Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Sabang: Day 3

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
PANEL 8: RITUALS AND PERFORMANCE

An Orosipon ni Ina: A Case for the Syncretic Origin of the Peñafrancia Festival in Bicol, Philippines
          Al B. Rodriguez, Asian Center, UP Diliman

Colonizing Blood Covenants: Ritualized Friendship and Contractual Colonialism in Early Filipino-Spanish Encounters
           Arthit Jiamrattanyoo, University of Washington (WITHDRAWAL)

Sayaw sa Ginunting: A Postcolonial Analysis of a Wedding Dance
          Kyle Philip M. Ravena, University of the Philippines Diliman

8:15 AM – 9:45 AM
PANEL 7: COLONIAL IMAGES AND NARRATIVES

Revisiting the Boxer Codex: How the Filipino “Indio” within Early Modern Colonial Encounters Uncovers the Construction of the Filipino Identity
          Jessica Nicole R. Manuel, University of the Philippines Diliman • Watch on YouTube

The Mingling of Asian and European Art Traditions in the Boxer Codex Illustrations
         Clio Kimberly R. Tantoco, University of the Philippines Diliman • Watch on YouTube

Búyo in the Narratives of Early Spanish-Austronesian Intercultural Encounters
          Mark Anthony B. Cabigas, Samahan ng mga Mag-aaral ng Kasaysayan, Philippine Normal University • Watch on YouTube