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Deconstructing the Origin Story

VISAYAN ORIGIN STORY Version 2.0 Magwayan and Kaptan live happily together and bear two children: Sikalak and Sikabay. Sikabay stays close to Kaptan and Sikalak assumes that they are having an affair. Sikalak loves his sister Sikabay, and is enraged by this. He convinces Magwayan to make Kaptan disappear, but unfortunately, he brings Sikabay with him. One day Sikabay and Kaptan leave for the dark parts of the earth. After years of training, Sikalak travels to find Sikabay. Sikalak undergoes the 7 deadly challenges, a set of obstacles Magwayan and Kaptan unintentionally set up after years of sending messages to each other. After Sikalak defeats the 7 deadly challenges, he and Sikabay meet.  However, Kaptan is enraged and tells Sikalak that he and Sikabay can't be together because they are life and death respectively; having them together would cause chaos. Sikalak does it anyway, and they live together. But the children they bore each encompassed a trait from o...

GAMABA and National Artist Award

The National Artists Award is the highest recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts. Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA) or also known as National Living Treasure Award is the search for  the finest traditional artists of the land.  As envisioned under R.A. 7355, “Manlilikha ng Bayan” shall mean a citizen engaged in any traditional art uniquely Filipino whose distinctive skills have reached such a high level of technical and artistic excellence and have been passed on to and widely practiced by the present generation in his/her community with the same degree of technical and artistic competence. 

Hachiko

HACHIKO Kaibigan Mo by Sarah Geronimo and Yeng Constantino MEMBERS Oliveron . Rivera . Liao . Novicio . Margallo . Folkestad . Lagumbay . Panonce . Yapit

Open Wide: An Installation Art

DOCUMENTATION One of the drama members forming one of the legs The wrapping of the legs with wires Each group doing their assigned task Final output MEMBERS Oliveron . Rivera . Liao . Novicio . Margallo . Folkestad . Lagumbay . Panonce . Yapit

Creative Outputs

Creative Outlets Interpretation of the Sikalak and Sikabay Myths Bangles, Bracelets, and Cuffs Hannah Marie Lagumbay Samantha Faye Yapit Kayla Audrey Liao David Brent Panonce Therese Ann Rivera Aleya Oliveron Marie Jenalee Margallo Vanessa Faith Novicio Top Intertextuality between Sikalak and Sikabay and Alunsina and Tungkung Langit Hannah Marie Lagumbay Samantha Faye Yapit Kayla Audrey Liao David Brent Panonce Therese Ann Rivera Aleya Oliveron Marie Jenalee Margallo Vanessa Faith Novicio Top Reflection on the Activity Hannah Marie Lagumbay Kayla Audrey Liao Therese Ann Rivera Aleya Oliveron Marie Jenalee Margallo Vanessa Faith Novicio MEMBERS Oliveron . Rivera . Liao . Novicio . Margallo . Folkestad . Lagumbay . Panonce . Yapit

Self-Portrait Video-Blogs

SELF-PORTRAITS Kayla Audrey Liao Hannah Marie Lagumbay Marie Jenalee Margallo Therese Ann Rivera Aleya Oliveron David Brent Panonce Vanessa Faith Novicio Samantha Faye Yapit Christian Folkestad MEMBERS Oliveron . Rivera . Liao . Novicio . Margallo . Folkestad . Lagumbay . Panonce . Yapit

Historical Background and Findings : A Photo Essay

SIKALAK AND SIKABAY Historical Background and Findings Ancient Filipinos have taken great importance in nature. They revolved their beliefs in accordance with nature and they also worship nature spirits. We can conclude from this fact that ancient Filipinos have realized the role of nature in their lives. They appreciated the gifts of nature and in return, give back to nature by taking care of it. It is a great lesson to us modern Filipinos to learn the impact of our actions on our environment. Let us go back to our roots where nature is the centre of our lives. To stop the current issue of our environmental destruction, we must learn to respect and value nature. Before the Spanish Colonization, ancient Filipinos had their own culture and beliefs focusing on nature and its spirits. Most legends, epics, myths and other traditional stories are passed through oral communication from one generation to another, resulting in differences and variety of interpretatio...