The video and article were published March 2006 on the website of Pekiti Tirsia Europe. Enjoy!
In March 2009, a group of 15 Pekiti Tirsia practitioners from Europe went to the Philippines to attend a training camp sponsored and organised in collaboration with Pekiti Tirsia Philippines and Pekiti Tirsia Europe. The training for the Pekiti Tirsia camp was led by Grandmaster Leo T Gaje.
Instead of a detailed report we present here a video with impressions from the training camp. Thanks to everybody who participated or helped making the camp possible:
The song in the video is "Mga Kababayan Ko" from Filipino Artist Francis Magalona also known as FrancisM. Sadly FrancisM died at age 44 just a few days before the camp. May he rest in piece. We have chosen his song because we like the song, we like the lyrics and to honor him as an artist. We think that the viewers may appreciate the video even more when understanding the lyrics, that's why we decided to put them here. The caption of this article is also a quote from the song.
Filipino | English |
Mga Kababayan Ko Chorus Dapat magsumikap Magaling ang atin Repeat Chorus Respetuhin natin ang ating ina Wag takasan ang pagkukulang Lahat tayo´y magkakapatid Repeat Chorus | My Fellow Filipinos Chorus We should get up and go What we have is fine Repeat Chorus Let us respect our mother Don´t run away from weakness All brothers & sisters we are Repeat Chorus |
Read more about the artist FrancisM and the song at www.americanchronicle.com
Thanks to Frank A. Hilario for providing the english translation.