Voices of Humans

A Night in the Life of a Coconut Charcoal Maker

“ULING” (Filipino term for charcoal) – Unequal . LIving . No . Guarantee An all-night standing beside a pit-producing clouds of smoke that penetrates through nostrils deep down the chest and lungs was a serious feeling of laceration that I must admit not everyone endures.  The Albano brothers could not blur a detail of how …

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VoicesOfHumans Ibaloy
Voices of Humans

I am an Ibaloy

On the mountain top of Kapangan, Benguet abides a man who once upon a time travelled, found a life and a home. Asao Shimura Sr., known as the Japanese Master Papermaker, genuinely proclaims that he is also an Ibaloy by heart.

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