The Goldendragon Chronicles

an elephant fountain at minzu dadao, originally uploaded by peiqianlong.

The grandeur of modern China is reflected in its skyscrapers and meticulous landscaping not only seen in big cities like Shanghai and Beijing but also in smaller [Chinese standards] cities like Nanning. This photo reminds me of one very hot weekend I spent just hanging out at a park in Minzu Dadao, a skill I’ve learned to keep me sane at least for the time I was there. Thanks to Ashby Jones for posting this at the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog.

Kids as young as five years old tussled against each other at the SM San Lazaro on the 30th of May to culminate a summer long training in taekwondo at different locations in Manila. Most were beginners who started taking taekwondo classes only last April, but one of these kids might land in the nationals and represent the country in future competitions. What is more important, however is starting the kids to take on responsibilities that can develop their strength and confidence for future endeavors.

For my viewing pleasure, I’m posting requests for the use of some of my photos on Flickr. Isn’t this cool? I’ve never thought anybody would be interested in my pictures, much less publish them. What’s funny is that the ones I thought are ‘just okay” snapshots are the ones getting requested. Well, it’s not the National Geographic nor Life Magazine but the mere fact that someone’s attention got caught gives a good feeling. Take it from an amateur.

FlickrMail

From: halcyonwinds
Subject: Usage of Image from your Photostream

Dear peiqianlong,

I’m an editor with Pearson Education in Singapore, and am currently preparing an undergraduate marketing textbook tentatively titled “Marketing Management in China” (1st edition) to be published around June 2008.

If there are no objections, I would like to use an image from (http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldendragon613/246227331/) for Chapter Five in the textbook to illustrate a paragraph about Levi’s publicity and marketing in China.

As this is an educational publication, any assistance rendered will be very much appreciated.

We require non-exclusive world rights in all languages for this edition and any subsequent editions. These rights will in no way restrict re-publication of your material in any forms by you or others authorized by you. Should you not control these rights in their entirety, please let me know who does and supply their address. Full acknowledgement will be made to the source of this material.

We would greatly appreciate your consent to this request. If so, please also indicate the appropriate photo credit line to be used.

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me and I will be glad to furnish you with more details. Thank you very much!

Charles Ho
Pearson Education South Asia
23/25 First Lok Yang Road
Singapore 629733
(65) 6 3199 388
E-mail: charles.ho@PearsonEd.com.sg
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From: astraurm
Subject: find someone who

Hello,

I’m writing about image “find someone who: “.

I’m an editor working for a Polish publisher (WSZ PWN) and I’d like to ask you if I can use your photo in a publication which is a textbook for schoolchildren?

Yoy will be given credit on the editorial page in the textbook, if you let us use your picture.

I will be very grateful for your answer and permission.

Kind regards,

Malgorzata Astrau
RedaktorRedakcja Filologii Angielskiej
Tel.: +48 22 69 54 518
Fax: +48 22 69 54 547
malgorzata.astrau@wszpwn.com.pl
www.wszpwn.com.pl
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From:beijing1982
Subject:utilizing your photo

Hi Pei Qian Long,

I think you are a terrific photographer. I hope it’s okay that we are using one of your photos to illustrate an article by a student on our website. The article and the credit are at:
uschina.usc.edu/ShowFeature.aspx?articleID=1269

If you would like us to change the credit line, please email me at cdube@usc.edu.

Best wishes,
Clayton Dube
USC U.S.-China Institute
china.usc.edu
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From:minjiechen
Subject:Re: image usage permission

Hi, Rex,

Sorry for a long delay. I contacted you in summer for the permission of a panda picture you took. I was in China for three months, and when I am back, I found that my local public library has uploaded my course project on their website. Thank you for letting me use the image of the adorable panda! I think it fits in the map snugly. You can see the final work at urbanafreelibrary.org/departments/childrens/booklists/findingchina/mapchina.htm and your credit at the bottom of the page. I hope the wording of the credit is okay to you. Thanks again!

Sincerely,

Minjie Chen
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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From: Aidan M. Grey
Subject: Xiang Shui photo use?

