Sinug to Sinulog: Three Versions of a Dance

What it is now is far from how it began.

“Before the arrival of Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sa Sugbo on April 7, 1521, the sinug was already danced by natives as supplication to deities and nature spirits called diwata,” choreographer Ceasar Nimor explained the early practice of the dance prayer.
“We can’t really explain where—and how it started because it is a tradition.”

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Prepping RAFInians for 2018

The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) held its first General Assembly for 2018, last January 15, a review of the achievements of the Foundation last annual year and a discussion on the plans and what we should look forward to this annual year.

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