I was trying to remember all the words to the song… it goes something like this (please forgive the spelling Jailu)…
Bahay Kubo,
Kahit Munti,
Ang alaman duong
Ay Sari Sari!
It roughly translates,
Little house
…
…
Ay, (miscellaneous, miscellaneous merchandise)
I wish I could remember the translation for the two middle lines!
We grew up singing it in the Philippines. Sari sari refers to a store that sells sundries.
Jailu—do you know the rest of the translation? (or the correct spelling for the Tagalog words?)
Susan
Susan Fertig-Dykes
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Susan, tell us more about this connection. Thanks, Lynda
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Bahay Kubo, kahit munti, ….
Susan
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Hello Jailu! So many years. What have you been involved in??
Yesterday I was in a session trying to imagine the kind of economy / community we need as a human community to thrive / meet the challenges facing us into the rest of this century. One of the participants is located in The Philippines
mentioned she is part of a “Bahay Kubo” movement focused at the household and community level. It apparently refers to a song written a hundred or so years ago in Tagalog.
I wonder if you or anyone on the list is familiar??
Jim Wiegel
“…the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come and let us talk“.
The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver
On Mar 21, 2023, at 10:50 PM, Jailu Navarrete via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: