APRIL 2014 FCC HOSTS KANSAS STATE VOL 46, NO 4 YO-YO CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2014 Kansas State Yo-Yo Championship is coming to the Filipino The Tambuli is a monthly Cultural Center on Saturday, May 3, from 10 AM to 5 PM! Be mesme- publication of the Filipino rized as some of the best yo-yo-ers from Kansas and surrounding Association of Greater Kansas City. states compete for prizes. State champions will be crowned in the 1A, Open and Fixed Axle divisions; novice and intermediate players will 9810 W 79th St participate in the True Beginner, Spin-Top, and Sport Ladder divi- Overland Park, KS 66204 sions. 816-888-4416 General admission to watch the competition is FREE! Visit the official website and Facebook page for more details, including a schedule of www.filipino-association.org events. Sponsored by Cesar Conde, Filipino Association member and owner of Go Big Skill Toys. STEPPING UP FOR IN THIS ISSUE: HEALTHCARE 1 News – Join the World Outreach Foundation Here & Elsewhere Kansas City (WOFKC) for a fun evening of lighthearted dance competition, dinner, cocktails, silent auction and more dancing! Prominent members of the 2 Upcoming Events KC medical field and sports and media communities generously donate their time as contestants and judges. For more info, contact Jerry Smith at [email protected] / 816-560-9379. 3 Pinoy Breakfast Photos Philippine Newsbits… 4 Feature Stories PHILIPPINES RETURNS TO FAA CATEGORY 1 STATUS 5 Community Celebrants The Department of Tourism welcomes the news of the return of the Phi- lippines to Category 1 status by the US Federal Aviation Administration. With this development, Philippine carriers can now operate to other cities 7 Easter Picnic Photos in the United States and increase frequencies to existing routes. The anti- cipated expansion in capacity and network coverage will boost the De- partment's tourism promotion efforts in the US, which is the country's second largest source market. The Filipino Association of Greater PHILIPPINES BAGS TOURISM AWARD IN INDIA Kansas City is a not-for-profit, non-political, and non-sectarian Travel and tourism professionals in South India voted the Philippine De- organization established to partment of Tourism (DOT) as the “Best National Tourism Organization” preserve, promote, and enhance for 2013. The DOT was awarded for its branding campaign and road- Filipino culture through education shows in South India, particularly in the cities of Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. and cultural arts, and to provide service to the community at-large In 2013, India contributed 52,206 visitors to the Philippines, a 12.53% through its projects and programs. growth from the 46,395 visitors recorded in 2012. Indian tourists represented 1.12% of the total volume of Philippine visitors for 2013. TAMBULI APRIL 2014 TAMBULI STAFF UPCOMING EVENTS View a complete listing at www.filipino-association.org/calendar Editor-in-Chief Ping Bayani General Monthly Meeting Friday, May 2, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Filipino Cultural Center Contributors These meetings are open to all, members and non-members alike. Potluck starts at 6:30, with the meeting commencing promptly at 7:00. Edward Tumanut Feast of Santo Nino Want to submit content or even be Saturday, May 3, 6:00 PM, Christ the King Church part of the staff? Contact the A Filipino Catholic tradition honoring the Child Jesus. Editor-in-Chief at 913-558-4332 or Contact: Angie Chico-Agustin [email protected] [email protected] /816-523-7364 *This event is not affiliated with the Filipino Association of Greater KC FA-GKC Day at Sporting Park Sunday, May 4, 3:00 PM, Sporting Park FROM THE EDITOR Join us as our reigning MLS Champions Sporting KC take on the by Ping Bayani Columbus Crew. Limited group tickets available for $21 each. Contact: Edward Tumanut by April 28 [email protected] / 816-699-6523 I went to see the movie ‘Divergent’ a couple of days ago. And while it Pinoy Breakfast may not win any awards, this one Saturday, May 10, 9:00 – 11:00 AM, Filipino Cultural Center did hit home on some level. Join us for a delicious breakfast get-together, featuring your favorite Filipino breakfast foods. Open to all but members get a discount! Based on the premise that a struc- Contact: Edward Tumanut tured society is the one that will [email protected] / 816-699-6523 survive, citizens entering adulthood are made to choose which societal Parents’ Day Celebration faction they’d like to belong to, Saturday, May 17, 5:45 PM, Filipino Cultural Center using the result of an aptitude test, The Senior Council hosts this annual dinner-dance to honor parents and if you will, as gauge: the selfless grandparents. Come bring your beloved folks and show them you care! Abnegation, the happy Amity, the $30 for Association members, $35 