CHANCELLOR'S MESSAGE
PROF. VICENTE ANTONIO V. PIJANO III
Chancellor and COO | Philippine Women’s College of Davao
President | Association of Public and Private Schools, Colleges and Universities in REgion XI (APSCUR XI) and the Davao Association of Colleges and Universities Network (DACUN)
Madayaw! Welcome to the official website of Tambayayong Dabawenyo.
In October 2021, we gathered virtually to culminate the cascading of best practices of a project to institutionalize culture-based creative enterprise through CHED K to 12 Institutional Development and Innovation Grant (CHED IDIG) and the mainstreaming of yayong.com.ph, the official website of Tambayayong Dabawenyo Virtual Festival (TDVF). With the able support of the British Council Creative Innovators Program Fellowship (CIPF), a virtual platform grant by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and significant collaborations with the Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education for Development Philippines (CEEDPh) as well as conduits in government, industry, academe, civil society, and media, the project is now transitioning into a Consortium. From Tambayayong Hub Network (THN) to THN Consortium, we look forward to another exciting and productive phase ensuring that culture, heritage, and identity (CHI+) continue to anchor our innovation and sustainability initiatives. The THN Consortium and this virtual space celebrate the hard work and the aspirations of pioneering indigenous communities together with the state and local colleges and a university from each of the five provinces and one key city of the Davao Region as well as our partner creative communities from Mindanao to Luzon and the East ASEAN growth areas of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Together with PWC of Davao, we dare to begin the journey through the road less traveled. Amid the pandemic, our partners wield through intermittent internet connectivity, restricted land mobility, community quarantines, and the like to learn as much as they can.
Our tapokCHI+ online town hall learning sessions converged 32 resource persons from all corners of the world who facilitated 24 online learning sessions on culture, heritage, identity, and entrepreneurship; 12 focus group sessions on human design, and 18 online Bootcamp sessions on project management. The cascading activity covered 166 online hours. While our mainstay of 50 hub leaders and collaborators in Davao Region actively completed the training modules via Zoom and Microsoft Teams, fringe online learning sessions reached as many as 5,658 participants from all over the country. But what could be more inspiring is the output of the six pioneering creative hubs of Tambayayong. Their narrative speaks of ancient wisdom in the contemporary landscape. From indigenous textiles, arts and crafts, food, and farming to emerging homegrown technology, systems, and processes, the narrative of Davao inspired the inclusive, culturally ethical, and forward-looking vision for creative hubs, communities of practice, and community-led innovation.
While we close this phase of the project, we also begin anew. True to the culminating event, “SUGOD: Sugdan ang Pag-amoma,” or “BEGIN: Start to Cultivate,” we also start to cultivate the passion and the vision to grow in excellence and pride of place. SUGOD, a Visayan term, in essence, is both a beginning and a collective pursuit. It is the earnest aspiration of the THN Consortium to ensure the sustainability of this project earmarked by more than one year of ground and virtual events to enrich the content of the festival on this website while also helping the THN for six months of capacity and capability building and hub organizing. The Tambayayong Hubs Network consortium is now moving forward to connect the hubs to a broader network of like-minded individuals and institutions.
Like how the ancient Chinese philosopher and writer, Lao Tzu, put it “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” That small step may be modest and humbling. But let us be inspired to know, like how Neil Armstrong perceived it: “that’s one small step for man, is one giant leap for mankind.” Let’s have a change of mind and a change of heart for the better.
Let’s vow not to make change too complicated.
Just begin.
MALAYA DEL ROSARIO
Head of Arts and Creative Industries
British Council in the Philippines
MITOS V. URGEL
Board President
World Fair Trade Organization Asia
DR. ANTONIO M. LOPEZ
Adviser/Over-sight, CHED MC COE CBP4EE-TETFL, 2018-2020
Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education for Development Philippines (CEED Ph)
Country Focal Person, UNESCO Entrepreneurship Education
YAYONG WEBSITE
yayong.com.ph is the online festival platform of Tambayayong Dabawenyo that celebrates the uniqueness and beauty of Mindanao’s culture and heritage and the creativity and innovativeness of its people. It highlights the institutional, local, regional and national cultural events, programs, projects, and activities of Tambayayong Dabawenyo and its conduits.
