Maharlika Artists and Writers Federation (MAWF)

The 11TH Sunrise Festival

Title: WARAY-WARAY NAMAN

CONTENTS:

I. Background : About the Organization

a. MAWF principles

b. Profile of MAWF

II. Photos of previous Maharlika Sunrise Festival

III. About the Project: the 11th Sunrise Festival

a. Brief description of the 11th Sunrise Festival

b. Objectives

c. The theme

d. The 11th SUNRISE FESTIVAL

e. Calendar Program for the 11th Sunrise Festival

The Organization

Our Principles

MAWF is a federation of artists and individuals that promotes environmental care and

progressive change in the nation through art and literature. MAWF believes in the principles of art for

service and blessedness.

Our Profile

Maharlika Artists and Writers Federation (MAWF) was organized in San Joaquin, Lawigan, and

Iloilo in April 24, 2003. It is a non-stock, nonprofit organization that was legally registered at the

Securities and Exchange Commission in October 23, 2006. The organization was convened by artist and

individuals from nine (9) regional organizations that cater various artistic passions and social

involvement. At present, MAWF membership has grown and spread throughout the nation.

Nature and Activities of MAWF

The primary activities of the federation are:

1. Education and advocacy on environmental protection, peace, respect for human rights, people

empowerment, and healthy lifestyle and Art expressions through medium of various genres

(music, dance, and theater, visual).

2. Community organizes in partnership building to bring together more artists, cultural workers

and common individuals who also support the advocacy on environmental protection, peace,

and respect for human rights, people empowerment, healthy lifestyle and organic farming.

3. To impact assistance to communities who are in need of short and long term support through

the spirit of volunteerism.

Organizational Form

Maharlika Artists and Writers Federation is a non-government organization led and

coordinated by its Board of Directors and Regional Committee Heads. It has a Manila based

secretariat that performs the day to day administrative function of the organization and serves

as the coordinative body of the whole federation. The BOD and the Secretariat work directly

with the member organizations, partners and associates in developing plans of actions.

MAWF President: Guijo Hubo Dueas

Vice President: Florence Cinco

Secretary Genaral: Rebecca Padilla

Treasurer: Ricardo Bacani

Auditor: Sonny Bugnosen

Advisory Comittee:

PG Zoluaga

Jean Rapunzel Arnaldo

Joseph Jubelag

Tracy Tarongoy

Carmela Padilla

National Coordinator: Deo Palma

Executive Director of 11th

Sunrise Festival: Aimee Villas Adalla

II. PHOTOS OF PREVIOUS SUNRISE FESTIVALS

(Please watch enclosed CD)

IV. The project : 11TH

MAHARLIKA SUNRISE FESTIVAL

Art is a very effective tool to convince and encourage people to work for a progressive

change in the society for the welfare of all. Artists and writers, as representatives of

millions and as architects of the society, are the messengers of the mute masses and guardians

of the society. Their goodness has the capacity to transform the society into the right

direction.

MAWF has lined up series of activities coherent to its goals. To express into action what

we believe, we organized the SUNRISE FESTIVAL which could serve as a venue to instill in

the minds and heart of the artists and artists their responsibility to educate the masses through

their gifts. Conceptualized 10 years ago and spearheaded by the representatives of the nine

member regional organizations that lead to the First National Roving Festival of the country.

We chose sunrise to symbolize hope, new beginnings, progress and transformation of the

society. The color orange of sunrise symbolizes commitment and selfless service. The goal of

the sunrise festival is to reach and encourage the masses to take part in building a progressive

society based on peace, love and respect.

The 11th

Maharlika Sunrise Festival will be conducted in Calbayog City,

Western Samar on November 21-23,2014 thru partnerships with Governor

Sharee Ann T. Tan Governor of Western Samar, Congressman Mel Senen

Sarmiento (Representative of First District of Samar), Calbayog LOCAL

Offices through Calbayog City Mayor Ronald Aquino, City Arts and Culture

Office (CACO), City Environmental and Natural Resources Office, City

Tourism and Information Office, Department of Internal and Local

Government (DILG), Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS),

Catalonan Inc, Calbayog Journal (CJ), International Society for Krisnas

Consciousness (ISKCON) , Ang Katipunan ng mga Samahang Maharlika

(Ang KaSaMa) , Waray Tupong and Calbayog Visual Arts Association.

MAWF welcomes potential partners who share the same sentiments and

commitment.

OBJECTIVES:

The purpose of the festival is to ensure a continuing national cultural movement

to showcase all aspects of arts in the country: music, theater, literature, dance, film,

photography, fashion, broadcast, graphic and digital arts, tattooing and indigenous

martial arts. Activities of the two -day festival include an opening parade, art exhibits,

photography exhibit, creative writing, musical workshop, visual arts workshops and

musical concerts.

