“Alamat and Awitan” Highlights Buwan ng Wika in New York

Filipino-American children trooped to the Philippine Center New York for the Philippine Consulate General in New York’s Kwentuhang Pambata or Children’s Story Telling Time during the Buwan ng Wika celebration on 25 August 2018. (New York PCG photo)

NEW YORK 07 September 2018 – Dubbed “Kwentuhang Pambata” or children’s story time, the Philippine Consulate General in New York celebrated Buwan ng Wika at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center on 25 August 2018.

Renaissance Charter School in New York teacher and NYC Department of Education Big Apple Teacher Excellence Awardee Ramil Buenaventura read the storybook “Alamat ng Palay,” as retold by Virgilio Almario in English and Filipino. He also shared with the children a trivia about rice and its legend.

The story-telling session was followed by singing lessons from Filipino-American song writer, actor, and puppeteer Chris Ignacio. He shared Philippine folk songs such as Mambayu, Magtanim ay Di Biro, and Bahay Kubo from the book “Antukin” by Felicidad A. Prudente.

Vice Consul Khrystina Corpuz Popov and Cultural Officer Olivia Osias-Magpile handed certificates of attendance to the children who had a morning of fun and learning about the Filipino language and the Philippine culture. About 30 Filipino-American children ages three to 12 years old attended the event.

Also in attendance were the parents of the children of the Filipino Community and Development Center in Ocean County based in Toms River, New Jersey and Filipino International Community of America in Elizabeth, New Jersey. END

NYC-based teacher Ramil Buenaventura read the Alamat ng Palay followed by singing lessons by Chris Ignacio of Philippine folk songs. (All Photos by PCGNY)

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