The vision is a museum of Mindanao arts, a permanent venue to tell the story about arts and artists. But that will take a lot of money to build, and so we are building with what can be had now. Tucked in a 1.3-hectare property … Continue reading A repository of Mindanao arts in the making
LUCH LIBRE, meaning free fight, is popular in Mexico as a form of professional wrestling. A visit to Mexico City for a first-timer isn’t complete without watching and cheering on the wrestlers. And so we did. As wikipedia reads: Mexican wrestling is characterized by colorful masks, … Continue reading Lucha Libre is fun, but isn’t for me
Sorry for that long break… I lost my internet connection at home and that is the only time I can write blogs, when I’m at home. Work after all is very demanding, you can’t even sneak in stray thoughts, much less maintain a blog. That … Continue reading Chinese painting
I’M obviously hooked, just in case you didn’t notice it yet. Hooked on learning how people live with so little up there in the mountains. I’m hooked too on discovering that what I thought I know pales in comparison with what the indigenous peoples know … Continue reading Not so known food practices
Horses are regaining popularity out there, after a brief period of being traded off by owners who were just too excited to own motorcycles. Horses and carabaos were the only means of public transport and cargo carrier since time immemorial in the sitios of Upian, … Continue reading Horses
Up there in the mountains where money is scarce, playthings are not stuff you would think of buying. That doesn’t mean they don’t have toys. Menfolk make tops. Big tops. Out of food. They use their bolos to make these. They chopped off a branch … Continue reading Toys for big boys
There’s is just too much art in this island, one day of going around can already fill up pages upon pages with photos. Thus, we proceed with yet another art form in this island of multifaceted culture — music and dances. Catching the expressions on … Continue reading Bali performers
It’s always an honor and a big challenge to be allowed to take photos of a production by Davao’s ballet master, Agnes Locsin. The bigger challenge being that she prohibits the use of flash, and as my show of respect to her, I likewise only … Continue reading Agnes Locsin’s “Puno: Ang Ikatlong Galaw”
It was my first time in Bali and we only had one day to go around after spending three days at the Bali Convention Center in Nusa Dua, which was a bit on the expensive side. No, not a bit. Expensive, period. That day in … Continue reading Artists and artisans of Bali
I’m trying to catch up with postings that I should’ve done in the weeks I was absent. This one came out in Sun.Star Davao on April 8, 2012 and tells about my Cebu trip that saw me joining a walking tour of heritage houses and … Continue reading Sun.Star Davao: Preserving heritage, respecting the past
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