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Jose Balagtas. Jose " Kaka " Balagtas is a film director, writer, actor, producer and politician in the Philippines. He previously served as Vice Mayor of San Antonio, Nueva Ecija .
YearTitleWriter1986AlindogYes1987SelosYes1988Yes1988PatronNoJoseph V. Balagtas. Department of Agricultural Economics. Purdue University. 403 W. State Street. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2056. Office: 765.494.4298. FAX: 765.494.9176....
Joseph Balagtas. Professor of Ag Economics. Agricultural Economics. Email: balagtas@purdue.edu. Phone: (765) 494-4298. Office: Krannert Room 557. CV URL. Personal URL. Professor Balagtas is a Professor of Agricultural Economics and Interim Director of the Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability at Purdue.
Joseph V. Balagtas Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University Verified email at purdue.edu - Homepage economics of food and agriculture
- The Art of Verbal Joust
- The Birth of Balagtasan
- Performance, Value, and Impact
- Sources and Suggested Reading
On April 6, 1926, two Filipino poets named Jose Corazon de Jesus and Francisco Collantes performed a duel in Instituto de Mujeres (Women's Institute) found in Tondo, Manila, a building that was also an office of another prolific Filipino writer. Their battle would come in lines of prose, verses, and words, each more devastating than the swords and ...
During the American occupation of the Philippines, poetry was more than a personal art for the enjoyment of a small circle of initiates. At that time, it was a popular art practiced by highly skilled craftsmen for the delight and enjoyment of a broad and sophisticated public. From common places like houses and marketplaces to the more luxurious est...
Performance
Often held in theatrical places and public events, Balagtasan is often performed between two or more poets with opposing views on a single, same topic. Topics to be debated range from national security to common problems found within a society. An intermediary also presents herself/himself during the debate, often opening the debate with a piece describing the nature of the event's debate. Pieces used in this event are often pre-written and practiced first before being shown to the general pu...
Value
Despite being an event for giving delight to an audience, this art of poetry through debate had a major role in being a medium of expressing one's opinion through art. It highly tackled complex and multi-faceted socio-political and domestic problems, and became an essential compendium for the socio-political world's point of view, like traditional editorial columns found on the printed newspapers. As a political instrument and leverage, candidates that run for higher political positions are o...
Impact
Over the years, Balagtasan faded into almost oblivion due to its generational decline and the rise of more popular mediums, both in informal and formal ways. It is to be noted, however, that it can also be considered that Balagtasan never really disappear off of the face of the country's literary culture but evolved and diverged into new forms. While this style of poetry is fading, the art of writing poetryin cultural, historical, revolutionary, intrinsic, and deep purpose continued to live o...
Tunghayan natin ang mga obra ni Direk Jose 'Kaka' Balagtas sa pinilakang tabing. 2008 Anak ng Kumander (as J Kaka Balagtas) 2006 Apoy sa dibdib ng samar 2002...
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