Guling-guling is the Ilocano term for smearing a cross on the forehead with white rice flour symbolizing purification of oneself from past sins. This festival was introduced by the Spanish friars in the 16th century and thereby being celebrated for over 400 years now.
The Ilocandia Photographic Society (TIPS) members are always covering this event annually. They covered the assembly of dancers from the beginning point to their exciting street dancing, to the dramatic smearing highlight by the mayor, to the fabulous dance showdown and to the grand fireworks display.
Upon arrival at the area they were awed by the wonderful sight, the beach area, cave and the corals. They saw just a few groups of people gathering some black seaweeds or locally called the gamet.
It will be held on March 31, 2012 @ 8PM (Saturday, after "Sine Sabado") Only at Samtoy Bookshop! Everybody's welcome to present or watch the presentation of artistic creations! Bring your friends! To join, email your name and topic to present to: ilocandiaphotographic[at]yahoo[dot]com
Solsona is a hall of famer awardee for the cleanest and greenest town in the Philippines. It is rich with natural resources such as its flora and fauna. It boasts of wild deer and abundant with its aba and daludal. They feature these as their treasures or gameng in the vernacular.
Some local birdwatchers and photographers visited Paoay Lake on January 14, 2012 for the yearly Asian Waterbird Census. This is a synchronized census with the other wetland censuses in other parts of the Philippines and other countries in Asia during the mid-winter migration period.
The results of the Asian Waterbird Census in Paoay Lake on Jan 14, 2012 revealed that there was one Little Grebe, six Great Egrets, seven Little Egrets, eighteen Cattle Egrets, 14 Egret Species flying unable to be identified, 675 Philippine Ducks, 305 Tuffted Ducks, one White-browed Crake, four Common Kingfishers, five White-collared Kingfishers, and one White-throated Kingfisher. There was one Great Cormorant spotted on January 17.
TIPS members Bryan Rapadas, Alaric Yanos, Raffy Pasalo and Dr. Robert Luzod were happy with their participation in this census of waterbirds in Ilocos Norte.
The event will be held at the Samtoy Bookshop, 2nd Floor, La Tabacalera Ilocano Lifestyle Center, Brgy. 9 Llanes St. Laoag City.
This time, one of his photos landed on the prestigious pages of the magazine Lonely Planet Philippines issue 8. His work depicted the Ati-atihan Festival of Kalibo Aklan. It is considered as the mother of all festivals in the country for it existed for the longest time.
His photo was taken in January 2011 when he, together with his colleagues from TIPS, covered the said exciting festival event in the Visayas region.
One of the alumni is no less than Dr. Edwin V. Antonio, president of The Ilocandia Photographic Society (TIPS). For his active membership to arts and cultural organizations and his outreach project made him bag the award Excellence in Arts and Culture.
The award was handed in by SIP Board Chairman Yvette Ledesma and President Greg Alcera. Dr Antonio is so grateful and honored to receive the award and he dedicates it to his associations. It’s a validation of his efforts to promote the Philippine culture especially indigenous arts and culture.
Canon has the vision of building the Philippines as a country of ImageNation citizens. This photomarathon is a one-day photo contest that tests the skills and creativity of the participants. It started in 2006 with increasing number of participants per year. In Northern Luzon area alone, there were around 200 participants. One of them was the representative of The Ilocandia Photographic Society (TIPS).
He depicted in his work the pottery in Vigan City and it came out to be the best one in the photomarathon. Joseph took home the bacon. He won the grand prize in the DSLR category and took home a brand new Canon EOS 600D, Tripod, Loot Bag with SD cards, bag, etc. as prizes. He was so happy to win in the said photomarathon, "I almost missed joining this because of my work", he relates.
Present during the occasion were President Dr Edwin Antonio, Vice-President Bryan Rapadas, Treasurer Dr Robert Luzod, PRO Alaric Yanos, Board Directors Dr Jose Orosa and Michael Ong with members Raffy Pasalo, Landell Galiza and James Ragus.
The group had dinner and exchange of pleasantries. They had discussion of the activities to be undertaken in the year to come. The group came up with some ideas and hoping to achieve these.
