Abstract:This study recognizes the tablay, an oral literature of young Tagbanua Calamianen in Taytay, Northern Palawan, as one form of communication. While it is considered an "old" form of literature and communication, the study also asserts that the tablay is contemporary text that narrates and describes historic and current events, people, and places, and sentiments about these events, people, and places. The social significance of the Tagbanua tablay gains prominence in the context of competing representations medi… Show more
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