CULTURAL REDEMPTION LESSONS LESSON 1: SULYAP SA KULTURANG PILIPINO

INTRO

Welcome students to PK class

PK used to have 6 lessons, now down to , but in time will be having 5 lessons (standard no. of lessons per educ dept)

New first lesson is SULYAP SA KULTURANG PILIPINO

- A hands-on experience of Philippine material culture

Sulyap sa Katutubong Instrumentong Musika

• 1. Discuss: Filipinos are groupist. Expound.
     1. North – Kalinga instruments (balimbing, patanggok, saggeypo)
     2. South – Kulintang ensemble

Sulyap sa Katutubong Habi

• 1. Discuss: Filipinos are weavers. Expound.
     1. Yakan pinalantupan (wrap around), seputangan (fabric belt)
     2. Kalinga pasiking (bag)
     3. Sama banig

Sulyap sa Katutubong Estilo

• 1. Discuss: “More is beautiful.”
     1. Pananamit
     2. Paggayak ng bahay

CLOSING

Ito ay isang patikim lamang ng talakayan ng Pilipinong Kristiano.

DETAILED LESSON

LESSON 1 - SULYAP SA KULTURANG PILIPINO

INTRO

Welcome students to PK class

PK used to have 6 lessons, now down to , but in time will be having 7 lessons (standard no. of lessons per educ dept)

New first lesson is SULYAP SA KULTURANG PILIPINO

- A hands-on experience of Philippine material culture

Sulyap sa Katutubong Instrumentong Musika

• 1. Discuss: Filipinos are groupist. Expound:

- Filipinos play instruments in group. Solo instruments such as Kalinga tongali (noseflute), kubing (Jew’s harp), hegalong (native guitar) are used for courtship and worship to God.

Featured instruments:

• • 1. North – Kalinga instruments (balimbing, patanggok, saggeypo) [Hands-on playing by students]
    2. South – Kulintang ensemble (dabakan, agong, kulintang)

Remarks on kulintang: Pre-Islamic. Therefore, not to be tagged as Muslim music/instrument

Sulyap sa Katutubong Habi

• 1. Discuss: Filipinos are weavers. Expound:
• Weavers of cloth, baskets, mats
• Yakans are one of the best weavers in the world
• No printed pattern to follow like the contemporary cross-stitch.

Pattern is in the mind. Among the Tboli’s pinapanaginipan ang pattern at ipinagkakaloob ng diwata.

• No two patterns are alike. Every pattern is unique.
• Nakahabi ang kwento ng kasaysayan ng lahi nila. Mga bundok, ilog, tao, kidlat, butiki,etc.
• As young as 6 yo nagtetrain na maghabi ang batang babae using the backstrap loom.
• Nowadays, the youth are no longer interested in learning the craft. Commercial and mass produced textiles are now using machines.

Featured weaves:

• • 1. Yakan pinalantupan (wrap around), seputangan (fabric belt)
    2. Kalinga pasiking (bag)
    3. Sama banig

Sulyap sa Katutubong Estilo

• 1. Discuss: “More-is-beautiful” trait as against minimalist concept of the West. Expound:

Pananamit – maraming borloloy

Feature: one set of Tboli costume

Blouse, malong as skirt, malong as sablay, helot(belt) kwintas, hikaw, slaong (salakot)

Singkil (footbells)

Remarks on helot: 3 kilos, made of brass, drives away snakes in forest (nag- iingay kasi), unisex

Trivia: In most IP groups, mas vain ang mga lalaki, mas maraming borloloy, mas malalaki ang hikaw, belt, headdress, etc.

E.g. Subanon – mother of pearl earrings of male leader

Ifugao – groom headdress and belt vs. bride dongdong headdress Kalinga - male headdress kalugo vs. ong-ong headband of female

Remarks on kalugo headdress: Not only for aesthetics but also functional. Keeps nga-nga elements.

Paggayak ng bahay

– Some modern homes in Manila features minimalism - Western style

- Traditional homes in rural areas feature some of these elements: Picture frames, framed diploma, calendar with sexy Ginebra model, Giant rosary, pictures of family members, picture of the Sacred heart of Jesus and Mary, etc.

