TALAANDIG 1001 MILLENNIUM SOIL PAINTING PROJECT
Tulugan, Sungko, Lantapan, Bukidnon
To Our Dear Partners and Friends:
We are pleased to invite you to be one of our individual/institutional partner and sponsor of the Talaandig 1001 Millenium Soil Painting Project which will be implemented from October 15, 2009 to October 15, 2010 by Indigenous Community Artists of the Talaandig People of Bukidnon with the special participation of Children and other tribes in Mindanao.
About the Project
The Talaandig 1001 Soil Painting Project is a one year production of more than a thousand soil paintings by the Talaandig people of Bukidnon with the unlimited participation of children and other tribes in Mindanao. It will be implemented in five themes: (1) Stories of Creation, (2) Traditional Peace Pacts, (3) Talaandig epic (“ulaging”) and similar epics of other tribes of Mindanao, (4) Folktales, and (5) Issues on land, culture and environment.
After the production period, a one year soil painting exhibit will be organized at the Talaandig community. Thereafter, the participating artists from the other tribes of Mindanao will be assisted for the launching of their soil paintings at their respective communities.
Goal and Objectives
- To develop soil painting as an artistic and creative medium for cultural awareness, education and preservation of indigenous cultural heritage of the Talaandig People and other tribes of Mindanao.
- To promote soil painting as medium for peace campaign and advocacy amidst conflicts in Mindanao and the outside world.
- To develop soil painting as vehicle for cultural understanding and unity among the people in Mindanao and the whole country.
- To utilize soil painting as center for the development of a sustainable economic enterprise of the Indigenous Peoples in Mindanao.
Areas of Support
Partners and friends who wish to offer voluntary support the Talaandig 1001 Millennium Soil Painting Project could serve as sponsor to any of the following requirements of the project:
- Materials needed for soil painting (i.e., cloth canvass, paint brushes, gallons of white glue, painting frames, etc.)
- Series of Soil Painting Workshops for the Children
- Participation of Other Tribal Artist in Mindanao
- Construction of Bamboo Shelters for the Paintings
- A Monthly Subsidy of at least One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos for the participating Artists
- Specific theme of the Soil Painting project (i.e., cultural awareness and education, peace advocacy and campaign, environmental awareness, Epics of the Talaandig and Other tribes of Mindanao, Issues and problems on land, culture and nature.)
Principles for Sponsorship
The Talaandig 1001 Millennium Soil Painting Project is a self determination project. Its implementation is based on the principle of self governance and self reliance. Sponsorship of the project must be free from any form of control and compulsory requirements that will alter the peoples self determination and cultural sovereignty.
Participation of Partners and Donor Institutions
Potential donors and partners will be invited for their voluntary commitment and support to the project during the launching date which will take place between October 11-15, 2009 at the courtyard of the Talaandig School of Living Traditions at Tulugan, Sungko, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines.
Background of the Soil Painting Project
Soil Painting was introduced by Waway Saway in the Talaandig community about fifteen years already. The young artists whom Waway nurtured on the art have already participated and won prizes at the regional and national painting competitions. Many of them already earned economic benefits from the sales of their art.
The Talaandig soil painting has already gone outside the country. The latest exhibit on the Talaandig soil painting was done in South Korea during the International Book Fair while the earlier one was in the Netherlands. Several Talaandig soil paintings are already available on the web and information about it can be found in the internet.
Waway and his group shared the art and techniques in soil painting through small workshops with the children and youths in the community. Today, at least, twenty (20) community artists are ready to spearhead in meeting the challenge of producing the Talaandig 1001 Millennium Soil Painting Project.
Very Sincerely,
Datu Migketay Victorino L. Saway
Indigenous Talaandig Leader
Tulugan, Sungko, Lantapan, Bukidnon
Cell: +639194066967/ +639298785684/+639169797407
Email: migketay@yahoo.com,<tribesnet@gmail.com>
Waway Saway
Talaandig Artist
Tulugan, Sungko, Lantapan, Bukidnon
Cell: +639155960324
Email: wawayska@Email: wawayska@yahoo.com
