National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera (middle) enjoys the ‘Hadang’ ritual during the opening ceremonies of Dayaw Taboan Festival. With him are (from left) Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts (SCCTA) head Joycie Dorado-Alegre (standing), former Subcommission on Cultural Dissemination head Alice Pañares, and writer Victor Sugbo
National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera attended the Dayaw Taboan, the annual festival of indigenous Filipino cultures, that opened at the University of the Philippines-Tacloban, Leyte on February 7 and 8.