The National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) funded this website. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) supports the development of content through its K-12 Institutional Development and Innovation Grant (IDIG) and the British Council through its Creative Innovators Program Fellowship.
The Philippine Women’s College of Davao’s Center for Innovation and Social Ventures (CISV), through its KABILIN CENTER, the umbrella unit of Mindanao Folk Arts Museum and its Artisanal Heritage Studies and Creative Enterprise Center, curated the contents of this website.
HISTORY OF TAMBAYAYONG
The annual TAMBAYAYONG DABAWENYO, which means convergence, began with dance and music performances in 2017 and 2018.
A portion of Tambayayong was an event called Lumadnong Pagsaulog, where there was an engagement between the ethnolinguistic groups and the audience. Each performer invites the audience to dance and immerse themselves in the celebratory experience at the end of each performance. It is a performance shared by the performers and the audience when seen. Lumadnong Pagsaulog highlighted Davao’s indigenous artistry and ancestry in a showcase of performances, costumes, games, storytelling, and food.
In 2019, Tambayayong Dabawenyo and Lumadnong Pagsaulog were combined, and the event officialy became Tambayayong. In the same year, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) officially became a partner of the event.
The festival highlighted music, dances, and community tales that manifested hope, unity, strength, and resiliency. The Bagobo Klata, Ata Manuvu, and Tausug brought together stories to inspire artists and visitors.
Tambayayong also exhibited the artisanal products of the different ethnolinguistic tribes of the Davao Region, showcasing the actual crafting of handwoven textiles, beadworks, and accessories. The high artisans from the Mandaya of Davao Oriental and Davao Occidental, the Babogo-Tagabawa of Sta. Cruz and Bansalan in Davao Del Sur, the Blaan, Tagakaolo, and Sangir of Davao Occidental, were in full force.
Tambayayong also helped in promoting both seasoned and emerging local musicians. Traditional performing artists and groups from all over the Davao region converged with local contemporary performing artists, especially music. These musicians demonstrated excellence in their craft and their love for Davao. Our local musicians’ new songs conveyed emotions and messages of passion and inspiration. Some of the homegrown talents who participated are Pupung ug mga Igsu, Mad Dong and the Blues Drivers, Nairud, and the Naughty Notes. Davao icons Popong Landero, Eric Dalisay, Maan Chua and Icoy San Pedro have also joined Tambayayong.
2019 also marked a milestone when Tambayayong Dabawenyo went mainstream through a well-curated in-person gathering and marketplace. The Davao Fashion Design Council Foundation, Inc. (DFDCFI), and Ayala Malls Abreeza reorganized FASHION WEEKEND DAVAO (FWD>), the region’s premier fashion and design platform, as a signature heritage-based event that included Tambayayong Dabawenyo. FWD moved to May from August to celebrate National Heritage Month in a cultural convergence among the region’s traditional and contemporary designers, makers, artisans, performers, and creative entrepreneurs. Visit Davao Summer Festival (VDSF), the NCCA, and the Local Government Units of Davao Oriental, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, Davao City, Davao de Oro (Compostela Valley then), Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao Occidental co-organized the hertiage edition of FWD. Powerhouse collaborators also included the regional offices of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and grant support of the Commission on Higher Education K-12 Institutional Development and Innovation Grant (CHED IDIG) and the British Council Creative Innovators Program Fellowship (CIPF). The Philippine Women’s College of Davao KABILIN Center, an institutional development unit supervising the Mindanao Folk Arts Museum and Studies Center and its Artisanal Heritage Studies and Creative Enterprise Center (MFAMSC AHSCEC), curated the reimagined edition.