Hello!

My name is Aidan Grey, and I’m the Photography Manager for Home&Abroad, an internet travel company partnered with Expedia, HawaiianAir, Marriott Hotels, Amazon, and a number of other industry leading websites.

I’d like to use one of your photos on our website:

www.flickr.com/photos/goldendragon613/601194942/

Naturally enough, for the Xiang Shui waterfall.

We’d provide proper credits, of course. We’d be happy to include a link (to your Flickr page, a blog, etc.) as well.

May we have permission?

Best wishes,
Aidan Grey
Photography Manager
Home&Abroad
aidan@homeandabroad.com
303-544-0073 x101
www.homeandabroad.com

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From: apwbdsgirl
Subject: Your photo in “What Happens Next?”

Hello-

During the past few months, our company, BannerCaswell Productions (BCP), contacted you so we could use one of your Flickr.com photos for our upcoming health series, What Happens Next.

I promised I would contact you again when I had more information concerning the airtime and scheduling of the show so you may be able to view your work in action.

I am happy to tell you that we now have more information!

Veria TV will launch on DISH network on October 3rd. We do not have a specific schedule or an airtime so I am not sure what time of day What Happens Next will air. I would advise you to watch either the Veria website (veria.com), the BCP website (bannercaswell.tv) or DISH for that kind of information.

I will email you again when we know a set schedule.

I have brought up to Veria the possibility of airing the show online for our overseas photographers and was told that the idea was still being considered. I was also told that, unfortunately, BCP itself has no authorization to provide it online at this time.

And for those in the Dallas, TX area, the first Veria Wellness Center opened September 24th in Plano, TX on Preston and Park.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at acardinal@bannercaswell.tv.

Cheers,
Allison
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From: kayceetoo
Subject: Photo Permission Request

Hello,

I work at a teaching and learning center at Western Washington University, in Bellingham, Washington. We are creating a series of online video modules that promote engaged teaching. These will be five-minute movies available on our website in the Resources area starting in October, with subjects ranging from using technologies in the classroom, strategies for connecting students, and various classroom assessment techniques.

I am writing to request permission to use your photograph, listed below, for this “online video module” educational series.

www.flickr.com/photos/goldendragon613/250121958/

We would provide proper credit, and the use would be purely educational, not-for-profit.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,
Justina Brown

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Justina Brown, M.Ed.
Instructional and Multimedia Designer
Center for Instructional Innovation
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-650-7210
pandora.cii.wwu.edu/cii/default.asp
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From: rmnadel
Subject: Your United Nations photo

Hi peiqianlong,

Here’s a personal note from Ryan Nadel:

I’d like to use your photo to illustrate an article I’ve published about the United Nations. But first I need your permission and give you credit for your work. Please follow the instructions below.

Ryan Nadel is a contributor at Nowpublic.com and would like to use your photo for a story that has just been published.

NowPublic is a news sharing community that uses stories, photos, & videos from sources like you.

If you would like to learn more about this request, and the context in which your photo might be used, please click on this link - where you can approve or reject its use:

www.nowpublic.com/import/467c1f7ad955a1.61149885

If you do give your permission, your photo will always remain your property, and the Creative Commons license you have specified will follow its use on NowPublic.com

If you have any concerns about this, please contact our Quality Assurance Coordinator at quality@nowpublic.com
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From: marek debowski
Subject: Your pictures.

Hello Peiqianlong

I have just seen your great asian pictures on Flickr.
My name is Marek, I am working on some kind of virtual online guidebook devoted to Asia. It is in polish only, but I hope to translate it into english one day.
I am looking for some nice pictures showing places I’ve described. Your pictures would be perfect and I would be happy to have them in my guidebook.

Would you let me use some of your Flickr pictures on my site?

Since my undertaking is purely hobbystic and not commercial I can not offer you much in return except for putting your name next to the picture and link to your Flickr gallery (or any other personal website). You will still own the copyrights, of course.

So, what do you think about it?

