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UPHOLDING THE CULTURE OF INAYAN and CONDEMNING THE EVIL AND INHUMAN ACT OF BURNING THE TWO HOUSES AT KILTEPAN
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Strongly believed to be arson, four blasts of heavy explosions followed by rapid pealing of the church bell gripped and disturbed the people of Sagada at 9:10 0’clock late evening of November 8, 2018. Residents and so with officers and personnel of the local government unit, Bureau of Fire and Philippine National Police rushed to Kiltepan Viewpoint to see that two structures are already burned.The two buildings are owned by businessman Wilson Capuyan from Ambasing, Sagada.
Police investigation revealed that exploded IEDs (improvised exploded devise) were found at the private room and concrete flooring of the bungalow house (restaurant) while four sets of explosion were found at two concrete posts and in between the beam and wall of the residential cottage. Found in the vicinity are unused 13 dynamite sticks (near the cottage) and accumulated burned commercial safety fuse.
The umili of Sagada say the act is inayan, lawa to burn a house.Similar to the Golden Rule, “Do unto others what you like others do unto you”, it is inayan that a person should not do any act that harms another. The belief of inayan exacts a return of bad misfortune to one who did an evil act or to members of the immediate family.
It is inayan that a house get burned much as the house is the dwelling of a family that binds the household and with the community together. A house is a structure that community people are accommodated when they visit members of the household who owns the building, so then it becomes an element of community composition. It becomes umipugaw, wada leng-ag na including the lot on which it is built, a living structure that has undergone rituals that the community performs starting from the construction of the post to the installation of the roofing to finishing where thanksgiving is done and people are invited to partake of the blessing and give thanks to God with the members of the family.
A house therefor is not just a material thing but a breathing essence of the culture of Sagada. It is sacred, valued collectively. So then it is disastrous and heartbreaking when a house is torn down, burned and much more when it gets exploded.
So then the burning and exploding the two structures at Kiltepan Viewpoint is condemned to the fullest. That whoever did the act has the eyes and the hands of the Unseen and All Powerful Kabunian who exacts justice and retribution on whoever did the evil and inhuman act and violated the rights of the property owner and the very culture of inayan and lawa of the people of Sagada.
Let this statement affirm our culture of inayan that forever be upheld, a living instrument of reminding and protecting rights of persons to their persons, to their properties; a binding, collective practice of community belonging and respect; an eternal and conscionable, intangible instrument of justice and peace to humankind.
Signed this November, 2018.
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Seeing the momentum pick up like this honestly makes my head spin because I never imagined so many people would care enough to push back against such a hateful act. It feels like the community is finally saying out loud that these explosions are completely alien to our values and I just keep reading through the notes people leave because they really show how much pain this caused all of us.
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inayan ay tet-ewa, must be incalcated even to the young generation of today as we remind the old
Tetewa inayan di umey mangpoo is bey di ib anas ipogao. Ay kadya ngen sik a. Maid age agen di en nang ikkan isna.
Am-in nan problema et matongtong; the iSagada custom laws and rules is governed by our beliefs on inayan and bomding (ecosystem conscience and karma), Ulay menbalbaliw nan batawa ya men-adal tako as teken ay pammati itakdeg tako kayet nan naisigudan ay linteg ya pammati tako as inayan ya bomding ay padas di napo-an ta wada'y tawiden nan ka ongo-ongong-a ya ka-ap-o ap-o
Nan naikkan ay nay et komiks ya pelikula lang kabuybuyaan da. Baken kapapati ay maikkan isnan ili ay sagada ay kaobserbaran di inayan ya lawa.
With our values getting eroded ,it is important a collective effort from ili,lgu lleadership to assert our sense of community with core value of inayan, be regularly done. This last arson is a direct affront to our communityhood.
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UPHOLDING THE CULTURE OF INAYAN and CONDEMNING THE EVIL AND INHUMAN ACT OF BURNING THE TWO HOUSES AT KILTEPAN
Final supporters
Strongly believed to be arson, four blasts of heavy explosions followed by rapid pealing of the church bell gripped and disturbed the people of Sagada at 9:10 0’clock late evening of November 8, 2018. Residents and so with officers and personnel of the local government unit, Bureau of Fire and Philippine National Police rushed to Kiltepan Viewpoint to see that two structures are already burned.The two buildings are owned by businessman Wilson Capuyan from Ambasing, Sagada.
