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Long ago, in the Philippine mountain province of Barlig, the Ifiallig people would sit around the fires of the ator (village council-house) and listen to valiant tales of their ancestors. When work in the payyiw (ricefields) is done, umu-ufok (venerable elders and storytellers) recount these tales in their own language, called Finallig. Ub-ufok is the Finallig word for their orature, and these stories, handed down for generations, serve as a record of their history, genealogy and cultural traditions.
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Now we take the term “Ub-Ufok” as our conference title to promote the inclusion of this word and native orature in the corpus of the Filipino language. “Ub-Ufok: Explorations on Philippine Folklore” is a virtual conference to be held by the University of Hawai’i at Manoa Center for Philippine Studies on September 16-17, 2021. Bringing together the work of various scholars in the field of Philippine folklore, the Ub-Ufok conference addresses four major panel topics:
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