My website: www.mandalay.pl
Example page: www.mandalay.pl/Indie/Andamany

Regards,
Marek
marek@debowski.com

While there is now a better understanding of the Igorot as physically and culturally different from the rest of Philippine society, there is still a lingering negative point of view about them from the cultural majority. Blame it on the wrong depiction or representation of the Igorot in books and mass media; blame it on the little information people have about them which in their own little worlds have become gospel truths; blame it on the Igorot himself who has become resentful of anything Igorot and has become defensive, at times offensive in dealing with issues about his Igorotness; blame it on a lot of factors - still, the fact remains, for some, the Igorot is a myth.

MYTH: Igorots have tails.

FACT: Traditionally, male Igorots used loin cloths [wanes] and the females wore belts [bakget] over their skirts [tapis]. Both garments are worn with a considerable length of threads hanging from behind, hence were mistaken to cover a tail.

MYTH: Igorots are dark, short and kinky-haired.

FACT: The word Igorot is a general term that refers to the people of the Cordillera Mountain Ranges, home to several ethno-linguistic groups like the Kankanaeys, Kalanguyas, Bontoks, Ifugaos, Kalingas, Itnegs, Ibalois and many others; and like many Filipino cultural groups, they share similar physical characteristics which are quite different from the Pygmies [Negritoes, Aetas, Ita, Agta] of Pampanga, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Quezon and Negros. The Igorots are generally medium built but one can find really short or tall individuals; they are mostly from fair to very dark-skinned and have a straight hair. Some do have curly hair, specifically from among the Bontoks. Physically, the Igorots are generally similar with the Filipino majority.

MYTH: All Igorots eat dogs.

FACT: Dog eating has been a way of life for a lot of people, not only in the Cordilleras, but also in many parts of Southeast Asia and China until the birth of animal rights movements. Dog meat is believed to keep the human body warm during cold seasons and a rich source of protein. Like all the other farm animals, the dog is treated with respect but with the purpose that soon it will end up on the table. Nonetheless, dog eating is now down to one’s personal preference for many Igorots and is not and has never been a matter of cultural practice.

MYTH: Igorots are [like any taga-bundok] poor, uncivilized, uneducated and they lack manners.

FACT: The provinces of the Cordilleras have been listed as some of the poorest provinces in the Philippines but this does not mean that one’s economic status is directly related to one’s ethnicity. All cultural groups in the Philippines have their share of rich and less previleged individuals and to say that one group is better off than the other is wrong, unless one talks about government negligence on the welfare of certain cultural groups. On the other hand, coming from the mountains and being poor have nothing to do with being civilized, educated or having good manners. Even the most shrouded hermit gains wisdom and education in his seclusion.

By Ken Wilson

360 photography is a branch of photography that seems to be very popular lately, with many photographers (professional or not) being interested in it. Making a 360 virtual tour is not very difficult, but whether or not is a good one depends on little details such as the camera that is used and the stitching software. For anyone who doesn’t know photography, making a 360 virtual tour seems almost impossible.

Watching a 360 tour can be breath taking, but making it is, for most of us, a puzzle. Photographers would strongly disagree – the technique is simple, and the stitching part is easy. The tricky part, in their opinion, is finding the right subject for a 360 virtual tour. In just a few words, 360 photography works like that: you need a tripod, a camera and a stitching application. You take several photos, making sure each time you move your camera with let’s say 50%. Once you got all your shots you stitch the images and there you have it – your very own 360 virtual tour.

Someone who is just starting to be interested in photography is probably puzzled about all the choices he or she has to make – from camera to tripods and from photo paper to the printer. When it comes to panoramic photography, professional photographers have different views on one thing: the stitching software. This is the application that allows anyone to actually stitch two or more pictures together. There are many such applications out there, and it is up to every photographer to choose the software he or she thinks is best.

360 photography stitching applications can easily be found: they can be purchased on line or in stores or they can be downloaded for free from the internet. During the last few years camera producers have included such applications in their camera kits, so basically anyone can make a 360 virtual tour. But please have in mind that all these applications do not have the same quality, and there may be features that are not available with all applications.