The THEME: Waray Waray Naman

Taking the literal term waray naman (Adj) as it means emptied (naubos) denotes the insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants

and needs. And true to its sense, it has been a common knowledge that when

Yolanda struck the beautiful region of Samar and Leyte, it left an immeasurable

amount of 14 million people affected and 4 million people displaced.

However, this also brings birth to a new coined meaning of Waraynons

fronting to lead Waray Naman or Waraynon Naman in Tagalog language.

There has been several invitations for this year as to where the Roving

Festival will nests its history for 2014 in hope to showcase the Regions culture through total integration of all aspects of Arts Music, Visual, Literary, Dance, Theater, Research , Senses, Emotions, Intuitions and Spirit. The event has been

successful in moving towards its common goal due to voluntary and collaborative

efforts among professional and amateur artists from all over the globe.

The time has come for the Region- The home of the strong and proud people

to highlight waray culture, that exhibits its arts, traditions, literature, people and

culture. This festival will serve as an avenue to tell the world that waraynons do

have their share of art geniuses.

11TH

MAHARLIKA SUNRISE ACTIVITIES

Opening Parade/Opening Ceremony

Instead of the usual parade or motorcade, the community of bikers and runners will lead this activity

while the rest of the participants will choose whether to walk, bike or run from Calbayog City Hall

Ground leading to Brgy. Obrero (Along Caltex gas station) back to Calbayog City Hall for the Opening

Ceremony.

Art Symposium/Arts Talk and Arts Collaboration:

Time: 9:00AM 2PM

Venue: Convention Center

Student participants, Visual Art Students, Local Artists whether Professional or Amateur from various

cities and municipalities are expected to attend the Art collaboration which will feature the following

activities

ART WORKSHOPS

I. Arts talk/Arts Collaboration for Amateur and Art Enthusiasts (Tertiary level) led by

Florence Cinco (MAWF Vice President) and MAWF Artists

Florence Cinco (b.1972) who traces his roots to Tinambacan Sur in Calbayog City, is a proud Samarnon. He

studied Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts at the University of San Carlos Technological Center, Cebu City,

Philippines. He has won, among others, the Grand Prize of the Metrobank Art and Design Exellence (MADE)

National Art Competition, Sculpture Category in 2004; Jurors Choice in the Open Fine Print National Compet ition

in 2004; First Prize of the 58th Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) Annual National Art Competition, Mixed

Media Category in 2005; and the 2011 Jurors Choice, Metro Manila, Philippine Arts Awards (Philip Morris). He has

had 16 solo exhibits and 50 group shows in various parts of the country and abroad, in countries like Singapore,

China, Thailand, Korea, U.S., Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Laos. Mr. Cinco, now based in Manila, is

driven by an epic vision about Maharlikan culture, mythology and spirituality. He has made cultural awareness,

environmental conservation and service to humanity as his mission.

- Art Collaboration with International Artist, Lois Winter

Lois Winter studied Visual Art at UNISA, South Africa, and then did a BA Art History at the Open University, UK.She has attended ceramic and art workshops internationally, have taught and exhibited in various Regional and National level in South Africa until 2002. 2002, she had switched into painting and have taught Art in South Africa, Switzerland, France, Turkey and Thailand, and have exhibited solo and group exhibitions in all these countries. Prior to her stay in Philippines, she resided in Bangkok Thailand and have taught Senior Art at Bangkok International School and ventured also in private Art teaching classes.

Lois also has helped people who were affected in Samar and Leyte together with other 40 International Artists when she participated the Haiyan International Art Fundraising Exhibition last April 2014 held in Philippines. Lois will be handling "ART FOR KIDS WORKSHOP" in the 11th Sunrise Festival for free.

II. ART FOR KIDS (Selected Elementary Students): The workshop will be facilitated by

Calbayog Visual Art Association, Lois Winter (International Artist) and Maharlika Artists and

Writers Federation.

SYMPOSIUM

Venue: Christ the King College

Kapwa Psychology - Katrin de Guia

Katrin's book KAPWAThe Self in the other, which centers on Philippine indigenous psychology, was published

by Anvil 2004. The book was nominated in 2006 as one of the 10 Best Social Sciences Publication and was a

finalist for the 2007 First Book Award.

Katrin de Guia

Katrin was born in Munich, Germany, where she met Tahimik who was filming his documentary Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmares). She first came to the Philippines in 1974 and has since then resided in Baguio City. Her interest in Filipino Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP) was stirred by Tahimik and his fellow artists.

