When I posted throwback pics from 2008 of Bulong dance-drama presented in the six towns of Marinduque as part of the NCCA-PGM National Arts Month-Araw ng Marinduque project, I had no inkling that it would be restaged one and a half months later. But it happened.
Matagumpay na naisagawa ng Teatro Balangaw sa pamamahala ng inyong lingkod ang pagtatanghal ng "Bulong" kasama ang Pangkat Kalutang, Moriones at Putong sa pangunguna ng Tanggapan ni Cong. Lord Allan Q. Velasco at pakikipagtulungan ng Tanggapan ni Mayor Bert Madla at kanyang Engineering Office. Ito ay may kinalaman sa Marinduque hosting ng PICE Technical Conference ng mga delegates from Calabarzon at Mimaropa at iba pang rehiyon mula March 22-24.
Marinduque Congressman's Cultural Night for Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) 19th Technical Conference for Calabarzon and Mimaropa Regions, March 23, 2018,
Boac Covered Court
Presented by Teatro Balangaw
Sponsored by Cong. Lord Allan Q. Velasco
Photos courtesy of Toby Jamilla Photography
What is BULONG?
This
Dance-Drama was inspired by a compilation of Marinduque’s folklores published
in 1914 and annotated by anthopologist Henry Otley Beyer, known as the Father
of Philippine Anthropology. “Bulong”, pronounced boo’-long, is defined as the
collective name of spirits that bodily transport humans into another place or
dimension. It is thus a glimpse into local traditional stories and bits and
pieces of Marinduque’s ancient history.
SYNOPSIS:
Teenage
Salve catching ‘bilabila’ (butterflies), gets lost in the forest. She finds
herself in the company of elemental spirits and creatures of the underworld
like patianacs, asuangs, duwendes, lambanas, engkanto, white lady. She is taken
to the world of her ancestors under the rule of Katalona and witnesses their
rituals and practices and how these were supplanted by a new set of beliefs. The
spirits free her at last but Engkanto, calling in Aswangs get in the way. With
no one to save Salve except herself, she uses the folk formula to set herself
free from her vicious abductors.
Ms. Margaux Perolino singing Marinduque Akin Ka
MARINDUQUE CULTURAL SHOWCASE for PICE
SPONSORED BY HON.
CONG. LORD ALLAN Q. VELASCO, Lone District of Marinduque
TEATRO BALANGAW:
Artistic Director: ELI J. OBLIGACION
Associate Director: CELO J. SALVACION
Production Manager: SHERWIN GALON
Choreographers: SHERWIN GALON, JOHN LUMABAN & JHANAMAE MEDALLON
Costume Design: SHERRY ANNE CONSTANTINO; Props Design: JHANAMAE MEDALLON
Lights and Sound: RRC Lights & Sound
Mural Artists: RED NALING, RAYMOND GO
Teatro Balangaw Ensemble
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Office of the Representative, Lone District of Marinduque
Office of the Mayor, Municipality of Boac
Department of Education
Bangbang National High School
IMD Dancers; Marinduque National High School
PICE Marinduque