Probably the most frequently used stitching applications are Photoshop, Google Picasa and AutoStitch. As well as that you can also stitch images in Flash but some say that the image may come out distorted. It is also said that one of the best image stitching software is the Panasonic Lumix. It comes with all Panasonic Digital cameras and it is called Panorama Maker. It is available for both Windows and OS, making it a panoramic photography tool for virtual anybody.

Usually all 360 virtual tour programs come with a sample set of photos on which to experiment. With some of the programs you will have to select the whole set of photos. They are then opened simultaneously and put together and the finished photo is automatically saved. You may even find such applications to open your picture viewer to show you the result. With certain applications you can even get an image where you look 360 degrees around a room by moving the mouse left or right, and you think you are actually in the room looking around.

There has been an increase in the demand of 360 virtual tours lately; as a result of that there is an increase in the number of people who are interested in 360 virtual tours as well. Being successful in this type of photography greatly depends on the stitching program.

By Estelle Judah

Photography has come a long way in the past 50 years. In fact, not just the past 50 years, the evolution of photography into the diverse field it is today is truly amazing. With time photography has evolved into diverse fields like travel photography, food photography, photojournalism and much more. In fact, today still life photography alone has many diverse fields like food photography, jewellery photography etc. A common misconception that people have when it comes to photography is that a single photographer can take care of all kinds of photographic requirements.

The most interesting aspect of photography is the shift from film based photography to digital storage based photography. Today even ‘old school’ photographers have started using digital SLR cameras to capture the most vivid and vibrant images possible. Compared to the every day use digital cameras available in the market, professional photographers use SLR (single-lens reflex) cameras. A SLR camera can costs anything between $1000 and $5,000. The SLR camera rarely utilizes digital enhancement of the images (for example, unlike regular digital cameras the zoom feature in a digital SLR camera is purely optical) and a digital SLR camera has far superior optics when compared to the digital cameras available for everyday use.

The reason why most photographers prefer digital storage over film is that digital images are easier to manage and can be easily distributed. For example, if a photograph has been clicked using a traditional SLR camera, the negative has to be developed, the photo scanned and then digitally ‘fixed’ before it is ready for electronic distribution. However, with digital storage, there are no such problems, and a camera can be connected to a digital printer and within seconds it is possible to produce hard copies of the digital images. In fact this is the reason why digital SLR cameras have become so popular, the storage mechanism is the same as digital cameras, but the quality of images is as good as traditional SLR cameras. The only advantage that traditional film based cameras have over digital SLR cameras is that the images can be over and underexposed as per the photographers convenience, also since the capture field of digital cameras is static, they are more prone to problems like dust.

One of the popular forms of photography today is Commercial Photography. Commercial photography is a broad term that is used to describe photography that is purely commercial in nature. Commercial photography includes advertising photography, fashion and glamour photography, food photography, fine art photography, portrait photography and other similar forms of photography designed for commercial use. Recently, photojournalism too has also been classified as a form of commercial photography, as the eventual purpose of photojournalism is to sell photographs to newspapers and news agencies. By and large, commercial photography is for professional photographers that can utilize their expertise to make money. Commercial photography is diverse, and ever day an ever increasing number of commercial photographers are joining one of the many disciplines of commercial photography that exist today. It is only a matter of time before newer disciplines are added to commercial photography.

Estelle Judah is the author of this article on Commerical Photographer.

By David Peters

Most photographs aren’t just well-defined black and white boundaries - in fact, none of them are. So when faced with angles, gradients, or irregular shapes, the computer has to use its stored rules to guess what color the new pixels should be. In theory, the better routines allow the computer to do a pretty good job at smoothing out the image when the resolution is increased and all those new pixels are put in place. In practice, unlike in the movies or on TV, you can’t get information out of a picture that isn’t there. That tiny black dot on the horizon isn’t going to turn into an umbrella when you double the resolution, it will just be a bigger black dot. So if you need a “bigger picture” than you have, why not use interpolation? The trick is that the interpolation done in your camera is not the same as the interpolation done in your computer’s editing software.

