Category: Opinion

Every Halloween when I was a child, I would see people getting possessed on the news. This is called sapi. This is a very common

By Rob Pastera Renowned folklorists and anthropologists, Profs. Maximo Ramos and Felipe Landa Jocano emphasized the significance of Philippine Mythology in understanding the culture, values,

A few months ago, writer, fellow metalhead, and friend Karl R De Mesa sent me a link to Adamanta’s new video “Conquer.”  From the thumbnail

Philippine folktales of the Seven Skymaidens could have origins dating back 100,000 years. In the northern sky in December is a beautiful cluster of stars

The Biraddali is a fascinating belief, and the term is rarely heard in the documented Philippine folklore regarding it.  The main reason for this is

The story of the Philippine archipelago is a story of movement, which is intertwined with the story of other movements. Movement of people, movement of

As we approach 500 years since Magellan reached what would become the Philippines, I have been revisiting Antonio Pigafetta’s chronicle of the voyage.  While reading