CLOSING

Ito ay ilan lamang sa mga katangian, ugali ng Pilipino -- isang patikim lamang ng talakayan ng Pilipinong Kristiano.

LESSON 2 : OVERVIEW OF FILIPINO HERITAGE & HISTORY

1. Introduction
   1. Prayer
   2. Lessons Offered
2. Definition of Terms
   1. Culture - way of life
      • generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance
      • includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of behavior such as law and morality, and systems of belief as well as the arts and gastronomy
   2. Redemption – to get or win back
   3. Cultural Redemption – the taking back of the creative and artistic expression from ungodly use for use in Christian worship and celebration.
   4. Indigenous Group - indigenous has the common meaning of "having originated in and being produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment"
   5. Katutubo
3. Discuss indigenous groups
   1. Statistics – 110 ethnolingiustic groups (from National Commission for

Indigenous People)

• 1. Example : Ifugao (Luzon), Tagbanua (Visayas), Manobo (Mindanao)
  2. Civilization

     has always been associated with urban phenomena but there are other civilizations that don’t have true cities, therefore suggested defining civilization in two types: urban and non-urban civilization

• urban – associated with market economy, and a merchandising middle class
• non urban – linked to a redistributive economy in the hands of a

high ranking system, to corporate or kin ownership of land, and to a theocratic-oriented leadership.

(Philippines belongs to the non urban civilization)

• • the totality of human knowledge and culture as represented by the most "advanced" society at a given time.

TRANSITION: “Is there such a thing as – Filipino culture and Filipino history/civilization?”

1. Criteria for Civilization according to F. Landa Jocano (Prehispanic)
   1. Efficient Technology – technological achievements showing well-defined skills; skills are marvelous even by modern standards

      pottery (Manunggul Jar)

waves

• metals
• in Palawan, archaeologist recovered molds for making metal tools
• gold and beads
• in bea

ds, they drilled holes through such hard and tiny objects

• balangay boat
• about 320 AD, they built boats and engaged in maritime trading
• boats could do both: ride over the waves and divide/cut through the
• Banaue Rice Terraces
• natural irrigation
• water comes from the top
  1. Predictive Science – developed several ways of handling technical problems
• food preservation
• mummification and embalming (herbal medicine)
• mastered art of embalming
• tattoos are still discernible
• unlike the mummies in Egypt which were preserved in closed places

with

high humidity and dry climate, mummies in the Philippines survived hostile environmental condition: low humidity and continuous rain

- dentistry

• • teeth filed with gold
  • recovered skulls in different parts of the country with perfect dentures (14th century)

- iron technology

• smelt metal from ore (even removing impurities of it) – 200 BC

  1. Writing - Spanish chronicler like Chirino and Plasencia were impressed that the communities they visited in the Philippines were highly literate

     Mangyan Script (Surat Mangyan)

• Tagbanua Script
• Angono Petroglyphs
• Laguna copper plate in 1990 – appeared to document business purposes
• a pot recovered in a 14th century graveyard in Batangas with writings on its shoulder
• a strip of metal was found in Butuan with writing on it
  1. Art and religion – Thousands of divinities and spirits were believed to participate in human affairs and therefore man's relation to them were elaborately detailed in rituals and ceremonies
     • Manunggul jar (representation of life after death)
     • Maitum pottery (with anthropomorphic motifs)
     • cloths and weaving
     • babaylan / mumbaki (priest- healer)
     • accessories
  2. Big Population – before the Spaniards came there were already big villages along key trading centers throughout the country
• barangay system
• 16th century census:
• Pasig - 2,000
• Panay - 20,000
• Leyte - 15,000
• Morong - 2,000
• Bai - 2,500
• Jolo - 18,000
  1. Foreign Trade – traders from all parts of Asia came to do business with local entrepreneurs even before the coming of the Westeners.
• Chinese ceramics and porcelain excavated around the Philippines (5 A.D. Jolo, 1001 A.D. Butuan)

• Padukka Batara (1417)
• Malacca (1511)
  1. Megalithic Structure – unlike other civilization, Philippines may not have megalithic structures like pyramids, Taj Mahal, Angkor Watt... there was no need for such structure because we did not have despots and tyrants as leaders

     Banaue Rice Terraces

* accepted by UNESCO as part of the magnificent monuments of the world's cultural heritage

• 1. Government – Barangay government revolved around the authority and administrative control of the datu.

