Celebrating Culture and Partnership: CEIPSC, SOGS Join IP Day Celebration and Extension Activity in Cabuluan, Villaverde
As a partner for the promotion of Indigenous cultures, Saint Mary’s University participated in the Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration at Cabuluan, Villaverde, on October 25, 2025. It was a joint celebration among BLGU Cabuluan, Ernesto Lapan Pale Elementary School (ELPES), and Villa Par Pale Elementary School (VPPES). With the theme Celebrating Ayangan Pride: Preserving our Culture, Empowering our Future, the celebration included presentations of indigenous dances, songs, and chants from the community elders, youth, and children.
Dignitaries from the Department of Education, Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Nueva Vizcaya, and the Sangguniang Bayan of Villaverde attended the celebration. Dr. Concepcion Abasalon, IPEd Focal Person of DepEd Nueva Vizcaya, emphasized the importance of Indigenous Peoples Education as it is being integrated in the curriculum for learners as early as the elementary grade levels. In their separate messages, Villaverde Vice Mayor Kruwel Dacumos emphasized unity among the diverse cultures in Villaverde, while Board Member Chiqui-Valtoribio Algura stressed that there must be an ordinance that would institutionalize IP Day in the municipality of Villaverde.
Mr. Victor Martin, representing the Congressman of the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, who was attending another IP Day Celebration, shared his story of how it was being an IP during his childhood days, and recounted how important it still is to use the indigenous dialect or language. The Barangay and Municipal Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives, Honorable Bernard Dulyok and Honorable Jayson Panal, along with the Barangay Captain of Cabuluan, Manny Pale, also delivered their messages. Dr. Carmelita Pale, from Cabuluan and now the School Head of DepEd Ambaguio District, shared that Purok Gonggongob can maximize the remaining year of partnership with Saint Mary’s University. Mr. Virgilio Maurera, School Head of ELPES, welcomed all the participants. The IP Day celebration culminated in a community feast.
As a partner for the promotion of Indigenous cultures, Saint Mary’s University participated in the Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration at Cabuluan, Villaverde, on October 25, 2025. It was a joint celebration among BLGU Cabuluan, Ernesto Lapan Pale Elementary School (ELPES), and Villa Par Pale Elementary School (VPPES). With the theme Celebrating Ayangan Pride: Preserving our Culture, Empowering our Future, the celebration included presentations of indigenous dances, songs, and chants from the community elders, youth, and children.
Dignitaries from the Department of Education, Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Nueva Vizcaya, and the Sangguniang Bayan of Villaverde attended the celebration. Dr. Concepcion Abasalon, IPEd Focal Person of DepEd Nueva Vizcaya, emphasized the importance of Indigenous Peoples Education as it is being integrated in the curriculum for learners as early as the elementary grade levels. In their separate messages, Villaverde Vice Mayor Kruwel Dacumos emphasized unity among the diverse cultures in Villaverde, while Board Member Chiqui-Valtoribio Algura stressed that there must be an ordinance that would institutionalize IP Day in the municipality of Villaverde.
Mr. Victor Martin, representing the Congressman of the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, who was attending another IP Day Celebration, shared his story of how it was being an IP during his childhood days, and recounted how important it still is to use the indigenous dialect or language. The Barangay and Municipal Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives, Honorable Bernard Dulyok and Honorable Jayson Panal, along with the Barangay Captain of Cabuluan, Manny Pale, also delivered their messages. Dr. Carmelita Pale, from Cabuluan and now the School Head of DepEd Ambaguio District, shared that Purok Gonggongob can maximize the remaining year of partnership with Saint Mary’s University. Mr. Virgilio Maurera, School Head of ELPES, welcomed all the participants. The IP Day celebration culminated in a community feast.
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Written by: Christopher Allen S. Marquez, CEIPSC Director
