Otherworldly Ornamentations at the Museo ng Kaalamang Katutubo March 27, 2028 by Lorenz Lasco at Bayanihan Center 3:00 pm
Otherworldly Ornamentations at the Museo ng Kaalamang Katutubo March 27, 2028 by Lorenz Lasco at Bayanihan Center 3:00 pm Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ March 28, 2026 Yesterday, I attended a lecture at the Museo ng Kaalamang Katutubo at the Bayanihan Center about Philippine Bladed Weapons titled Otherwordly Ornamentations by weapons collector Lorenz Lasco. Itvwas well attended and quite enjoyed my reintroduction to Philippine History, religion, and culture. A reminder that we have a lot in common and shared with the polynesian and austronesian islands, archipelagoes, and continents around the Philippines. An exerpt of the lecture.... Sandata are presented not as mere decorative objects but as compact, portable “time capsules” that encode animist cosmologies, ancestral worship practices, and local mythic figures—especially in the Bicol context where carved hilts (the minasbád “tangó”) reference specific deities and monsters from Ibalóng and related traditions. ...