year's Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival celebration. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Two of the three detained National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Davao Region will be flying to Oslo, Norway to join the formal peace talks between the NDF and the government.
Political prisoners Ariel Arbitrario (left) and Eduardo Genelsa are granted provisional liberty by the Court on Thursday, August 18 to join the GRP-NDF peace talks in Oslo, Norway. They are two of the three NDF consultants detained in Davao. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)