Guihulngan City, a 4th class city in Negros Oriental, is majestic, breath-taking, beautiful.
Beneath this physical beauty, however, lie stories crying to be written and told to the world.
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ
Contributed to Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008
This is Guihulngan City, a 4th class city in Negros Oriental. Majestic, breath-taking, beautiful.
Beneath this physical beauty, however, lie stories crying to be written and told to the world.
From this point, Mt. Kanlaon is visible, a beautiful backdrop. Guihulngan, if not the whole of Negros is also known as a socialvolcano.
Barangay Trinidad. An adolescent plows the field to be cultivated and planted with rice, one of the city’s staple.
Right after sunrise, a family walks their way towards the market to sell their produce for the week.
This young girl needs to take care of these leaves to be sold, for a living.
Even the city’s main highway is beautiful: quiet, almost tranquil.
On the other hand, this can be viewed as a metaphorical image
of what is happening to the mountain barangays of the city.
People who organize themselves to stand for their rights
are being silenced.
Contributed to Bulatlat