Police investigation revealed that exploded IEDs (improvised exploded devise) were found at the private room and concrete flooring of the bungalow house (restaurant) while four sets of explosion were found at two concrete posts and in between the beam and wall of the residential cottage. Found in the vicinity are unused 13 dynamite sticks (near the cottage) and accumulated burned commercial safety fuse.
The umili of Sagada say the act is inayan, lawa to burn a house.Similar to the Golden Rule, “Do unto others what you like others do unto you”, it is inayan that a person should not do any act that harms another. The belief of inayan exacts a return of bad misfortune to one who did an evil act or to members of the immediate family.
It is inayan that a house get burned much as the house is the dwelling of a family that binds the household and with the community together. A house is a structure that community people are accommodated when they visit members of the household who owns the building, so then it becomes an element of community composition. It becomes umipugaw, wada leng-ag na including the lot on which it is built, a living structure that has undergone rituals that the community performs starting from the construction of the post to the installation of the roofing to finishing where thanksgiving is done and people are invited to partake of the blessing and give thanks to God with the members of the family.
A house therefor is not just a material thing but a breathing essence of the culture of Sagada. It is sacred, valued collectively. So then it is disastrous and heartbreaking when a house is torn down, burned and much more when it gets exploded.
So then the burning and exploding the two structures at Kiltepan Viewpoint is condemned to the fullest. That whoever did the act has the eyes and the hands of the Unseen and All Powerful Kabunian who exacts justice and retribution on whoever did the evil and inhuman act and violated the rights of the property owner and the very culture of inayan and lawa of the people of Sagada.
Let this statement affirm our culture of inayan that forever be upheld, a living instrument of reminding and protecting rights of persons to their persons, to their properties; a binding, collective practice of community belonging and respect; an eternal and conscionable, intangible instrument of justice and peace to humankind.
Signed this November, 2018.
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November 13, 2018
Seeing the momentum pick up like this honestly makes my head spin because I never imagined so many people would care enough to push back against such a hateful act. It feels like the community is finally saying out loud that these explosions are completely alien to our values and I just keep reading through the notes people leave because they really show how much pain this caused all of us.
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I pray that the "ugali of inayan"of my home town be restored through the "umili and visitors alike! I also pray that the culprit/culprits who disturbed the whole of Sagada for ignoring the "ugali of inayan" be brought to their knees and confess by their own guilt. No pay man adi da ibabawi nan inkan da. Si Apo Dios et nan bahala.
inayan ay tet-ewa, must be incalcated even to the young generation of today as we remind the old
Tetewa inayan di umey mangpoo is bey di ib anas ipogao. Ay kadya ngen sik a. Maid age agen di en nang ikkan isna.
Am-in nan problema et matongtong; the iSagada custom laws and rules is governed by our beliefs on inayan and bomding (ecosystem conscience and karma), Ulay menbalbaliw nan batawa ya men-adal tako as teken ay pammati itakdeg tako kayet nan naisigudan ay linteg ya pammati tako as inayan ya bomding ay padas di napo-an ta wada'y tawiden nan ka ongo-ongong-a ya ka-ap-o ap-o
Nan naikkan ay nay et komiks ya pelikula lang kabuybuyaan da. Baken kapapati ay maikkan isnan ili ay sagada ay kaobserbaran di inayan ya lawa.
With our values getting eroded ,it is important a collective effort from ili,lgu lleadership to assert our sense of community with core value of inayan, be regularly done. This last arson is a direct affront to our communityhood.
Oku totonu ke fai mo fai ha gaue fklao kihe Kau ptoa faihia
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I pray that the "ugali of inayan"of my home town be restored through the "umili and visitors alike! I also pray that the culprit/culprits who disturbed the whole of Sagada for ignoring the "ugali of inayan" be brought to their knees and confess by their own guilt. No pay man adi da ibabawi nan inkan da. Si Apo Dios et nan bahala.