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)
These children are among those who were left homeless after a fire gutted their community in Purok 4-A, Barangay 23-C Mini Forest in Davao City early morning Thursday, August 18, 2016. The Davao City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) said more or less 36 families were affected by the fire. (City Information Office)
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)
Relatives of the police officials who were captured by the New People's Army as its prisoners-of-war appealed for their immediate release in a press conference on Thursday, August 18 at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar shows a copy of the first issue of the bi-monthly "Mula sa Masa, Para sa Masa" publication of the Presidential Communications Office in a press conference after the advance screening of the #50FirstDays documentary at the Ateneo de Davao University on Thursday, August 18.