Monday, November 26, 2012

Leonid and Zodiacal Light from Stephane Vetter on Vimeo.

The night sky that us, humans, have wondered about since time immemorial. Relevant in these days of the end of a world age and the beginning of a new one. It's 2012. From Stephane Vetter: Leonid and Zodiacal Light.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Salubong at Sayaw ng Bati in Mogpog

Salubong, (meeting), dramatizes the meeting between the Blessed Mother and her Ressurected Son, staged very early during Easter mornings through two processions meeting in a designated area where Sayaw ng Bati is then performed. A re-staging of these Holy Week rituals was held in Mogpog as the town's contribution to the Viva Marinduque project, part of the annual celebration of Philippine Arts Festival in February of every year.

Bulong scenes

. Engkanto and Asuang confront Salve in a scene from Bulong. Bulong in Marinduque is the collective name of spirits that unknowingly take their victims or subjects to another realm, supposedly experienced by some inhabitants of Marinduque.
Burial scene after a tragic fight between the natives and foreign intruders on the island.
After her ordeal in the spiritual realm, Salve returns and meets the old woman who was the last person she saw before being brought to the other world.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

some marinduque cultural symbols

Old Boac Cathedral
Reconstructed Boac Cathedral
The Boac River, destroyed in 1996 mine spill
Nature's design? Moriones watching Teatro Balangaw's Mara Unduk play on the environment