For the first time in the 25-year history of the Sambuokan Festival, Mati City brought together its Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Moro communities in a joint celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on October 27, as part of the city’s 123rd founding anniversary. Read more »
Long before telescopes could explain an eclipse, people across the Philippines believed a terrifying creature was devouring the moon. In the Visayas, that creature was known as the bakunawa, a giant serpent said to rise from the depths and swallow the glowing orb whole. Read more »
It sounds like an abandoned infant crying in the dark. Here’s what the tiyanak is said to be, where the belief came from, what old folks did to break its spell, and how a grieving mother’s ghost became a movie monster. Read more »
