Capul, Palingnga Kaw?
Capul, Palingnga Kaw?
July 10 to October 27, 2007
Vargas Museum, UP Diliman
The UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum & Filipiniana Research Center opened Capul, Palingnga Kaw? at the Landing Gallery, 3/F last July 10, 2007.
The exhibition features photographs by anthropologist Francisco A. Datar during his fieldwork at Capul, Northern Samar, as well as ethnographic materials loaned by the island-town.
Strategically located at the entrance (or exit) of San Bernardino Strait called Embocadero by the Spaniards, this island is the last galleon stop before sailing to the Pacific, and the first stop coming in. The name Capul, according to local oral history, is an abbreviated form of Acapulco.
Capul, palingnga kaw? literally translates to Capul, where are you going? It shows the Abaknon of today as influenced by three local cultures: Abaknon, Agta and Waray, and the early Spanish presence in the island (the Capul church is one of the earliest churches built in the country), creating a culture distinctly separate from the surrounding islands of Bikol and Samar.
Their uniqueness as an ethnolinguistic group will be featured in the photographs that comprise images of physical structures in Capul and activities of its people, the Abaknon. Complementing these is a display of objects used in everyday activities of the community.
This exhibit is sponsored by Fujifilms – YKL Color Laboratories. For more information, contact Linda at 928-1927, email vargasmuseum@gmail.com or call 09198151996.
