Mindanao Writers' Blogs - A collection of Mindanao writers' blogs. - Part 102
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The Copernican Revolution

By Jeffrey B. Langlois The Copernican revolution was one of the most important steps forward in the advancement of our knowledge of the universe. The notion that the Earth is not the center of the universe, but actually is a planet, like Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and ...

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The Big Bang Theory (seven strong pillars upon which it rests)

by Jeffrey B. Langlois What are the grounds for believing in Big Bang Cosmology? I have listed below, seven powerful pieces of evidence for the big bang theory. By the way, I am very open to the idea that the big bang is only one of an infinite number of big bangs, ...

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Immortality

“You shouldn’t say you’re 49; you should say either you’re 50 or you’re 48—but NEVER 49. It’s bad luck,” or so went the ...

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Waway Saway: Visitations from a Talaandig Artist

by Geejay Arriola Waway Linsahay Saway (Christian name: Rodelio), is a byword among contemporary artists and indigenous communities in Mindanao. A teacher at the Talaandig School of Living Traditions in the highlands of Sungko, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Waway lives on his tribe’s music and art. Waway belting out a song in his mountain home Son of ...

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Reinvention in Theatre

by Geejay Arriola Sining Kabayoka’s Pilandok When I first saw the play “Halik sa Kampilan” by Sining Kambayoka in 1983, I was enthralled and inspired. I knew for sure that “Halik” was a landmark in Philippine Theatre History. And it was. More than a decade later, I saw two other productions of Sining Kambayoka—”Pilandok” in ...

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Don Giovanni

By Jeffrey Langlois Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is certainly an incredible masterpiece. It one of three great Italian comedy operas that Mozart and his friend Italian librettist friend, Lorenzo DaPonte wrote together, the other two being Cosi Fan Tutti, and Don Giovanni. Perhaps there is no ...

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