‘JS Promdi’

Episode on February 18, 2008 Monday night after Saksi To most people, the Junior-Senior Prom is an inevitable part of the high school experience. But to the students of San Isidro National High School in Northern Samar, it is an event they will have to work extra hard to attend. Kara David documents their Junior-Senior Prom for this Monday’s I-Witness. Kara meets 16-year old Jay-Ann. She labors on a coconut farm with her father and does laundry for her teachers to save enough money to rent a prom dress. She also gathers water at Pinipisakan Falls for her neighbors. She has also learned to cut hair to make money so she can go to prom. On Valentine’s Day, the date of the JS Prom, the girls get all dolled up, but have to walk miles over muddy roads to get to the event. At the dance, they perform the “Kurakha" where money is pinned on dancing couples by those in the audience. Their opportunity to bond with friends, to date for the first time, and to experience being a teenager in a poor barrio is documented by Kara David for I-Witness, this Monday late night over GMA 7.

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Ngayong Lunes sa I-Witness, dadalo si Kara David sa isang Junior-Senior Prom sa San Isidro National High School sa Northern Samar. Hindi biro para sa mga kabataan dito ang maging bahagi ng JS Prom. Makikilala ni Kara si Jay- Ann, 16-taong gulang. Masigasig itong tumutulong sa pagkokopra ng kanyang tatay at paglalaba ng damit ng titser para makasali sa matagal na niyang inaabangang sayawan. Si Nenita bukod sa pag-iigib ng tubig sa Pinipisakan Falls, nag-siside line bilang barbero para makapag-renta ng isusuot na gown. Sa Araw ng mga Puso gagawin ang JS Prom. Ang mga mag-aaral magme-make-up, susuotin ang kanilang gown, at lalakarin ang mga mapuputik na kalsada para makadalo. Sa gabi ring ito, isasayaw nila ang "Kurakha", sinasabitan o binibigyan ng pera ang mga sumasayaw at nagpupunta ang naipong pera sa eskwela. Inaabot ng alas- tres ng madaling araw ang sayawan. Isang di malilimutang gabi dahil pinagpaguran at pinanlano nang husto. Samahan si Kara David sa isang pinakahihintay na sayawan, Lunes ng hatinggabi sa I-Witness ng GMA 7.