Interestingly, the Asia-Pacific Awards of the International Council for Shopping Centers shortlisted FWD> with Tambayayong among its top contenders. In 2020, FWD> won a Silver for Exhibit and Event Milestone at the 55th Anvil Awards. As a catalyst for innovation and creative enterprise, FWD> continued to recognize the value of diversity in crafting Mindanao’s distinct local-global design identity.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Tambayayong Dabawenyo saw an opportunity to continue the convergence in a new platform. In the hope of a renewed partnership with the NCCA through the Project, HIBLAKULTURA FILIPINA: TRAVELING TAPESTRIES AND PERFORMANCES, and gaining a wider audience for education, awareness, and deeper appreciation towards the preservation of culture, Tambayayong Dabawenyo Virtual Festival (TDVF) trailblazed a digitally augmented platform featuring the same vital components during the National Indigenous People’s Month and Design Week Philippines in October 2020. It culminated in 2021 through SUGOD, launching the Tambayayong Hub Network (THN) Consortium. The Philippine Women’s College of Davao Kabilin Center, in collaboration with CHED IDIG, British Council CIPF, and partners in government, industry, academe, civil society, and media, organized the programs and projects, and activities of TDVF.
Aside from the convergence of the tribes, performers, and spectators, Tambayayong also aimed to gather support from private sponsor-partners, local and non-local media. At the same time, the event encouraged educational institutions and the tourism sector so that the region will further appreciate and learn from our culture and tradition. Truly, TDVF set another milestone in preserving, promoting, developing, and innovating partnerships and trajectories of culture, heritage, and identity, in the Davao Region and Mindanao.
PWC of Davao Kabilin Center
The KABILIN CENTER manages the Mindanao Folk Arts Museum and Studies Center and its Artisanal Heritage Studies and Creative Enterprise Center. The Museum showcases a collection of Mindanaoan artifacts to relive the rich traditions and arts of the diverse ethnolinguistic groups on the island. This rare collection represents a distinct material culture, preserved and treasured to become symbols of the greatness of the peoples of Mindanao.
KABILIN, the Visayan word for inheritance or heirloom, is a fitting name for a museum established to foster understanding and a consciousness of the deep historical roots of Mindanao.
Collaborators
NCCA
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Philippines is the overall policy-making body, coordinating, and grants giving agency for the preservation, development, and promotion of Philippine arts and culture; an executing agency for the policies it formulates; and task to administering the National Endowment Fund for Culture and the Arts (NEFCA) — fund exclusively for the implementation of culture and arts programs and projects.
The government’s support for cultural development is particularly highlighted by the passage of R.A. 7356 that created the NCCA. The coordination among the cultural agencies was strengthened by the virtue of Executive Order No. 80, which placed the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the National Historical Institute (now, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines), the National Museum of the Philippines, The National Library (now, The National Library of the Philippines), and the Records, Management, and Archives Office (now, the National Archives of the Philippines) under the NCCA umbrella. Further, through Republic Act No. 9155, administratively attached the earlier aforementioned five cultural agencies to the NCCA, including now the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language). Thus, the NCCA is responsible for culture and the arts in the Philippines — and, if not in the name, the de facto Ministry of Culture.
The Commission together with the six cultural agencies works with the principle of partnership, collaboration, and shared responsibility in achieving effectively and efficiently the implementation of cultural programs as well as maximizing of resources. The NCCA was created to serve as the presidential inter-agency commission to coordinate cultural policies and programs.
In this project, NCCA funded the online platform of the Tambayayong Dabawenyo Virtual Festival.
Source: https://ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca-3/history-and-mandate/
CHED K-12 IDIG
The Institutional Development and Innovation Grants seek to strengthen the role of HEIs across the country as providers of superior quality education, as well as catalysts of innovation and positive change particularly in the domains listed below.
Projects under the Grant must respond and contribute to at least one of these thrusts:
- Nationalism. HEIs should be agents of Filipino national and civic consciousness and cultural rootedness and should be at the forefront of promoting local, regional, and national perceptions, enterprise, and ingenuity. In so doing, the uniqueness of each region must be highlighted, while at the same time building a unified Filipino identity.
- Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development. HEls should stimulate sustainable economic growth, and be an advocate for providing productive and decent work to all Filipinos. HEls should be able to assist in making such opportunities equitable and accessible to all. This includes responding to the pressing issues of poverty and food security, climate change, water and energy resources, gender awareness, and peace in the country and the region, along with other projects in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identified by the United Nations.
