Isa sa anak ni Tatay Himanggo, ipinagpatuloy ang pamanang pagpapanday! | I-Witness - video Dailymotion

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Si Conrad ang ikalawang anak ni Tatay Himanggo at kahit na lumuwas ito ng Maynila para maghanap ng ibang trabaho, bumalik siya sa kanilang lugar para ipagpatuloy ang pamana ng kanyang ama-- ang pagpapanday. Ang hangad niya ay mapahalagahan muli ang tradisyon nila na minana pa sa kanilang ninuno.   Panoorin ang #AngHulingPanday, dokumentaryo ni Kara David, sa #IWitness   Full episode: https://youtu.be/kJB5tj0Dfvg   #IWitness #iBenteSingko

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00:00For Tatay Himanggo, carving pots is not just a means of earning a living or a job.

00:14It is also a part of their culture that is important to their tribe.

00:30Tatay Himanggo is now 70 years old.

00:35If he is not able to pass on the talent of carving pots,

00:40the legacy of the ancient tradition will just remain for a few moments.

00:48Until when will you continue carving pots and knives?

00:52Until when will you continue carving pots and knives?

00:56Actually, I am not able to do it.

01:01I can only do it for five years.

01:07It hurts here.

01:09I don't know.

01:11I can't do it for a year.

01:14What else can I do?

01:21Conrad is Tatay Himanggo's second son.

01:26When you were a child, did you dream of becoming a potter like your father?

01:31No, ma'am.

01:33I didn't dream of becoming a potter because I found it difficult.

01:38I am trying to help him.

01:41It is really difficult.

01:43That's why I dream of studying.

01:45I don't want to be a potter anymore.

01:47I want to grow up.

01:49According to Conrad,

01:51aside from the difficulty of becoming a potter,

01:53there is another reason why many young people today are not able to enter this field.

02:00There are others.

02:02For us,

02:04potters are not considered high.

02:12You are just a potter.

02:15It is difficult to earn money.

02:16It is difficult to earn money.

02:18It is difficult to earn a living.

02:22People look down on you.

02:23Yes, they look down on me.

02:25If potters were important in the past,

02:28with the advent of modernization,

02:31their talent was gradually lost.

02:37That's why instead of continuing what his father taught,

02:41Conrad left Manila to help others.

02:46But a few years later,

02:49when he found out that his father's body was getting weaker,

02:55Conrad went home to continue his father's legacy.

03:02In terms of work,

03:04you can earn a lot of money.

03:06Yes.

03:08But I also want to give something back to him.

03:12Yes.

03:13I also want to give something back to him.

03:15Yes.

03:17I want to give something back to him.

03:21Why is it important to give something back to your father?

03:25I don't want him to lose what he started as an artist.

03:31If he is an artist,

03:33at least we can learn from him.

03:37To this day, Conrad continues to enhance the talent of potters.

03:44He hopes that one day,

03:47the legacy of their ancestors will be valued again.

03:52What do you feel when you see that?

03:55You said earlier that you were being judged.

03:58Yes, that's all.

04:00It's not for me.

04:02It's okay.

04:04There's no problem with that.

04:06Even if they look at me like that, it's important.

04:09I will do what I want.

04:10Of course, whoever it is,

04:12they don't want to lose that tradition.

04:15What our ancestors started,

04:19I hope it won't be lost.

04:23Because it's important.

04:27But is there still hope for the survival of our ancestors' culture?

04:33After Conrad and Father Himangko,

04:36will there be a next generation?

04:40To be continued...

Isa sa anak ni Tatay Himanggo, ipinagpatuloy ang pamanang pagpapanday! | I-Witness

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