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Doing small Ned’s Lola posts for the holidays! This one is for Fil-Am History Month & Halloween!

(Sorry I’m late to post here on tumblr)

Guest starring #TheRealestBayani and Kuya/Lumpiaman/ Mark M from the @lumpiamovie <<<don’t forget to check out #LumpiaWithAVengeance if it’s playing in your city this weekend!

- 1st slide - So this evolved a great deal, I initially wanted to transform the Jeopardy meme into a cover and keep it in the MCU as like a Shang-Chi speaking out for us. But Ike has actually never been in a Marvel film (as far as I know), so I brought his Suicide Squad character over. At which point I was like - well if I’m going to do that, I should bring over any Filipina/o characters from the DCU. Hence Ella Jay Basco (Cassandra) and Ivory Aquino (Alysia) But then I was like, something didn’t feel right - well if this is a multiverse thing, I felt like I needed to ask for Kuya and Bayani to be there. And, of course, the usuals are here - Jacob B (Ned), Ned’s Lola, Ginger G (Nikki), Dave B (Drax), Yssa (Sonya), Eugene C (Casey), Jane R(Ayla), Hailee(Kate), and Iris(Wave)!

- 2nd slide - The Halloween cover. Really wanted to do some of our mythological creatures, but in that old Jack Kirby style. When I started these covers, the intent was to keep with the old school style, but I feel like I’ve strayed a bit. By the way, forget horror masters.. man our folklore digs deep in some really messed up stuff. Have you guys read what a Tiyanik is/does? Man either the most demonic things ever just exist in the Phils, or our ancestors got the most twisted creative imagination.

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The Moon. Art by Lynyrd-Jym Narciso, from The Southeast Asian Myths & Stories Tarot.

This alternative moon card features the one-eyed Philippine moon goddess, Mallari, whose beauty shone like a beacon in the night. One of her eyes was blinded in a battle against her elder brother, Apolake, the god of the sun. Their story is the tale of how the moon's light became dimmer than that of the sun's. Another figure in the image is the celestial dragon Baconaua, one of the many moon-swallowing creatures in Philippine mythology (the spiderweb behind them also references another moon-swallower, this time in the form of a giant celestial spider). These tales were how the ancients explained the occurrences of lunar and even solar eclipses.

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MOVIE REVIEW(S): Cinemalaya 2017 full-length features (Respeto, Kiko Boksingero, Baconaua, Nabubulok, Ang Pamilyang Di Lumuluha)

MOVIE REVIEW(S): Cinemalaya 2017 full-length features (Respeto, Kiko Boksingero, Baconaua, Nabubulok, Ang Pamilyang Di Lumuluha)

My favorite time of the year has already come, it’s Cinemalaya season once again! Since today is the last day of this year’s Cinemalaya run, it’s time for me to give my final verdict. Here are my thoughts on this year’s full-length features. Take note that I only got to watch 5 out of 9 films in competition, so I’m only reviewing and ranking the ones I’ve seen. This list is ranked, 1 being the…

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Another Cinemalaya movie. #Baconaua (at UP Town Center Cinema)

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Bakunawa #Bakunawa #BaconauaHiligaynon #Baconaua #Hiligaynon A children’s game called Bakunawa for 10 or more players involves one player as Buan, the moon, while another is Bakunawa. The remainder form a circle, holding hands and facing inwards. The moon starts inside the circle and Bakunawa is outside. The goal of the children in the circle is to prevent Bakunawa from entering the circle and capturing the moon – the moon itself cannot leave the circle. Bakunawa can ask individual players “What chain is this?” and they can answer that it is an iron, copper, abaca, or any material they can think of. When Bakunawa captures the moon, the players exchange roles or swap with players in the circle. References Jocano, F. L. (1969) The Traditional World of Malitbog. Bookman Printing House, Quezon City. de Lisboa, M. (1865) Vocabulario de la Lengua Bicol. Establecimento Tipografico del Colegio de Santo Tomas, Manila. Ramos, M. D. (1971) Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology. University of the Philippines Press, Quezon. Ramos, M. D. (1973) Filipino Cultural Patterns and Values. Island Publishers, Quezon City. Ramos, M. D. (1990) Tales of Long Ago in the Philippines. Phoenix Publishing House, Quezon City. Reyes-Tolentino, F. and Ramos, P. (1935) Philippine Folk Dances and Games. Silver, Burdett and Company, New York.

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Bakunawa #Bakunawa #BaconauaHiligaynon #Baconaua #Hiligaynon The Asian eclipse monster has analogues in China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand, and the South Sea Islands. In the Philippines, where the legend is widespread, it is usually a dragon or serpent or even an enormous bird. Bakunawa, “Eclipse”, is one of the best-known. The Bakunawa of the Cebuano, or Baconaua as it is known to the Hiligaynon, is a colossal, fishlike dragon as large as the Negros and Cebu islands. It resembles a shark, with gills, a lake-sized mouth, and a striking red tongue. Whiskers one palmolong are found adorn its mouth. In addition to its powerful ash-gray wings, it has smaller wings along its sides. Long ago there were seven moons in the sky. Bakunawa gobbled them up one by one until it came to the last and largest moon. It failed to swallow it, and tried to bite it into manageable chunks, sinking its teeth deep into the moon’s surface. To this day the bakunawa’s teeth-marks can still be seen on the moon. Every now and then the bakunawa will take to the sky and attempt to finish the job it started by swallowing the moon, causing an eclipse. To make it release the moon, utensils are clanged loudly together to startle it. The bakunawa’s den is in the deepest parts of the sea. In January, February, and March its head faces north and its tail south; in April, May, and June its head faces west and its tail east, in July, August, and September its head points south and its tail north; and in October, November, and December its head is east and its tail west. The positions of the bakunawa during those four phases are used to divine the best time to build houses.