An ethnic performance open to the public called "Dagway Negrosanon: Paghanduraw sang Katutubong Kulturang Negrense" will be held today at the University of St. La Salle Integrated School in the afternoon and at 7 p.m. at Draft Bar, in Bacolod City.

The event will feature Ilonggo Etniko, a collaboration of various musicians, artists and poets from Negros who will portray ethnic culture, a press release from organizers said yesterday.

The show aims at re-introducing the diminishing ethnic culture of the country, specifically music, dances and personality. Various songs, dances and music will introduce indigenous instruments, poetry and paintings, it said.

Negros is one of the remaining islands in the country with rich natural resources, and where a few remaining tribes can be found. However, the modern world pushes the already fragile ethnic minority away from their ancestral domains without knowing their music, arts, dances and language, which Dagway Negrosanon aims to bring back and protect, organizers said in the press release.

Dagway Negrosanon is organized by Green Alert Negros, Peacenet, Katilingban Ilonggo Kalinga Kalikasan Mountaineers, Solar Generation Youth and Balayan-La Salle and Draft Bar.

Those interested in the show may call Tess Gonzales at tel. no. 0917788094 or Albert Lozada (09162283940) for more details, the press release added.*

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