     Barangay government

• Datu, agurang, katalonan
• ruler and the ruled system
• class structure is not fixed
  • inter-barangay relationship (alliances)
  • sandugo ritual
  • taxes
  1. Laws
• custom laws were based on social and religious usage
• usually handed down orally and ritually
• civil and criminal cases were brought before the council of elders
  1. Warfare

- alliances (e.g. Sabah given as gift to Sultan of Sulu)

1. Colonization – Change of Culture (Compare the Criteria)
   1. Spanish

• religion became non-participatory
• changed status of women
• folk art became fine arts
• babaylan became males – priests
• Filipino rituals pursued through subversion of the Catholic tradition
  1. Americans
• religion still is non-participatory
• Filipino rituals tagged as “cults”
• Holliwoodism – love for American culture

1. Conclusion

(Multi-stories model)

* Filipino indigenous groups developed simultaneously each having their own “story” and

timeline.

LESSON 3- THE MINISTRY OF CULTURAL REDEMPTION

INTRO

Many moves of the Holy Spirit in the history of the church

- Each entailing going out of a box.

 Orality to written form of the Bible

 Law to Grace

 OT to NT

 Physical Temple to Body as Temple

 Christianity as - Eastern to Western

- "cult" to the Church

 Christianity to Catholicism to Protestantism

 Protestantism to Pentecostalism to Charismatic Movement

 From all of these to Cultural Redemption?

PRAY DISCUSS

A.. CULTURAL REDEMPTION AS MINISTRY

1. DEFINITION OF CULTURAL REDEMPTION

   The taking back of creative and artistic expressions from ungodly use to use in Christian worship and celebration.

- This includes cultural heritage in music, dance, rituals and related arts.

1. THE BIBLICAL / THEOLOGICAL BASIS OF CULTURAL REDEMPTION

Redeeming Filipino music and dance for Christian worship is premised on the following principles:

1. Created arts, especially music and dance, came from God and must be used for God’s glory.
   • Deut 10:14 To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.
   • 1 Chron 29:11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
   • James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
2. Satan does not own anything. He is not a creator but only a thief and a destroyer.

   Jn 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

3. Creative arts, like most of creation were only grabbed, distorted, and misappropriated for himself by the evil one.
4. God’s people, who were themselves redeemed by the blood of Christ and who are inheritors of the earth, must repossess such arts for Christian use and God’s glory.

   Rom 8:22-23 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

• The whole creation has been groaning for redemption!
  • 1 Cor 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
  • Eph 5:16 . . . making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
• Philippine music, dance and ritual can be very powerful tools of evangelism and worship!

1. Philippine music and dance forms are neither “pagan” nor “evil.” As non-living things, they are incapable of morality or immorality. It is the heart of the musician or dancer and the object of worship that define the morality of the art form.
   • 1 Chron 28:9 . . . for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts . . .
     • Created arts, especially music and dance, came from God to be used for God’s glory.
     • Satan , the evil one, is no creator; and only a destroyer.
     • Creative arts were only grabbed, distorted, and misappropriated for himself by the evil one.
     • As such, God’s people, who “inherit the earth” must
       • repossess such arts.
       • use them for God’s glory.

THE PROCESS OF CULTURAL REDEMPTION

1. Research and Documentation

KALOOB is committed to escalate the contextualization of Christian doctrine through scholarly study of Filipino paradigms and material culture and their great potentials as tools for evangelism and edification. As such, KALOOB has a pool of researchers for dance, music and theories. As much as possible, researches are done on a first-hand basis to ensure authenticity and contextual correctness. Such researches are documented on video, audio, and print and are made available for Christian churches’ reference.

