Group Output #1

Charisse Longos, Traditional Art

Hair & Photography: Christia Tangin

Make up & Edit: Glenysse Maligro

Arranged by: Zedec Pacaldo

Lights: Stephen Quijano

Filipino Folklores

By Rhianne Veloso

Philippines is a famous country known for its rich culture and tradition. It has varied cultural influences that affects the daily living activities of the Filipinos. Nowadays, the culture and traditions of Filipinos are slowly fading out of norm and awakens curious minds leading to new knowledge especially about the characteristics of Filipinos. Filipino culture is very evident and has largely been appreciated and even applauded in many parts of the world.

In terms of arts, literature and music, there are a lot of things to know about Filipinos. They are very fond of music. Creative and resourceful as they are, they generate sounds from random things they have. People are also fond of folklore, which was influenced by the early church and Spanish literature. Story telling was once the favorite pastimes of the Filipino ancestors. Folklores were passed orally, that explains how stories get twisted passing from one mouth to another and these folklores doesn't have concrete authors. One of the iconic writers is Jose Rizal, the country's national hero. He is famous for his literature and novels inspired from the independence story of country. Philippine contemporary art focuses more on the daily living activities of Filipinos in different mediums such as sculptures, paintings or even pottery. It shows the development of creativity of the Filipinos and clearly improved over time.

One of the famous folklores which was potrayed by the class was a visayan folklore entitled "The Creation of Sun and Moon". The Visayans are a Philippine ethnic group native to the whole Visayas, to the southernmost islands of Luzon and to most parts of Mindanao. This region of the Philippines holds too many old superstitions and old explanatory tales. Prior to the arrival of Catholicism, precolonial Visayans adhered to a complex animist-Hindu system where spirits in nature were believed to govern all existing life.

The folklore depicts a lot of Filipino characteristics such as the belief in gods and goddesses. As everyone knows, Filipinos are very religous people more that half of the population is Roman Catholic. It does not only show the positive side of a person but also its negative counterparts that cannot be escaped by anyone. This has been a mark of the Filipino culture, the endless stories that has to be told and the secrets of more wonders from the country of the Philippines.

Kisha Vilvestre, Contemporary Art

Hair & Photography: Christia Tangin
Make up & Edit: Glenysse Maligro
Arranged by: Zedec Pacaldo
Lights: Stephen Quijano

"For me, Contemporary Art is the interpretation of modern artists to the art that influenced them. It is how they express their understanding of what art is through different mediums mixed with current issues and problems."

Traditional and Contemporary Art

Hair & Photography: Christia Tangin
Make up & Edit: Glenysse Maligro
Arranged by: Zedec Pacaldo
Lights: Stephen Quijano

The Creation of Sun and Moon

By Eddy Ziga

The infamous myth of The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Stars is an origin story hailing from the Visayan Islands.Coming from a land of culture, custom, traditions and diversity, the katutubong Cebuanos believed that the world came into being when the sky, Kaptan and the sea, Maguayan fell in love and were wed.

Shortly after the fateful wedding, the sky's son, the wind Lihangin and the sea's daughter Lidagat got married and bore four beautiful children: the mighty Likalibutan, the dynamic Liadlao, the lethargic Libulan, and the lovely Lisuga were the products of their union.

Until such time that their father, the breeze, Lihangin passed away and their mother Lidagat followed suit, Likalibutan inherited and gained power over the winds. This newly-acquired ability filled his head and fed his ego and he became determined to gain control over the sky as well. Mad with greed, he persuaded his siblings, Liadlao and Libuwan to fight with him. Together, they sought out their grandfather, Kaptan, in an attempt to seige his throne.

Alas, they failed and the angered sky god struck them all with a lightning bolt. Even the innocent Lisuga suffered the same fate as her siblings: molten beings that we now know as the great celestial bodies governing the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars. Whereareas, the wicked Likalibutan's body became rocky and muddy in which Maguayan planted a seed in. The seed grew to be a bamboo stalk, in which the first man and woman will emerge from.

The essence of the story is very simple: Power and Debauchery are of the two opposite sides of the same coin. What balances this equation is responsibility and discipline. When one is responsible and disciplined, all else will follow. Soon, one will know and come into terms with their limitations. As the old song goes, "too much love will kill you." Too much of anything can kill you, actually. One must become contented with what he has in order to prosper. (And not take on your ancient grandfather, wrong move Likalibutan!)

Another lesson is that the tale is actually reminding us about the bond between the members of a family. At the end of the day, no matter how flawful (or flawless) you can be, your family will always be there to love, nourish and cherish you. They will always be willing to see past through all your shortcomings simply because you are family; blood of your blood. Family is the real superhero, and the best one that you can have in a lifetime.

So, moral of the story? If you have a powerful grandfather, DO NOT RALLY UP YOUR SIBLINGS AND ATTACK HIM! You might be melted and be suspended in the sky for everyone to marvel or worse, be the medium for the birth of humankind that will sooner infect earth itself. (Yikes!)