USC students tour Cebu City museums

Students from the University of San Carlos (USC)—most of them in Filipiniana costumes—walked and rode tartanillas and buses to the museums and heritage sites in Cebu City during the Kabataan, Kultura ug Kabilin (KKK) heritage tour last Sept. 24.

The tour ran from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. A culminating program was held at the Casa Gorordo Museum from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Magbabalak from Cordova town and fire dancers from barangay San Roque in Cebu City entertained the students.

Awards for best male, female and group costumes were also given to participants.

The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. initiated the event in partnership with the Cebu City government, USC-Department of Anthropology, Sociology and History, 14 barangays and nine museums.

The 14 barangays included Cogon-Ramos, Day-as, Pari-an, Sambag II, San Antonio, San Roque, Tinago, Santo Niño, T. Padilla, Tejero, Zapatera, Pahina-Central, Santa Cruz and Mabolo. They provided mini-buses to transport participants and deployed barangay tanod to ensure security in the tour route.

“Through the KKK, we were given an opportunity to see and visit the places that showcase our rich culture. This added to my knowledge in the past,” Aldrich Noble, USC student, said.

The students visited the  Casa Gorordo, Museo Parian sa Sugbo, University of Southern Philippines-Rizal Museum, Cathedral Museum of Cebu, Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Museum, Fort San Pedro, Museo Sugbo, Cebu Normal University Museum and Cebu City Museum.

Volunteer tour guides from USC-Department of Anthropology, Sociology and History and RAFI’s partner barangays acquainted students on the museum exhibits.

KKK, which aims to provide the youth expanded learning on cultures from different periods by visiting local museums, is patterned after the Gabii sa Kabilin organized every May by RAFI.

For more information on KKK, contact 418-7234 local 703 and look for Karl Hegel Damayo.