1. Theology / Spiritual Meanings and Symbolism
2. Filtration through the Bible
3. Rededication / Consecration (Disenfranchisement of evil spirits)
4. Education and Training

Based on these researches, KALOOB transfers these skills and knowledge through lectures, seminars and hands-on training of enthusiasts. Weekly and monthly trainings are regularly conducted at the KALOOB headquarters by KALOOB trainors to church worship teams of different denominations. Major national symposia are also held regularly.

1. Use and Promotion

KALOOB continues to develop its music and dance troupe to perform-worship or “prayform” at Christian events and gatherings thereby promoting the appreciation and use of indigenous cultural heritage through application in Filipino-style contemporary worship.

THE GOALS OF CULTURAL REDEMPTION

1. To repossess the arts for God's glory. (EXPLAIN)
2. To dispossess the evil spirits of powerful tools.

i.e. The arts (EXPLAIN)

1. To employ in God's service effective tools of communication and expression. (EXPLAIN)
   1. music
   2. dance
   3. language
   4. etc.
2. To reinvest indigenous / colonized peoples with respect, dignity and sense of selfhood. (EXPLAIN)
3. To set the indigenous / colonized peoples of the world free from colonial and culturally oppressive / domineering forms of Christianity.
4. To enable the peoples of the world to evolve a form of Christianity that is culturally sensitive, sensible and meaningful to them, thus enabling them to reach their highest possible level of personal and spiritual development.
5. To evolve a Christian Church / Christianity that is appreciative of one's cultural heritage and identity that contributes to patriotism and national development.

UPDATE / REPORT ON WHAT HAS BEEN REDEEMED

1. Progress
a. Music and Dances of the
1) Kalinga
Music	Dance	Chant
Pattong	Salip	Balugay
Tuppaya	Chalijok	Uwayat
Binayatan	Tachok	Ulalim
Binutbot
Salidumay (Song)
Tongali
Alisig

2) Ifugao

Music and Dance

Dinuy-a Kalanguya Ed-ed-doy (Song)

Tobab Ayangan - Hingatot

1. Tagbanua

Sarungkay Balisangkad Soryano Tugatak Tambol Gandang Sagayan

Uy-may (Eeeee)

1. Lowland Lu-zon Folk

Obando Palu-palo

Bulaklakan Binuyugan

Pandanggo Bakya

Wasiwas Bate

Tinikling Subli

Sakuting Maglalatik

1. Principalia

Alcamfor Habanera Botoleña

Jota Rizal Putritos

Jota Bal Lanceros de Lingayen

Jota Moncadeña Kumintang

1. Mindanao
   1. Muslim

Yakan Paunjalay Manuk-manok

Sama

Titik Tabawan Tariray Kuntao Tagungguh

Tausug Pangalay Kuntao

Maguindanao Sirongsagandi Kapamalong-malong Kombong

Maranao Kulelat Kombong Kuntao Silat Kapag-onor Sagayan

Kapamalong-malong Kazodaratan

Kapag-apir Singkil

• 1. Non-Muslim Manobo

Pangaliyag nga Sadyo

Tboli

Kadal Onuk Kadal Blilah

b. Festivals / Rituals / Tradition

1. Pista
2. Pasyon / Pabasa
3. Simbang Gabi
4. In the process of redemption
   1. Tboli Tudbulul
   2. Ifugao Hudhud
5. To be redeemed
   1. Many more musical and dance forms
   2. Major traditions / rituals/ festivals
      1. Santracruzan
      2. Flores de Mayuo
      3. Moriones
      4. Moro-Moro
      5. Senakulo
      6. Sarsuela
      7. Special Fiestas
         1. Ati-Atihan b)

c) Bulig-Bulig

C. CHALLENGES ON CULTURAL REDEMPTION

1. Mindset
   1. Bias against - tribal (pagan)

      patriotic - culture (Anti-American)

