Kulturang Bukidnon

The Bachelor of Arts in English Language specifically Language and Culture (Eng 154) class of Dr. Hazel Jean Abejuela  launched a Radio Program through DXBU 104.5 FM, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. It is a thirty-minute, four times a month magazine type format that deals with Bukidnon Culture. The “Kulturang Bukidnon”, a live broadcasting of the indigenous culture of the ICCs in Bukidnon. The rationale of this activity is to provide a school-based radio program focusing on Bukidnon Culture, to develop culture sensitivity toward the ICCs, and to depict a positive image of the (7) seven tribes of Bukidnon. The audience of the said event is people of Bukidnon. The outputs of this activity serves as the profile of Bukidnon culture and source of literary pieces primarily of Bukidnon literature. The objectives of program is to provide a basic understanding of the indigenous culture of the seven ethnic groups in Bukidnon, to produce basic expressions of Binukid translated to English and to present various Bukidnon literary pieces. Some of the topics are the following:

1. Bukidnon Beliefs
2. Bukidnon Values
3. Bukidnon Norms
4. High Context and Low Context
5. Polychromic and Monochromic
6. Bukidnon Oral Traditions
7. Speech Acts of Bukidnon Rituals
8. Bukidnon Songs and others.