You can recreate the settings of a favorite shot or repeat a favorite effect, and higher-level information such as special lenses and light metering modes can be invaluable as you advance your knowledge of photography. You can even share this information with friends or colleagues to help duplicate tricky shots, or create a database or spreadsheet of the effects of specific settings to help you recreate effects or types of shots under different conditions. An example would be keeping track of how white balance changes affect the appearance of particular colors. Instead of making notes of what changes you made and what order photos were taken in (particularly when the string of photos were all taken of the same scene), you can skip the notes and compare the settings in the EXIF data instead. Then, when you work on your log, you can copy setting information over and just make a note about which settings worked best.

Rough Side of RAW: RAW formats differ from camera to camera and there are debates about camera programming that provides some control over your RAW files by the camera manufacturer. Where protests have been issued, there is an effort to provide standardized RAW formats that would better serve the consumer where general market software could be used to edit the RAW material. If your computer is equipped with lots of processing memory, RAW data will not be as much a problem, however presently, RAW files take a lot more time to open and process than JPEG and TIFF files. That is where the option to capture in RAW and JPEG simultaneously is a strong benefit. While standard editing software is now offered on the market, the way that software processes RAW files may differ depending on how the software from the manufacturer is recognized by the software. Thus, be sure to find and ask a savvy sales expert. Most sensors record light over a 12-bit range, with intensities of more or less 4096 possible values. Each sensor with 12-bit output is one and a half bytes. So our small chip with 20,000 light cells gives a raw output of 30,000 bytes. In an actual file there is some non-image information, but that can be ignored for simple calculations.

Analog or film cameras use the term ASA speed, however it is important to remember that a single digital camera can capture and store images at several ISO speeds. Amplifying the image signal in a camera can also amplify noise and thereby higher ISO speeds may produce progressively more noise in the photo. The character of an image in a photo can also change noise. Where lighter areas in analog or film photos tend to have the most noise, it is the darker areas of digital photographs that have the largest amount of noise. Digital cameras produce three types of noise called random noise, fixed pattern noise and banding noise. Random noise describes the abnormal intensity of color fluctuations compared to the rest of the photograph. It is most influenced by the ISO speed however the pattern of random noise may change even if exposure settings remain the same. Random noise may be the least objectionable, but the most difficult to remove where the noise is too often mistaken for true image characteristics. Fixed Hot pixels or fixed pattern noise describe pixel intensity that far exceeds that of ambient random noise fluctuations.

If you are looking to turn your pictures into pieces of art, there are many options available to you, as well. You can turn your print into a black and white picture and hand color some details. You can create beautiful special effects that will really make your digital photo stand out in a crowd, too. As you can image, the tools to create the perfect picture can cost a lot of money, if you have to purchase them. If you are on a budget, or just like to save money, anything you can find for free is a bonus! Well, there are free photo editors out there, you just have to look for them. Since the introduction of the Internet, there are literally thousands upon thousands of pages of information that are geared specifically toward helping you achieve the pictures of your dreams. You don’t have to spend one penny to edit your photographs. All you need is access to a computer and scanner and you are well on your way. Just log onto any one of the number of free photo editor applications available and a whole new world of editing possibilities will be right at your fingertips. Don’t let your money, or lack of, keep you from making the best pictures, just download some freeware and start editing your own pictures!

At the opposite end of the spectrum, you can take advantage of the extremely short duration of the flash in low-light situations. Flash firing time can be as short as 1/50,000 of a second, and while the camera’s CCD sensor will remain active longer than that, almost all of the light in a dark scene that reaches the CCD will be from that flash event. This can effectively “freeze” the action as if you were using a shutter speed faster than your camera can support. Small built-in flash units have a very short “reach,” often providing effective light only as far as two or three meters. This weakness, however, can be turned into a strength if you think about how you want to compose your scene. Certainly for “isolating” or emphasizing your subject, the ability to move only a short distance from background objects and radically reduce their light level is handy. In night shots outdoors or low-level indoor shots, the “weaker” flash gives more control over the content of the shot by dramatically reducing the “foreground” and magnifying the effect of distance.

