By Rose Beatrix C. Angeles (Trixie Cruz-Angeles)
The State shall preserve, protect
and develop the past,
present and future manifestations
of their cultures
as well as the right to the
restitution of cultural, intellectual,
religious, and spiritual property
taken without their
free and prior informed consent
or in violation of their laws,
traditions and customs.
Sec. 32 Republic Act 8371
otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act
I must confess that I had liked this post conviction Robin
Padilla. More mature, more artistically
daring; he is becoming a real actor, rather than a star. Still, his romance
with Mariel Rodriguez elicited only boredom from me. These showbiz pairings
usually do. Well, at least until the alleged Ibaloi ceremony.
TV Patrol reported that Robin married Mariel last September 16 in
Ibaloi ceremonies officiated by a “native priest” (not a term I would use, but
there it is) named Jimmy Ong, PEP also reported that the two married in Baguio City on that day. (source)
“The TV host-action star opted to marry Mariel in an Ibaloi ceremony
because his mother, Eva Cariño-Padilla, is an Igorot. As part of the ceremony,
Robin and Mariel drank tapuy (rice wine) as a symbol of their love and
performed the tayaw dance to show that they are bound to each other by
marriage. A pig was butchered and the blood was smeared on the faces of the
celebrity couple. “After the Ibaloi ceremony, Robin and Mariel were married again in a
ceremony officiated by a pastor.”
