Added the Vox Pangasinense (a collection of literary articles, features, essays, short stories and other related writings about the Province of Pangasinan: its history, people, culture, arts & literature) in the Diurnal section. Read The Lure of the Pista'y Dayat by Joe Sison Luzadas.

Another Pangasinan sonnet attempt adapted from my poem in English entitled "At the LIRA."

manantandag ed sikara'y mata
na adarna ya oala ed sokong
mapalayug a simbaoa na ley
imahi'y atagey a kalarkar

tan sikaran manmomolimoli
na kanonotan da ed kaoalan
akateoek iran mamebetag
na olu ra lapu'd kanepegan

no napaamo da la so musia
insan ira undalan ed apoy
tan dia ed pandayan na salita
no iner piliey pigpigara

manguna ya mibakal naani
ed kapara da 'ran umaanlong

The Cultural Center of the Philippines enjoins everyone to a solidarity gathering for peace on March 27, Thursday at the CCP.

The event will start with a multi - cultural program and peace dialogue from 2-5 p.m. at the lobby of Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater Lobby). There will be an ecumenical service/ritual to be participated in by different sectors of the society. The peace vigil will start at 5:30 pm at the CCP Front Lawn. Artists are requested to join and perform for free in this affair. A highlight of this activity is a 1,000 voice ensemble singing "Payapang Daigdig" and "Let There Be Peace on Earth" hopefully on nationwide broadcast.

Make a difference! Be an instrument of peace in our community.

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