She graduated cum laude with a diploma in Sculpture and Conceptual Art at the Staatliche Aakdemie der Bildenen Kuenste Muenchen in Munich. In 1996, Katrin received her doctoral degree in Indigenous Philippine Psychology from the University of the Philippines. She was under the tutelage of the late Father of Filipino Psychology Dr. Virgilio Enriquez, whose Filipino personality theory became the foundation of Katrin's dissertation that focused on the world-views and lifestyles of Filipino artists.

She handled the 6th Baguio Arts Festival, and co-founded Baguio Arts Guild in 1986 and Sunflower House in 1982. In 2002, she founded Heritage and Arts Academies of the Philippines, Inc. (HAPI), which is an extension of Katrin and Tahimik's cultural work, since early 1980s, of making their residence in Baguio available for Filipino artists whose orientation, interests, and creative style are grounded on IKSP.

She was the incorporator of COS VOCAS (Victor Oteyza Community Art Space, Inc.) from 2006 to 2007.

Katrin is mother to Kidlat, Kawayan, and Kabunyan De Guia, three sons who took after their parents' cultural artistry yet establish their rightful place in the artistic community. In 2009, the De Guias held their first family exhibit entitled K+kkk+K Ayos! (Order in Chaos) at the Ricco Renzo Galleries and Caf in Makati City.

VIDEOGRAPHY AND CINEMATOGRPAHY WORKSHOP

Venue: Christ the King College

Engr. Peter Allan Mariano, Chairman and Creative Director of Catalonan Inc.

Catalonan Inc is a non-stock, non-profit and non-partisan organization registered under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 29, 2012. Catalonan is geared towards preserving, conserving and promoting Philippine arts, culture, natural and built, movable, immovable and intangible heritage. Catalonan Inc. aims to assist artists, cultural workers, and indigenous people in the dissemination and promotion of their work and lastly to conduct activities congruent to the foregoing, including but not limited to raising funds, sourcing grants and providing resources for the same.

Time: 1 PM

Waray Poetry/Creative Writing Workshop

Venue: NWSsU

Waray Siday will be featured on the afternoon through the assistance of Nemesio TotoyBaldesco, the

Tricycle driver who won the Jimmy Y. Balacuit Special Award on Poetry in 17th Iligan National Writers

Workshop held at the Mindanao State University, Iligan City on May 23-28, 2010.

This will be in collaboration with Lamiraw Creative Writers of Northwestern University together with

student writers participants and various local writers from Samar and Leyte provinces

5PM Evening: Visual Art and Digital Art Exhibit/Cultural Performances /Poetry Reading/ Fire

Dancing performances/Tribal Band Concert

Venue: Convention Center, Calbayog City

This will showcase Artworks from Samar and Leyte Artists in collaboration with National and

International Visual Artists.

CULTURAL NIGHT

Acoustic Performances featuring Original Waray ballads, other Waray Song compositions of various

artists, Cultural performances and others.

Other invited participants to perform are, Lolita Carbon of ASIN, Ysagani Ibarra (Composer), Ka

Heber Bartolome and many more

Venue: Nijaga Park

Performers expected:

1. Lolita Carbon of Asin

2. Ysagani Ibarra Composer of Asin

3. Ka Heber Bartolome

4. Tribal Bands from various regions

5. Local Artists for An Evening with Jo Gomez and other Waray ballads

MEET THE SUNRISE ACTIVITY THROUGH MUSIC AND MEDITATION

5:00 AM: Venue MANO INTOY CHANS FARM located in Brgy. Matobato, Calbayog City

An early morning greeting to the rising sun through creative movement and music, individual reflection,

individual prayer and meditation, as the participating groups meet the rising sun. This is our collective

gesture of positive thinking for the healing of our planet.

7:00AM: Venue Nijaga Park, Calbayog City

Yoga & Meditation

Yoga & Meditation will be taught in the morning. Guided meditation and basic yoga will be handled

National Maharlika Artists and Writers Federation members...

OPEN CONTEST - STREET ARTS for KIDS AND ENTHUSIASTS

(Venue to be determined)

Also commonly known as pavement art, street art, and sidewalk art, is the performance art of rendering

artistic designs on pavement such as streets, sidewalks, and town squares with impermanent materials

Such as chalk.

Other Related Free activities/workshop

Hand drumming/Drum Circle Workshop

Poi dancing and hula hoops

Fire dancing

MAWF Artists performances

Palarong Pinoy; for young and old to enjoy traditional Filipino games like syatong, tumba lata, tubig-tubigay, chinese garter, etc.

6:00PM Concert A collaboration of performances from local bands and National Artists

Participants.

ARTISTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Mangrove tree planting along Calbayog Citys coastal area in partnership with the Department of

Interior and Local Government (DILG) , Local Barangay Officials and City Environment and

Natural Resources Office (CENRO)