Nature and Environment

A woman healer

Posted on November 28, 2007. Filed under: Indigenous Peoples, Nature and Environment, Simple people with extraordinary lives |

I checked on the MindaNews website yesterday and found a familiar image.

Its a big surprise to meet Nanay Julia Cacay or Nanay Juling to those who met her, on the internet.

I had opportunities talking to Nanay Juling in my visits to Dalwangan along the highway in the more rural part of Malaybalay City. She is a woman of wisdom.

She is a member of the Council of Elders of the Bukidnon tribe in Dalwangan, Malaybalay City. A traditional midwife and healer, she is known as Bae Mangunguyag. The name means a person with an extraordinary gift of healing.

Here’s MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno.

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Cinchona: Philippine Eagle watch in Bukidnon’s Mt. Kitanglad Nature Park

Posted on November 11, 2007. Filed under: A developing province, Bukidnon, Bukidnon in Memory Lane, Indigenous Peoples, Nature and Environment, People First issues in the Province |

I chanced upon this nine-minute AVP (audio-visual presentation) of an observatory of the Philippine Eagle in Cinchona Forest Reserve Kaatuan,Lantapan, Bukidnon.

I think this is an interesting subject, the Philippine Eagle being a symbol of efforts to conserve, preserve and protect nature and the environment. (more…)

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