   2. Bias for Foreign / Western / American culture Opposition from - Westernized people.

      entrenched beneficiaries of the system

2. Ignorance of indigenous / national culture
3. Fear of the new / unknown
4. Finances
   1. Lack / Limitation
   2. Controlled by foreign supporters or foreign-inclined supporters
5. Know-how in - research

documentation

-

• interpretation
• application - of indigenous art forms

1. Adaptation / application to - modern times.

- different places / contexts

1. A pervasive westernization - classical

• neoclassical
• pop culture

D. WHAT KALOOB DOES

1. The whole redemptive process
2. Prayformances
3. Training / Workshops
4. Advance Training for Kaloob team
5. Consultation
6. Production of - music albums

• video tapes, especially for instruction
• manuals (for costume)

1. Service to God and country

e.g. Centennial

Gayyum Di Payo

Special Events e.g. ASEAN Youth Friendship Program

11th SSEAYP International General Assembly

CONCLUDE CHALLENGE

LESSON 4- BUKOD TANGING PINOY!

Intro

• Ang Pilipino ay may - 163 wika
  • 400++ dayalekto (ayon sa Summer Institute of Linguistics)
  • katakut-takut na relihiyon
  • sari-saring kultura
  • pagkakalabu-labo ng lahing pinag-ugatan.
• Kung kaya’t ang Pilipino ba ay
  • isang nakakatawang singaw ng kasaysayan, kultura at genetics o isang natatanging tao – kamangha-manghang nilalang
  • isa bang nakakaawang katas ng “aksidente”

o isang kahanga-hangang bunga ng isang dakilang disenyo

• Ano ang kakaibang ambag sa daigdig ang nakatakdang ibigay ng Pilipino?
• Bakit bukod-tangi ang Pinoy?

A. MGA KATANGIANG PINOY

KAYUMANGGI / Brown

• • nasa gitna, di dapat pagmulan ng inferiority complex
  • pinaniwala tayo ng mga dayuhan na pangit, mababang-uri ang ating kulay
  • sila ay nagbibilad sa araw para magpa-tan.
    • Wala tayong history ng karahasan laban sa kahit anong bansa / lipi
    • Walang galit sa Pinoy
    • Dahil dito, magiging magagaling tayong mga misyonero.

1. MAHILIG MAKIPAGHAWAKAN / Toucing People
   • tigib ng pagmamahal, walang takot ipakita ito
   • kade-kadena sa akbayan, hawakan, yakapan, himasan, kalabitan, kalungan,

atbp.

• laging umaabotMagiging magaling na Cultural Worker dahil sa tradisyon at kultura ng

pakikipag-ugnayan

1. DALUBWIKA / Linguist
   • isang buwan lang o isang lingo ay nakakapagsalita na ng ibang wika
   • likas nang magaling mag-aral ng ibang wika
   • hindi bababa sa tatlo

• Filipino = not sexistDahil sa likas na magaling sa pananalita at pagsusulat magiging mahusay tayong mga Cross-cultural missionaries and Teachers.

MAHILIG MAKIPAGKAPWA / Groupist

• • barkadahan
  • close family ties
  • bayanihan
  • kalaro
  • pangungumbida
  • kalung-kalong
  • kulambo family
  • not pets nor plants
  • music

Dahil sa husay natin sa pakikipagkapwa tayo ay magiging mahusay sa misyonero, tagapayo at ministro.

1. MANGHAHABI / Weavers
   • weaves, baskets
   • pakikisama at pakikipagkapwa
   • makihalubilo / makipagbutihan
   • “Tita”, “Mommy”, “Ate”
   • hipag, bayaw,biyenan, bilas, inaanak, ninong

-“Ka” pagiging patas, kauri

Dahil sa ating social “weaving” traditions, tayo ay magiging magaling na mga team workers.

1. ADBENTURERO /Adventurist
   • tradisyon ng paghihiwalay
   • mito at alamat
   • FPJ
   • bunga ng reduccion / polo
   • pinaka malaking populasyon ng Filipino abroad dala ang tabo at relihiyon

     Mahusay ang mga Pilipino sa pakikibagay at improbisasyon kaya naman nagagawa nating manirahan at maging palagay ang loob kahit saan.

     Dahil dito, tayo ay likas na mahusay maging manggagawa, tagapamahala at misyonero sa anumang kultura sa mundo.

