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==[[Mirinduque News]]==
==[[Mirinduque News]]==
'''DA commissions study for agri programs in Marinduque'''
'''NCCA approves teaching of 'Kalutang' in Marinduque'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=1851328597483
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=1851328670479
*Tuesday 7th of February 2012
*Wednesday 8th of February 2012
:by  Daniel O. Sagun and Mayda Lagran
:by  Mayda Lagran






BOAC, Marinduque, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has engaged the services of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) to prepare a full blown feasibility study and other documents required by the National and Economic Development Authority (NEDA) for agricultural programs in the province.
MARINDUQUE, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Chairman Felipe de Leon signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Governor Carmencita O. Reyes last February 6 for the teaching of a musical instrument called ‘Kalutang.’
   
   
The DAP team of consultants conducted assessment of existing agri-fishery situations and consultation with farmers and fishermen, concerned local government units and other stakeholders.
The project, initiated by Provincial Travel and Tourism Officer (PTT) Dindo Asuncion and coordinated by Erwin Penafiel, is designed to ensure the continuity of Kalutang’s intangible heritage and to perpetuate the skills of playing Kalutang for the next generation.
   
   
Regional Executive Director Cipriano G. Santiago, in a letter to Governor Carmencita Reyes, said that the Central Philippines Rural Development Project (CPRDC) aimed to contribute to DA’s goal of increased production and productivity of the Agri-Fisheries Sector through a proposed World Bank loan of $200 million.
De Leon said that the preservation of Kalutang in the province must be given highest priority because if failed to do so, the province will be ‘culturally poor.’ The original and only “Kalutang” band under the tutelage of Maestro Tirso Serdena from Gasan is now on its senior years.
   
   
In a related development, the provincial veterinarian and other provincial agricultural officers attended a two-day focus group discussion (FGD) in Baguio City on agricultural-related programs for rice, corn, livestock and fisheries. (DOS/ML/PIA MARINDUQUE)
Reyes and Asuncion made necessary arrangements with Officer-In-Charge- Schools Division Superintendent Terresita Bacudo for the teaching of Kalutang to their teachers.
Kalutang, an early type of musical instrument in Marinduque, is composed of graduated sets of softwood bars made from Kwatingan tree which is carefully cut to their desired sizes and specifications. The Kwatingan softwood bar when strike together, produce notes of definite pitches and of tonal quality that remotely resembles a cross between an unsustained marimba and castanets. (ML/Marinduque Coffee Table Book)


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