Short Documentary Screening of Chiara Cox´s “Mangyan Wisdom: A Glimpse into the Filipino Soul”
October 5, 2024. 3:00 PM. Richland Library Main Theater. Free Entrance.
https://www.richlandlibrary.com/event/2024-10-05/soul-filipino-through-mangyan
The Filipino American Association of Greater Columbia (FAAGC), South Carolina will be holding a screening of Chiara Cox´s interviews with the Mangyan Heritage Center (Official) entitled “Mangyan Wisdom: A Glimpse into the Filipino Soul.” This documentary film explores the unique heritage of the Mangyan people of Mindoro and the significance of the Mangyan Writing Systems and Ambahan poetic chants to the collective Filipino identity.
There are only four indigenous Filipino scripts that have been in continuous daily use since the 10th century AD. These were inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Of these four writing systems, the Hanunuo Mangyan have their “ambahan” (poetry/song) to provide us with details of the pre-colonial Filipino. Through interviews with key people in the Mangyan Heritage Center, this video sheds light on the script, poetry/songs, and philosophy of the Mangyan and what this means in terms of the Filipino soul and the future of civilization.
A discussion will be held afterwards with the video producer Chiara Cox and local Filipino Americans Che and Eric Vejerano who lived and worked as volunteers in Mindoro with the Mangyan tribe.
This event is sponsored by Richland Library ARTHALAND and South Carolina Humanities, a state program of National Endowment for The Humanities that provides funding to programs and projects supporting the humanities in South Carolina.
A brief video of an ambahan or sung poetry with their script, a chant, and the translation of a poem can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=521160744186178
Filmscreening of “K’na The Dreamweaver”
October 24, 2024. 6:00 PM. The Nickelodeon. Free Entrance.
When K’na, a young T’boli woman, becomes a dreamweaver, she has the chance to weave together her village’s warring clans. But, will she give up true love to do so? This movie is special because it was the first time a film was allowed to be made in Lake Sebu, Mindanao, the ancestral lands of the T’boli people.
The screening will be followed by a discussion on the preservation efforts of the T’boli culture.
Filipino Classical Guitar Concert on Kundiman with world renowned composer, conductor and classical guitarist Michael Dadap
October 27, 2024. 4PM. Barnes Recital Hall, Winthrop University. Free Entrance.
https://www.winthrop.edu/cvpa/events.aspx
Winthrop University is partnering with the Filipino American Association of Greater Columbia and the South Carolina Commission for the Arts to bring to South Carolina the world renowned conductor, composer, classical guitarist and advocate of Filipino traditional music Michael Dadap in his lecture-concert on Kundiman. Maestro Dadap will be explaining the uniqueness of this traditional Filipino music genre and playing historically significant pieces for his audience.