Secure Digital (SD) cards were designed to replace the older MMC standard - but it’s beginning to look like the reverse may happen. The good news is that SD cards are available in larger sized - up to 4 Gigabytes, and higher speeds than MMC cards currently are. In theory, SD cards are the fastest on the market. In practice, it’s almost a dead heat with Compact Flash cards. The bad news is that SD cards are losing market share rapidly, though they are still used in many cameras. The better news is that if the MMC standard takes over, full-size MMC cards can be used in SD slots. Compact Flash (CF) is one of the oldest and most popular standards available today. They have the widest range of sizes (up to 8 Gigabytes with larger microdrive-based cards rumored) and are quite quick. Currently they compete only with SD cards for the high-end camera market, and their position looks more secure than SD. New developments in wireless transfer support for cameras and links to external drive packs may cement CF cards’ place.

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Built in 1392 during the reign of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, the Nine-Dragon Wall in Datong is a screen wall measuring 45.5 meters long, 8 meters high and 2.02 meters wide. The Nine-Dragon Wall is the largest of its kind now in existence in China. Similar walls were built all over the country where the emperors and other prominent people lived. This particular wall was built at the gate of the dwelling place of Lord Zhu Gui, the 13th son of Zhu Yuanhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Here’s a look into the Christianization of the Igorots as presented during the 50th Anniversary of the Holy Rosary High School entitled: “Kayan Mission: A Brief History”.

In 1665, more than a hundred years after the discovery of the Philippines by the Spaniards, a Spanish Military Expedition under the command of Admiral Pedro Duran de Monforte reached Kayan (Cayan in old records) through thick and thorns in search for gold which was believed to exist along the mountains of now named Lepanto. With them were three Agustinian friars, one of whom was Father Pedro Diaz, who settled in Kayan, hence the origin of “the Old Mission of Kayan”, also known as the Mission of the Archangel Michael.

The Spaniards found the entrance to the gold mines but were not able to excavate them, instead the missionaries found a store of “gold” among the people of the mountains. “The place was deserted when they reached Kayan, but soon the people slowly came around when they sensed the friendly character of their visitors. The golden souls of the “Ygolotes” (mountaineers trading gold in the lowlands), so long hungry for the good message to reach them.” Three years of vain search and the lack of proper instruments and the necessary skills for mining made the expedition leave frustrated, with Fr. Diaz and some converts leaving with them.

When Father Diaz left, the people rapidly forgot their Christian teachings and went back to animism, however missionaries from Candon and other towns from the lowlands made repeated trips to Kayan and the surrounding villages to visit and comfort the new Christian, notwithstanding the dangers and bad conditions of those journeys to the mountains. There was rebellion against the conquestadores and the Igorots were often out hunting for human heads to offer in their own animistic rites. As shown in the records of the churches of Tagudin and Bangar, there were eighty three adults from Kayan baptized between 1753 and 1755.

Extensive expeditions were made in 1836, 1877 and in 1881, but in 1881, more than two hundred years after the first expedition by Duran, a permanent Spanish Military garrison was stationed in Kayan with a missionary priest of the Agustinian Order, Padre Rufino Redondo who continued on converting the Igorots to the Christian Faith. From 1881 to 1890, a total of 218 marriages were officiated, 686 children and 586 adults were baptized, and 395 Christian burials were recorded (Little Apostle, 1940).

On November 1907, two missionaries of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) settled in the Mountain Province, one in Bontoc and the other in Bauko. These two pioneers were Rev. Fr. C. Jurgens and Fr. J. Sepulchre. Fr. J. Sepulchre (the first Belgian Father to visit Kayan after the Spanish Occupation) lived in Bauko for a while. Meanwhile, the missionary work in Kayan has to be started all over again. Kayan then became an outstation of Bauko and was regularly visited by the zealous Fr. Sepulchre and his successors.