- Global Competitiveness. Philippine HEIs should be able to foster international connectivity and engagement and be at par with neighboring foreign HEls within the ASEAN, and with HEIs in the rest of the world. This includes capacitating culturally and socially aware, as well as technically proficient human resources, and competently responding to the needs of a rapidly changing and globalizing environment.
In this project, CHED IDIG funded the PWC of Davao project titled “Institutional Culture-based Creative Entrepreneurship Capability Building through the Development of PWC MFAMSC Artisanal Heritage Studies and Creative Enterprise Center (AHSCEC)” and the cascading of best practices resulting in the creation of creative enterprise hubs for social impact in Davao Region currently the Tambayayong Hubs Network (THN) Consortium.
Source: CHED Memorandum Order No. 33, Series of 2016
British Council CIPF
The Creative Innovators Programme drives the synergy between creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship for social impact. It aims to contribute to more sustainable and impact-led creative hubs that can better support the Philippines’ creative industries, thereby creating more inclusive cities and communities.
The project is initiated by the British Council and DTI through Design Center of the Philippines , in partnership with Philippine Trade Training Center , Apl.de.Ap Foundation and Thames International .
The Creative Innovators Programme builds the next generation of creative community leaders in the Philippines through a one-year Fellowship for creative hub managers. It includes mentorships, management training, grants, and networking opportunities in the Philippines, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the UK. The Fellows will not only serve as inspiration and mentors for creatives but also become global ambassadors for the Philippines’ creative and cultural industries.
The selected Fellows, through their creative hubs, will support and help grow hundreds of creative entrepreneurs, designers, and artists from all over the Philippines and abroad.
Creative hubs are organizations that provide space and support for product and professional development, networking, business sustainability, and community engagement within the creative and cultural sectors.
In this project, British Council CIPF supported the tapokCHI+ Online Learning Sessions of the THN Consortium and talks at fringe events of the PWC of Davao celebrations of the National Indigenous People’s Month and the National Arts Month from 202
Source: https://www.britishcouncil.ph/creativeinnovatorsdti/about
partners
- World Fair Trade Organization Asia
- Australia Global Awards
- Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education for Development, Philippines (CEED PH)
- Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Textile and Research Institute (DOST-PTRI)
- Davao Colleges and Universities Network, Inc, (DACUN)
- Association of Public and Private Schools, Colleges and Universities in Region XI (APSCUR XI)
- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority XI (TESDA XI)
- Department of Trade and Industry XI (DTI XI)
- Commission on Higher Education XI (CHED XI)
- Department of Tourism XI (DOST XI)
- Mindanao Trade Expo Foundation, Inc.
- Davao Fashion and Design Council Foundation, Inc.
- Davao City Tourism Operations Office
- City Government of Davao
- Provincial Government of Davao Occidental
- Provincial Government of Davao del Sur
- Provincial Government of Davao del Norte
- Provincial Government of Davao de Oro
- Provincial Government of Davao Oriental
CHANCELLOR MESSAGE
Prof. Vicente Antonio V. Pijano III
Inspirational Welcoming Message
- CHED XI Regional Director Maricar Casquejo, our keynote speaker
- CHED K-12 Institutional Development and Innovation Grant
- Former Executive Director Al Ryan Alejandre of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, together with NCCA’s OIC Executive Director, Marichu Tellano
- British Council Head of Arts and Creative Industries, Malaya del Rosario
- Global Entrepreneurship Network Board Member and Founding Member of the Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education for Development or CEED Ph, Maria Luisa Gatchalian
- Philippine Focal Person to the UNESCO Entrepreneurship Education Network, Dr. Antonio Lopez
- World Fair Trade Asia President, Mitos Urgel
- DOST-Phil. Textile Research Institute, Director Celia Elumba
- Regional Directors of Department of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Tourism
- Presidents of Tambayayong Hubs Network Consortium HEIs – Kolehiyo ng Pantukan, Southern Philippines Agri-business and Marine Aquatic School of Technology, Davao del Sur State College, Kapalong College of Agriculture, Sciences and Technology, and the Davao Oriental State University
- Fellow heads and administrators in the Davao Colleges and Universities Network and the Association of Public and Private Colleges and Universities in Region XI
- Team members of the 6 Tambayayong creative enterprise hubs in Davao Region
- Administrators and Faculty of PWC of Davao
- Ladies and gentlemen, Good Afternoon!
