Baglao, Jerameel A.

Gr.12- St. Paul

Reaction Paper
“Dreamweavers”

1. )What forms of traditional art can you

identify in the video?

=Hinabing Panaginip or Dream Weavers, a

documentary video directed by Fruto Corre is about the life of
the people from Northern Cotobato; the T’bolis. The whole
process of making the old T’nalak; one of the most remarkable
creations of the T’bolis, was presented in the video. Weaving
is the traditional art that was shown in the video.

2. )What do these narratives tell us about the

characters of traditional arts?

=They tell us about the different artworks that is a

great inspiration. It reminds us that they will always exist
despite of the each factor that tries to change the tradition.
Those indigenous people create their pieces with passion and
determination, that every designs has a symbol and has a big
story behind it. They never missed a chance to express their
talents and message to the people who already forget the
traditions of their places, they treasure every moment that
they have inorder to continue their missions in preserving
their traditions.

3. )How are the artists portrayed in the videos?

Take for example, the Dreamweaver which talks
about how a Manlilikha ng Bayan like Lang Dulay
derives her patterns from dreams. Does Lang
Dulay`s dreamwork come cross as strange or
exotic? Or do this account of dreams and
creativity give you another perspective on the
process of creation? And that it is possible to
create something out of dreams?
 =The artists portrayed in the videos are hardworking
people that really love what they are doing. They are very
skillful in every steps that they do in the process of weaving.
Lang Dulay’s dreamwork really does come across as astrange
and exotic because her artworks are the result of her unique
way, by the use of her dreams. She really put a big mark on
the history of the world . She knows hundreds of designs and
these designs inspires a lot of artist and changes a person’s
perspective in life since every special artwork that she makes
that has a story behind it.

4. )What specific factors cause changes in art

production?

=The invasion of the outsiders, the pressures of the

modern world like the advancement of technologies, and the
mindset of the new generations of today are the factors that
cause changes in art production. It also made the young
people go into new things and most of us forget our traditional
arts because we are slowly drowning of the modernity of the
world like the social medias. However, there is also an
advantage of the existence of the technologies, it let us know
about the history of our traditional arts, dances, and etc. And
those indigenous people who live in far mountains never
surrender and never lose hope on continuing their passion and
detrmination in keeping their raditions alive. They deserve to
be seen and to b discovered.