The latest was Fr. Jose Portelange (the reorganizer of the Kayan Mission) who was obliged to make Cervantes his residence from where he visited Kayan, Bauko and their barrios. During the time of Fr. Portelange, Kayan was divided into two factions, the upper and the lower camps. When he said mass in the upper camp which was held in the house of Mr. Lino Cardenas, those from the lower camp wouldn’t join. The same was true with the lower camp. The mass for the lower camp was held at the house of Mr. Brigido Recile. It was at this point that Fr. Portelange decided to construct a chapel for Kayan and so he requested for a suitable place in lieu of the old site of the Spanish mission which was taken for another purpose. Several meetings with the people were made but in vain. Then Mr. Recile offered his house and lot for sale. Fr. Portelange took this kind and great opportunity and with some donations in his hands he wasted no time and closed the deal. The residential house was renovated into a chapel Mission in memory of the late Fr. Redican, assistant of the Right Rev. Monsignor McGlinchy of the Archdioceses of Boston and was inaugurated by Fr. Portelange himself. The Kayan Mission has since been established, Fr. Portelange succeeded in uniting the two camps in celebrating mass together.

Father Leon Wins (who spent the best of his life in working for Kayan) came to help Fr. Portelange. He was entrusted the outlaying districts of Cervantes and took charge of the Kayan Mission. Fr. Leon a sturdy priest and with his faithful mule Johnny, braved the steep trails to the barrios, rain or shine to say mass, teach catechism, and spread the gospel of God and bring the Sacraments to those in need. He gathered the children in the evenings for catechism, attracting the little ones to come by offering them medals, images and candies.

In June 1928, Father George Cardijn, a WW I veteran, came to Kayan and became the first resident missionary. He gave his best to the mission even to the cost of his health. Aside from evangelizing, teaching the doctrine of faith and serving the people in their spiritual needs, he built many chapels within the Kayan mission including that of Mankayan, which was then under the jurisdiction of his missionary district. In January 1929, he blessed a chapel in Tue, a barrio which gave him much consolation. The beautiful chapel of Tadian was built in May 1930.

In 1932, Fr. Cardijn went on leave and Fr. Juan Dekker came in his place. After a year, Fr. Cardijn was back and continued his work for five years. Because of his deteriorating health, he was transferred to La Trinidad, Benguet on May 1938 and Father Andres Marquez who was then the priest in La Trinidad came and took over. Fr. Marquez, a doctor priest, who before coming to Kayan was already known for his remarkable achievements in providing people comfort in their spiritual and physical health. He was a zealous missionary and easily won the hearts of his parishioners. Fr. Andres loved the people of the Kayan mission and was proud of them. Because of his medical ability and patience in attending to the sick he was well known not only in his mission station but also in the neighboring municipalities of Sagada, Besao, Bontoc and Mankayan.

On May 1940, Fr. Andres Marquez built a beautiful cement church with its equally beautiful interiors. It was blessed by Mons. Jose Billiet, Prefect of the Apostolate of Montanosa. The Church of the Holy Rosary was a monument to the sacrifices of the missionaries and the Christian faith of the Igorots. It defied the odds of getting leveled permanently by American bombers during WWII. Tons of bombs were dropped into the tiny village of Kayan that tore down all visible structures.

Father Andres left on July 1941 and was succeeded by Fr. Luis De Boeck who stayed only up to December of the same year. On the same month, Father Rafael Van Niewvenhove arrived. The mountains then were already occupied by the Japanese. The people evacuated to the forest but the very calm padre stayed. He did not leave his convent, even then, he did not forget his flock. He followed them in their evacuation camps to comfort and render them their spiritual needs, especially that there was an epidemic. He was harassed by Japanese soldiers and he had great difficulty traveling to the hiding places of the evacuees in the depth of the forests. When the war was over, Fr. Rafael left Kayan on February 1945. Father Carlos Desmet took over on June 6, 1945 to November 1946. A makeshift house near the church ruins was used as the church. On December of the same year, Father Harry Geeroms came. In 1950, Fr. GilHuenaerts came and started the reconstruction of the church. Under the skillful supervision of the parish priest and the brother-assistants, the church rose again. Since then, the Kayan Mission continues to survive and expand for the glory of the Lord Jesus.

Following are the clerics who served the mission either as parish priests or assistant parish priests from 1946 to the present:

Rev. Fr. Harry Geeroms
Rev. Fr. Gil Huenaerts
Rev. Fr. Cornelio Zonus
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