on this 2010 trip directing harana cinematic concert…the issue of colonization looms large..front and center… ahh.. i’m trying to make sense of this seemingly chaotic narrative..anachronistic cultural landscape of this island nation..inang bayan.. in tagaytay, i stay in a beautiful villa owned by one of emilio aguinaldo’s grand children..a villa overlooking the taal volcano–a [...]
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ancient pasig river is now
Posted in 1, Arts, Community, Culture, indigenous spirituality, Kularts, mindanao, Pasig River, ritual, Thoughts, tagged colonization, culture, ritual, rivers, sprituality, travel, tribal on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Indigenous Spirituality #1 Trance Dancing in Mindanao
Posted in Arts, Community, cotabato, Culture, dance, indigenous spirituality, mindanao, ritual, Thoughts, tagged babaylan, culture, mindanao, Philippines, travel on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Trance Dancing in Mindanao Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Honest truth folks..because today in Cotabato rituals like guana and the larger ipat is strictly prohibited and considered un-islamic. Yup.. these rituals are pre-islamic practice of communing with the ancestral spirits. A few days after we performed this ritual my first 4-day ipat [...]
