Tuko Chronicles

In celebration of the National Indigenous Peoples Month in the Philippines, Tuko Chronicles collaborated with the UP Department of Linguistics to compile snippets of different narratives gathered from field research in various ethnolinguistic groups throughout the country. Listen to a sampling of diverse grammatical structures, personal backgrounds, varied ways of life, experiences, and, ultimately, different ways of making sense of reality.

Host: Vincent Christopher Santiago

Researchers: Maria Kristina Gallego (Ibatan), Ryn Jean Fe Gonzales (Itneg Inlaud), Earvin Pelagio (Kapampangan-Mabatang), Vincent Christopher Santiago (Porohanon), and Edward Estrera (Bagobo-Klata)

Narrators: Florentino "Apong Tinong" Tomas (Ibatan), Dominador Acnam & Nick Bringas (Itneg Inlaud), Normita dela Rosa (Kapampangan-Mabatang), Divinita Dalaguit (Porohanon), and Mindaliza "Inday" B. Duyan (Bagobo-Klata)

Tuko Chronicles is brought to you by the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP), University of the Philippines Diliman. A new episode is uploaded each month. For more information, follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TukoChronicles/

Created by: Jesus Federico "Tuting" Hernandez

Executive Producers: Madilene B. Landicho & Jem R. Javier

Special thanks to Mikko Quizon, our audio consultant for this episode.

Special thanks to the UP Department of Linguistics for producing this episode in celebration of CSSP's 40th founding anniversary.

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Our hosts for this fifth episode of #TukoChronicles will take us on a tour to different spooky spots which they mapped out within UP Diliman campus. Listen as Dr. Joseph Palis, Prof. Dominique Amorsolo, and Prof. Fernand Hermoso of the Department of Geography unpack different folk narratives of the incorporeal and the "unbiogeographical" and how they were transformed into popular characters of modern lore in the Philippines.

Hosts: Dr. Joseph Palis, Prof. Dominique Amorsolo, and Prof. Fernand Hermoso

Tuko Chronicles is brought to you by the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP), University of the Philippines Diliman. A new episode is uploaded each month. For more information, follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TukoChronicles/

Created by: Jesus Federico "Tuting" Hernandez

Executive Producers: Madilene B. Landicho & Jem R. Javier

Special thanks to Mikko Quizon, our audio consultant for this episode.

Special thanks to the UP Department of Geography for producing this episode in celebration of the CSSP's 40th founding anniversary. #TukoChroniclesxUPGeog #UPCSSPat40

In this third episode of #TukoChronicles Season 2, UP Sociology professors Gyle Gavieres and Adrienne Onday explore the alternative Original Pilipino Music (OPM) scenes and graffiti kalye culture as emerging sites of urban folklore resulting from contestations between the "dominant" and the "subaltern" culture. Listen to their discussion on how the state and profit-driven industries have influenced how society perceives and values these kinds of expressive culture.

Hosts: Gyle Gavieres and Adrienne Onday

Tuko Chronicles is brought to you by the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP), University of the Philippines Diliman. A new episode is uploaded each month. For more information, follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TukoChronicles/

Created by: Jesus Federico "Tuting" Hernandez

Executive Producers: Madilene B. Landicho & Jem R. Javier

Special thanks to the UP Department of Sociology for producing this episode in celebration of the CSSP's 40th founding anniversary. #TukoChroniclesxUPSocio #UPCSSPat40

For the first installment of #TukoChronicles Season 2, we proudly give you "The Laji of Batanes," recorded and described by Assistant Professor Edwin Valientes, faculty member of the UP Department of Anthropology and an Ivatan himself. Listen to different samples of laji sung by two known Ivatan singers, Marta Vaso and Carmen Delatado. Let us immerse ourselves in the Ivatan lifeworld as we listen to stories about love and marriage, death and mourning, social drinking, and self-pity and praises. The recording was done in 2003 during Assistant Professor Valientes' fieldwork in Ivana, Batanes.

Tuko Chronicles is brought to you by the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP), University of the Philippines Diliman. A new episode is uploaded each month. For more information, follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TukoChronicles/

Created by: Jesus Federico "Tuting" Hernandez

Executive Producers: Madilene B. Landicho & Jem R. Javier

Special thanks to Mikko Quizon for serving as our audio consultant, and to the Department of Anthropology for producing this episode in celebration of the CSSP's 40th founding anniversary.

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In this first-anniversary episode, award-winning sound designer/engineer and Tuko's very own audio consultant, Mikko Quizon, takes us through his journey in creating a career in sound production and tells us how sound engineering is not only technical but also very cultural—providing a backdrop to movie scenes and settings particularly in the context of the Philippines. Listen to Mikko as he narrates how sound is key to creating stories that are familiar and relatable.

Tuko Chronicles is brought to you by the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman. A new episode is uploaded each month. For more information, follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/UPFolkloreStudiesProgram

Created by: Jesus Federico "Tuting" Hernandez

Executive Producers: Madilene B. Landicho & Jem R. Javier

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In this episode, Profs. Popo Amascual and Malou Morales of the Division of Humanities, University of the Philippines in the Visayas—Tacloban College, comb through and tease out hair in Eastern Visayas and its significance in the community. The discussion focuses on the performers of the hair dance, a contemporary cultural performance in Tacloban City, and the transformation of everyday, intimate practices relating to hair into a spectacle—a performance showcasing their community's identity and collective memory.

Tuko Chronicles is brought to you by the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman. A new episode is uploaded each month. For more information, follow us on <facebook.com/UPFolkloreStudiesProgram>.

Created by: Jesus Federico "Tuting" Hernandez

Executive Producers: Madilene B. Landicho & Jem R. Javier

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Special thanks to Mikko Quizon, our audio consultant for this episode.

Listen to Dr. Sir Anril P. Tiatco and Prof. John Carlo V. Pagunaling of the UP Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts as they talk about their memories, experiences, and observations of Sagala, Santacruzan, and Flores de Mayo in different parts of the Philippines. Join them in taking a closer look at the performances, traditions, and customs surrounding the activities through the costumes of the queens, consorts, and key religious characters who join in what Dr. Tiatco considers as cultural performances. Finally, we look back at the concept behind the national costume worn by Celeste Cortesi, Ms. Universe Philippines 2022 designed by Prof. Pagunaling.

Tuko Chronicles is brought to you by the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman. A new episode is uploaded each month. For more information, follow us on <facebook.com/UPFolkloreStudiesProgram>!

Created by: Jesus Federico "Tuting" Hernandez

Executive Producers: Madilene B. Landicho & Jem R. Javier

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Special thanks to Mikko Quizon, our audio consultant for this episode.

The Kuwaresma or Lenten season is a highly important religious celebration of the Catholic faith. Meditate and reflect this holy season through this special episode of Tuko Chronicles—where we invited several elders to perform the final section of Pabasa, the traditional singing of the Pasiong Mahal. The Pabasa was recorded in April 2022 in San Nicolas, one of the Batangas towns surrounding Taal lake.

Singers of the Pasion: Mely Balba, Mary Balba, Mar Balba, Ligaya Bereña, Semie Comia, Cora Casalme, Floring Landicho

Tuko Chronicles is brought to you by the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman. A new episode is uploaded each month. For more information, follow us on <facebook.com/UPFolkloreStudiesProgram>!

Created by: Jesus Federico "Tuting" Hernandez

Executive Producers: Madilene B. Landicho & Jem R. Javier

#TukoChroniclesxLentenSpecial

Special thanks to Mikko Quizon, our audio consultant for this episode.