MAY PAKIRAMDAM / Discernment

• • manhid
  • alam kung gutom ang bisita
  • ramdam kung mag sweetheart
  • nasasaktan kahit nakangiti
  • kaisang tibok ng puso

Dahil sa mahusay na pagkakalinang at pagkahubog ng ating kaloob na pangunawa at pakikiramdam, tayo ay magiging magagaling na pinuno, tagapayo at tagapamagitan.

1. ESPIRITWAL / Very Spiritual
   • lampas-lampasan
   • ang di nakikita ay nakikita at naririnig
   • kaba, kutob
   • nag-aanyaya sa - presensya - ng Dios

- pamamagitan -

Ang mga Pilipino ay napaka-espirituwal na nilalang kung kaya’t sa oras na siya’y maging tunay na Kristiyano, siya ay magiging pangunahing tagapagpalaganap ng pananampalataya.

1. HINDI KULONG SA PANAHON / Timeless
   • orasan
   • tanghali, gabi, umaga
   • di malinaw na simula at katapusan
   • bisperas
   • pasiyam, 40 days, laglag-luksa, death anniv.
   • paalaman
   • musika
   • hapag-kainan
   • fellowship
   • panloob na orasan

-masama

HINDI KULONG SA ESPASYO / Spaceless

• • malayo at malapit
  • ancestors did not fence property
  • bahay-kubo
  • bahay na bato
  • b-day party -> kalsada
  • tindahan / talyer / palay
  • umiihi
• Subconscious na pagtatangka ituloy ang sinaunang kawalang hanggan ng espasyo
• Sagot kaya na panlaban sa pagkagahaman, makasarili, pagkakanya-kanya?

CONCLUSION

Bukod tangi ang Pinoy!

• Bihirang magsama-sama ang ganitong mga katangian sa iisang lahi.
• Ang pinoy ay dapat na payagang makapaghandog ng mga natatanging ugali sa daigdigan, subalit una, dapat muna nating kilalanin at ibigin ang ating mga sarili.

LESSON 5- PAG-IBIG SA BAYAN: HAMON SA SIMBAHANG PILIPINO

INTRO

• Mga Pilipino: Magaling na - kamag-anak

- kaibigan

• • Subalit di magaling na - mamamayan
  • Dahilan (pagkakaiba-iba) - geograpiya

    wika

RELIHIYON!

Bunga ng - mahirap

• kawawa
• aping bayan
  • Hesus = Katotohanan
  • Katotohanan = Nagpapalaya

Malaya po ba tayo?

Kakulangan: Diwa ng - bayan

• • pagkabayan

  • “PAG-IBIG SA BAYAN: HAMON SA PILIPINONG KRISTIANO”

KASALATAN NG PAG-IBIG SA BAYAN NG KRISTIANONG PILIPINO

• 1. Pinagmulan
     1. Pananakop na pulitikal
        1. Kastila (reduccion, bajo la campana, uring principalia, illustrado)
        2. Amerikano (“pacification”, “benevolent assimilation”, “education”, pop culture, radio, sine, telebisyon, mass media)
     2. Pananakop na espiritwal / relihiyoso
        1. Arabia - Islam
        2. Roma - Katolisismo
        3. Amerika - Ebanghelismo

- makabagong kultura (pop culture)

• • • 1. Korea - “panalangin” / ptayer mountain
• Ang banyagang relihiyon at iba-ibang bersyon ng relihiyon ang isa sa mga pinakamalupit na humahati at nagpapahirap sa Pilipinas!

  Panlabas na pananaw nito

  1. Kapahayagan ng kawalan ng pag-ibig sa bayan (at kababayan)
     1. Paglaban sa kababayang Kristiano at pagpapasakop sa banyagang Kristiano
• Sakristan ng paring kastila
• Associate / trainee ng Amerikanong Pastor
• Understudying Koreanong magdasal
  • 1. Pagkahibang sa imported na Christian culture
• Tagapagsalita (magaling man o hindi)
• Manunulat
• Mang-aawit (Ron Kenoly, Don Moen)
• Manunutgtog (Abraham Laboriel, Justo Almario)
• Tagapayo
  • 1. Pagpapa-alila para mag-organisa ng mga prayer rallies, concerts, atbp.
    2. Paggamit ng mga Ingles na kanta, leksyon, mensahe sa simbahan
• Bunga: Dibisyon ng mga - “marunong” at “mangmang” (Illustrado)

- “mayaman” at “mahirap” (Principalia)

*Papasok ang grasya?

