What is the religion maranao?

Answer 1

was recently given a DVD copy of a play, ?Ang Pakikipagsapalaran ni Radia Mama-Apan,? which was presented at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. It had a full array of costumes and props reflecting the play?s origins in Maranao culture.

The quality of the production was also quite high, and made all the more striking because the actors and actresses were all children. Not only that, they were street children.

The play was a production of UP Manila?s Office of Pahinungod and Continuing Education, which handles the university?s volunteer programs. Under this office is a street kids program directed by professor Arnulfo Esguerra, who also wrote the play.

The play was produced on a very low budget: a P50,000 grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCAA), supplemented by donations from private groups and corporations, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines waiving rental fees for its Little Theater.

Most important though was the volunteer time that went into the production. C. J. Andaluz of Pixel Art Media Productions volunteered to be creative director, no small task when you think of how rowdy street children can be.

Theater has a way of taming the spirit and the production of ?Radia Mama-Apan? showed this. It was amazing how synchronized the children were, whether singing out as a chorus, playing bamboo instruments and the kulintang, or going through choreographed scenes. The movements were important because they symbolized particular activities, from courtship to warfare.