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Magical Malasimbo

Magical Malasimbo

Just behind a comical sign that reads “Please don’t feed the natives” is a man buried neck deep in the ground. His head, which he rotates slowly, is at the center of a spiderweb of colorful strings. He will remain this way, with his colorful cloth headress and white-painted face, for six hours. It’s the type of commitment to art, self-expression, and creativity that embodies the Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival.

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Published at 2018-03-20 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary, Entertainment

Tags: Magic, Malasimbo

When Filipinos Had Holidays on Ice

When Filipinos Had Holidays on Ice

when things aren't working out at home or in life in general. I sort of had my own version of that when growing up in Manila. Yes, I had been to one or two of the circuses that came to Manila; but when I saw my third “Holiday on Ice” (HOI) show, I wanted to run away and join them, and not because of any dissatisfaction or unhappiness in my personal life at the time.

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Published at 2018-03-15 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary

Tags: Magic, Western

Myth, Magic and Madonnas in Eye-Opening Philippine Art Exhibition

Myth, Magic and Madonnas in Eye-Opening Philippine Art Exhibition

There are just 25 objects, including a Madonna, some trousers and a chest ornament, in San Francisco Asian Art Museum’s Philippine Art: Collecting Art, Collecting Memories exhibition, raising doubts that such a complex culture could even begin to be appreciated, much less fathomed, through so few specimens.

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Published at 2018-03-12 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Magic, Mythology, art, exhibition

Mindanao, Magic, Medicine and Mystery.

Mindanao, Magic, Medicine and Mystery.

After being brushed off for a great number of years as "superstition" and "fraud" by many, Shamanism is still in favour in Mindanao. In the rural areas and among the indigenous communities a Shaman or Sham, better known as “faith healer” is a leading person within the tribal communities. The reliance on ancestral rituals and herbal medicine has widely gained acceptance as part of the island’s captivating culture.

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Published at 2018-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Documentary, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Magic, Mindanao, medicine, mystery

Why People Die: the Bisayan Tale of Immortality Lost

Why People Die: the Bisayan Tale of Immortality Lost

There is no shortage of tales about immortality. Call it a age long human obsession or a divine mission that carries our minds from magic to science. Nevertheless mythology and folklore will always features beings who are untouched by death and characters who engage in perilous quests to find artifacts that will give them the much coveted gift of everlasting life.

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Published at 2018-01-27 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Magic, soul