non-members; $15 children ages 7-12. Raffle tickets available: $3 each, $5 for 2. Top prize is 42” HDTV with truthful Candor, the brave additional prizes for the taking! Winner need not be present. Dauntless and the brainy Erudite. Contact: Mirla De Los Santos by May 10 Of course, there is still ‘free will’ of [email protected] / 816-461-8189 sorts, i.e. you can choose a faction different from what your test result Clink & Clique: Networking Happy Hour suggests but once made, your Wednesday, May 21, 5:30 – 7:30 PM, Venue TBD choice is irrevocable, happy or not! Young (and young-at-heart) professionals are invited to this monthly networking happy hour! RSVP not required but helpful in reserving And then there are the Divergents space at venue. who are multi-faceted, whose test Contact: [email protected] / 816-898-8312 results are ‘inconclusive’. They are Movie Night on the Terrace seen as ‘threats’ to the structure and are therefore hunted down and Friday, May 23, 8:30 PM, Filipino Cultural Center Featured movie: TBD eliminated. Bring your family and friends and enjoy a relaxing summer evening Which faction would you choose? with a FREE movie at the beautiful Francisco Family Terrace. Sit on the terrace steps or bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. Some snacks As for me, good Lord - I’m already and drinks will be on sale. Contact: Edward Tumanut looking for a place to hide! [email protected] / 816-699-6523 2 TAMBULI APRIL 2014 PINOY BREAKFAST PHOTOS! (All photos by Armando Costes) View more photos of our events and activities at www.filipino-association.org/photos Insert photo here. Insert photo here. Caption. Caption. Senior Council Chair Kelly Tumanut talking to members On the FCC terrace, dancing off the calories after a filling of the Senior Council after the Pinoy Breakfast. Filipino breakfast - and getting ready for the next one! 3 TAMBULI APRIL 2014 KNOW YOUR FILIPINO SAINTS PHILIPPINES OLDEST ARTWORK By Manuel P. Pardo, MD IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING! By Ping Bayani (Photos by Jay Directo) Most Filipinos probably know their heroes - Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo, et al. Their statues First documented by acclaimed Philippine artist Carlos that dot the country help us remember them. Most Fili- ‘Botong’ Francisco in 1965 as he led a Boy Scout hike, the pinos also know the names of their politicians and movie Angono Petroglyphs, the mysterious carvings on a hill- personalities, thanks to the media. But what about side rock wall in Binangonan, are in danger of disap- Filipino saints? Yes, we have them too – easy to remem- pearing, their full meaning/significance still unsolved. ber because we only have two so far, with one waiting on the wings. Comprised of 127 engravings of people, animals and geo- metric shapes, the artworks have been declared a nation- SAN LORENZO RUIZ DE MANILA al treasure, regarded as proof that relatively sophistica- ted societies existed in the Philippines in the Stone Age. The first canonized Filipino saint is San Lorenzo Ruiz. Based on carving tools and pottery shards discovered at Born in 1600 to a Chinese father and a Filipina mother the site, scientists believe the carvings date back to 3000 in Binondo, Manila, Lorenzo learned to speak both BC, pre-dating a series of geometric shapes in the moun- Chinese and Tagalog. As a young boy, Lorenzo served as tainous northern Philippines. an altar boy at the convent of the Binondo Church. Educated by the Dominican Friars, he earned the title of The World Monuments Fund, a New York-based private “escribano” or calligrapher because of his excellent group that funds the preservation of historical sites, penmanship. He was deeply religious and worked as a placed the Angono Petroglyphs on its list of endangered clerk in the Binondo Church. He married a local maiden monuments in 1996. UNESCO has also placed the and they had two sons and a daughter, living a quiet, petroglyphs on its ‘tentative list’ of world heritage sites. peaceful, religious life. Still, the threats of urbanization, nearby mining, ravages of nature, vandalism and plain neglect continue. In 1636, Lorenzo was falsely accused of killing a Spani- ard. Before he could be locked up, three Dominican priests helped him seek asylum on board a ship headed for missionary work in Japan. Shortly after they arrived in Nagasaki, the Tokugawa Shogunate began persecuting Christians. Lorenzo and the three Dominican priests were arrested and tortured. They were told that they would be freed if they renounced Christianity. Lorenzo refused. He was quoted to say, “I am a Catholic and I wholeheartedly accept death for the Lord. If I had a thousand lives, all those I shall offer to Him.” Lorenzo was martyred in 1637 in Nichizaka Hill, Nagasaki, Japan, his body cremated, his ashes thrown into the sea.