Tuesday, August 5, 2025

SNAP-Benguet donates traditional IP instruments to Tinongdan

Barangay Tinongdan, Itogon, Benguet, headed by Barangay Captain Edwin Atumpag received traditional instruments from SNAP-Benguet on July 21, 2025.

As part of its cultural preservation and community development efforts, SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet (SNAP-Benguet) donated traditional indigenous instruments to Barangay Tinongdan, Itogon, Benguet, under its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) special projects.

On July 21, 2025, Barangay Tinongdan, led by Punong Barangay Edwin Atumpag, received solibao drums and gangsa (handheld gongs), traditional instruments vital to the community’s cultural dances and rituals. The provision of shengdi (traditional blanket) is also underway. This initiative supports the barangay development plan, which identified cultural preservation as one of its priorities.