11.10.07
The old, old woman of Mt. Banahaw
- Mt. Banahaw, Philippines, Quezon -
By Delfin Mallari Jr.
Inquirer
SARIAYA, Quezon–With vegetables she herself grows in the cool climate of Mount Banahaw in Quezon for her daily sustenance, Filomena Remojo Relativo is only three years short of hitting the century mark.
Her body is crouched and her face wrinkled from years of hard work, but the old woman still tends her farm planted with vegetables, medicinal herbs and ornamentals.
“I’m not deaf. I can still hear you loud and clear,” Relativo shouts in Filipino in jest during the interview in her house in Barangay Mamala Uno at Banahaw’s base, also known as an abode of divine spirits.
