THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will conduct a pre-recording of traditional sports and games of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) from October 8 to 12 in Sarangani Province.
The project is in line with the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines (QCP), which will feature eight traditional sports and games—blowdart, kmisong (fire-making drill), skuyah (track and field), javelin throw and pana, among others.
The program will also highlight the traditional dance common among the Tagakaulo, T’boli and B’laan Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) at the Municipality of Malungon.
“The activity aims to promote the traditional sports and games of the Sarangani IPs through a pre-recorded mini-documentary,” said Commissioner Charles Raymond Maxey, PSC oversight for the Indigenous Peoples Games program.
Maxey said that the PSC already secured permission from the Sarangani Provincial Tribal Council to proceed with the documentation of the traditional sports and games.
“We will observe the health and safety protocols implemented by the Provincial Government of Sarangani and Municipality of Malungon,” he said.
The video output will be streamed live on PTV4 and the National Quincentennial Committee Facebook pages.
The activity is supported by Pocari Sweat Otsuka-Solar Philippines, Inc. in coordination with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Provincial Government of Sarangani and Municipality of Malungon.