MABIKAs celebrates 3rd yr anniversary & Christmas with the magical 33
There was something magical about this year’s 3rd year anniversary and early Christmas celebration for MABIKAs Foundation, the Philippine Cordillera Connection in the Netherlands that was held on December 7, 2019 (Saturday) in Gouda, The Netherlands. Perhaps it's the...
MABIKAs leads 1st Philippine Indigenous People’s Day celebration in NL
By Yvonne Belen Photo Credits: Romelita Heitlager-Gumatic & Aurora Pacio-Pascual The first commemoration of the Indigenous People’s Day in the Netherlands was successfully held at the Nassaukerk on October 26, 2019. It was a part of a national and global...
Unlearning and Relearning: A Brief Cordillera History
By Andrei Angnged I am honored to be invited and to be an active participant in this annual Indigenous Peoples Day and Workshop organized by MABIKAS Foundation. I would first like to all the Cordilleran’s present here if they are comfortable or accept if I use the...
The Culture of the Tuinggians
This article is originally published on the book, "ICBE Through the Years: Preserving the Igorot Cultural Heritage & Passing it on to the Next Generation", 2019 edition. ABOUT THE PRESENTER [author_image...
MABIKAs joins 50th yr celebration of the Netherlands Center for Indigenous People
By Yvonne Belen Three members of MABIKAs Foundation Board attended a conference organized by the Netherlands Center for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV) in celebration of its 50 years of existence. MABIKAs representatives Renijune Abaya, Yvonne Belen and Cesar T. Tagubaat...
Voices of the Earth: MABIKAs cultural performance at NCIV 50th anniversary
MABIKAs Foundation, The Philippine Cordillera Connection in the Netherlands, is happy and grateful to have presented and represented the indigenous people from the Philippine Cordillera region during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Nederlands Centrum voor Inheemse Volken (NCIV, Netherlands Center for Indigenous People) held on September 15, 2019 at Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden…
BOOK: ICBE Through the Years
Published by Igorot Cordillera BIMAAK-Europe (ICBE). Copyright @2019 by MABIKAs Foundation- The Netherlands and the contributing authors on their respective works and the contributing photographers on their photographs. Cover and Interior Layout & Design: Myra...
Igorot Network in Europe Celebrates 17 years of existence and 10th Conference
Hosted by MABIKAs Foundation- The Netherlands, the 10th Igorot Cordillera BIMAAK Europe (ICBE) Conference held on July 26-29, 2019 at the Nassaukerk in Amsterdam was a huge success…
Let’s keep our indigenous identities alive
(A message written and delivered by MABIKAs Founding Chaiperson, Myra Colis, during the Cultural Night of the 10th ICBE Conference held in Amsterdam on July 27, 2019) “Great things come from small beginnings,” says a Finnish proverb. But “alone we can do so little;...
Appreciating Abra’s Land, People and History
Presented by Christina T. Moncado during the 10th ICBE Conference held in Amsterdam on July 27, 2019. Abra province is one of the six provinces in the Cordillera Administrative region (CAR). It is hemmed in the towering mountain ranges of the Ilocos on the west and...