• Palabas na pagtanaw sa paghahanap ng mabuti at mga biyaya
  • 1. Paglait / Pagdusta / Paglimot / Pagsira sa sariling kultura
• Musika
• Awit
• Sayaw
• Damit
• Pagkain
• Pamamaraan
  • Timelessness
  • Spacelessness
  • Groupistness
    1. Bunga (ng kawalan ng pag-ibig sa bayan)
       1. pagkakawatak-watak ng Iglesia at bayan
       2. kahinaan ng Iglesia at bayan
       3. kahirapan ng Iglesia at bayan
       4. pag-aba sa sarili (inferiority complex)
       5. pananaig ng banyaga
       6. kaabahan

DAHILAN UPANG IBIGIN ANG BAYAN

• 1. Pag-ibig sa bayan. Ang bayan ay bigay ng Maykapal
• Kung mahal mo ang nagbigay, dapat mahalin ang ibinigay
  1. Mabuting pangangasiwa (stewardship)
• Dapat pagmalasakitan at tangkilikin ang bigay ng Dios
  1. Katapatan sa Maylikha / Pagtanggap sa sarili
• Kayumangging kulay
• Hilig sa musika at sayaw, pagdiriwang, pagpapahayag ng damdamin
• Huwag mag-ame-Amerikanuhan, kasti-kastilaan, korea-Koreanuhan!
• MAGING PINOY! Dahil nilikha tayong Pinoy!
  1. Alang-alang sa pag-ibig ng Dios ng Bayan
  2. Ang Pilipinas ay may mahahalagang ambag sa pandaigdigang katawan ni Kristo:
     1. musika
     2. sayaw
     3. mga saloobing panlipunan
• Pakikiisa
• Bayanihan
• Pakiramdam

PAANO IIBIGIN ANG BAYAN

• 1. Ibigin ang Dios
  2. Kilalanin ang Bayan / Tao
     1. mga kaugalian
     2. mga kadakilaan
• baranggay
• rice terraces
• tao po / ari-arian
• kayumanggi
• magaling sa wika
• magaling makipag-kapwa
• mga Pilipinong bayani (mga namatay, hindi pumatay / tagapangyanggol,

hindi mananakop)

1896 at 1986 Revolutions

CONCLUSION

• Ipagmalaki ang “tribu”
• Maging ang Panginoong Hesus ay taga-tribu (Judah)
• Lampasan ang - mababaw
  • mapanghusga
  • mapanlait na edukasyon

Pahayag 5:9 “Umaawit sila sa isang bagong awit: Karapat-dapat kang magbukas sa balumbon ng aklat at magbukas sa mga tatak nito, sapagkat ikaw ay pinatay at sa pamamagitan ng dugo mo ay tinubos mo ang mga tao para sa Dios mula sa bawat lipi, wika, bayan at bansa

• Ang pag-ibig sa Dios ay pag-ibig sa bayan.
• Ang pag-ibig sa bayan ay magdudulot ng
• Kaisahan
• Kaunlaran
• Dangal

At higit sa lahat – KALAYAAN!

Juan 8:32 “At makikilala ninyo ang katotohanan, at ang katotohanan ang magpapalaya sa inyo.”

CHALLENGE

• Kilalanin ang bayan / pagkabayan
• Tangkilikin / gamitin ang - musika
  • sayaw
  • damit
  • pagkain ng bayan
• At iambag ang mga ito sa katawan ni Kristo (dahil hidni pwedeng iambag ang pag-

aari ng iba)

• Ibangon ang bayan!
• Bawiin ang dangal ng bayan na marapat lamang tamasahin ng mga anak ng Dios.
• Gawin ang simbahang silungan, hindi libingan ng kultura.
• Kristiano = Kanluranin