PH Embassy Sentro Rizal in Jakarta Launches Kwentuhan sa Paaralan sa Pasuguan

From left: Poster of the Kwentuhan, singing of the Philippine National Anthem and Vice Consul Jacqueline Joan S. Arquiza delivers the welcoming remarks (Jakarta PE photo)

JAKARTA 05 March 2020 — The Philippine Embassy’s Sentro Rizal Jakarta in a joint undertaking with the Philippine Women’s Association (PWA) lauched the 2020 Paaralan sa Pasuguan via Kwentuhan (Storytelling) on 29 February 2020 at the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta.

The activity was held in cooperation with the United Filipino Teachers in Indonesia (UFTI) and IndoFil.

During the event, the Filipino children in three age groups enjoyed the storytelling done by Filipino teachers in Jakarta. Teacher Clara Pagaduan handled children ages two to seven, sang and played the ukulele while reading the story of “Munting Patak ng Ulan (Small Rain Drops).” Teacher Alexander Abelar for ages eight to 11 started his story of “Si Gilas ang Haring Agila (Gilas the Eagle King” with a song and dance, and Teacher Trina Dolora Paguinto for ages 12 and above taught baybayin, a pre-Hispanic writing system in the Philippines, which literally means "to spell" in Tagalog.

Sentro Rizal Jakarta and its Filipino community partners committed to organize a quarterly event for the Paaralan sa Pasuguan for the year 2020 aiming to plant the seeds of Philippine culture among the Filipino children who are studying and has been raised in Indonesia, in a Filipino-style teaching and learning setting.

The Embassy acknowledges PWA, UFTI, and IndoFil for their generosity in sharing their time, talent, effort, and resources in this partnership for Sentro Rizal Jakarta’s cultural promotion projects, mandated by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. END

Above Photos: Teacher Clara Pagaduan with participants ages two to seven. Bottom photos: Teacher Alexander Abelar for participants ages eight to 11. (Jakarta PE photo)

Teacher Trina Dolora Paguinto for  participants ages 12 and above teaches the “Baybayin” (Jakarta PE photo)

Consul General Shirlene C. Manaquil, Cultural Attache Buenaflor Cruz, and Vice Consul Jacqueline Joan S. Arquiza with the kids participants, PWA, UFTI, AND IndoFil team and parents. (Jakarta PE photo)

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