Today, we gather in this virtual event to culminate the cascading of best practices of a project to institutionalize culture-based creative enterprise through CHED K to 12 institutional and development grants. With the able support of the British Council, a virtual platform grant by the NCCA, and significant collaborations with the Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education for Development Philippines and conduits in government, industry, academe, civil society, and media, the project is now transitioning into a consortium. This consortium celebrates the hard work and the aspirations of pioneering state and local colleges and a university from each of the five provinces of the Davao Region. Together with PWC of Davao, they dare to begin the journey through the road less traveled. Amid the pandemic, the schools wield, through intermittent internet connectivity, restricted land mobility, community quarantines, and the like to learn as much as they can. Thank you to our 32 resource persons from all corners of the world who facilitated 24 online learning sessions on culture, heritage, identity, and entrepreneurship; 12 focus group sessions on human design, and 18 online Bootcamp sessions on project management. The cascading activity covered 166 online hours. While our mainstay of 50 hub leaders and collaborators in Davao Region actively completed the training modules via Zoom and Microsoft Teams, fringe online learning sessions reached as many as 5,658 participants from all over the country. But what could be more inspiring is the output of the six pioneering creative hubs of Tambayayong. Their narrative speaks of ancient wisdom in the contemporary landscape. From indigenous textiles, arts and crafts, food, and farming to emerging homegrown technology, systems, and processes, the narrative of Davao inspired the inclusive, culturally ethical, and forward-looking vision for creative hubs, communities of practice, and community-led innovation.
While we close this phase of the program, we also begin anew. True to today’s event, “SUGOD: Sugdan ang Pag-amoma,” or “BEGIN: Start to Cultivate,” we also start to cultivate the passion and the vision to grow in excellence and pride of place. SUGOD, a Visayan term, in essence, is both a beginning and a collective pursuit. It is the earnest aspiration of THN to ensure the sustainability of this project earmarked by the first six months of capacity and capability building and hub organizing. The Tambayayong Hubs Network consortium is now moving forward to connect the hubs to a broader network of like-minded individuals and institutions.
Like how the ancient Chinese philosopher and writer, Lao Tzu, put it “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” That small step may be modest and humbling. But let us be inspired to know, like how Neil Armstrong perceived it: “that’s one small step for man, is one giant leap for mankind.” Let’s have a change of mind and a change of heart for the better.
Let’s vow not to make change too complicated. Just begin.
Good afternoon!
Congratulatory Speech
The PWC Institutional Management Enterprise or IME is our flagship entrepreneurship thrust and creative enterprise curricular program. After more than a decade, it is finally coming and bearing fruits. When former PWC Vice President and COO and Datu Bago Awardee, Amelia Bonifacio, conceptualized it early on, little did the institution realize the shifting direction of the new PWC and its impact on nation-building. While it was a mandatory course for tertiary education students, the concept and context made little sense. Fast forward three years ago, the late PWC President Conrado L. Benitez II brought the IME concept to the fore and re-imagined it on a bigger scale of things. Thus, he strengthened the thesis to the business concept. That same vision lives on to this day. I deem it essential to align the IME and its entrepreneurship advocacy to research and community development in my administration. We aspire to produce graduates who are employable while also capable and enabled to create and provide employment. With anticipation and excitement, we send off today this aspiration claiming and declaring the graces of the universe to truly make it happen. Kudos to PWC IME!
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COLLABORATORS CORNER
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Contact
Tambayayong Dabawenyo Virtual Festival
PWC Kabilin Center
Mindanao Folk Arts Museum and Studies Center
Artisan Heritage Studied and Creative Enterprise Center
Philippine Women’s College of Davao
University Ave., Juna Subd., Matina,
Davao City, 8000
Davao del Sur, Philippines
Phone: (082) 297 – 8035 local 171
Email: yayong.dvo@gmail.com | kabilinmuseum@pwc.edu.ph
