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Kurit-Lagting, a collective artistic collaboration of Bicolano artists from Sorsogon, Albay, Catanduanes, Masbate and Camarines provinces with art advocacies on human rights and the environment initiated the Kurit Art and Design Academy (KADA) Hands-Online Workshops to help their fellow artists and members who were...
When literature is a rap
Text and photos by Bernard Testa
“Ma’ kung saan ka man ngayon,
ok lang ako, huwag kang mag-alala,
mag-aaral ako. Huwag kang malulungkot
dahil hindi ako sumasama sa masasamang
barkada, kakanta lang ako…
”
Seventeen-year-old Vin Andrei Laxamana Montañez is an underground rapper. A resident of Sitio Lower Lucban, Barangay...
Glancing at Ermita: From Rizal Park to Solidaridad
Rosario arrived in Alabang at 2 o’clock in the morning. We needed to wait for the dawn before travelling to our destinations for the day, so we stayed in a 24/7 coffee shop to kill the time.
We reached Rizal Park just right after...
Lukáš Sommer performs in the Philippines to remember Czech Liberation Day
Melodies of each note echoing in the room, the intricate finger style that transposes from one note to another and the passion burning in every music played. The soul is, indeed, alive as renowned Czech guitarist, Lukáš Sommer, serenaded the Philippines during his...
Monk in the City: Dada Shiveshananda
He sat in the middle of the temple with his legs crossed and eyes closed. The view was rather familiar, though I have not seen it since the last time I was at his training center.
He was Dada Shiveshananda, but I personally call...
Noticing Makati from underneath the sky
My feet were nailed for a while to the ground after seeing what was happening before me: The half-human half-horse creature, a tikbalang, was being choked from behind by someone or something. I could not see if it was a human or another...
