OP-ED EDITORIAL & CARTOONS: ‘Praying for the forgotten’
All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day in this predominantly Christian country of 106 million people is a celebratory affair.It’s a day of remembrance and honor for saints—and the names of these saints in the Gregorian calendar crowd each of the 365, if common, or 366, if leap year, boxes for days.On Nov. 1, Filipinos, whatever their religious affiliations, do not just remember and honor the saints they have asked previously to intercede for them in seeking God’s blessings.
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They go to the graveyards—the manicured greens of private memorial parks or the now urbanized population centers or the often heavily crowded public town cemeteries often outside the populated municipal blocks.
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Days before All Saints’ Day, kin of the departed troop to the graveyards and clean up the tombs or uproot wayward grasses including the “cadena de amor,” the Antigonon leptopus Hook & Arn. coral vine which is abundant in Philippine cemeteries.
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On the day itself, relatives go to the graveyards to remember their departed kin 12 years and below, with those 13 years old and above remembered, with candles, food and masses the day after, or All Souls’ Day.In the congested metropolis, where Manila lies by the placid bay, the celebration—often complete with ferris wheels and bunches of imported and locally grown different petals— approximates the hilarity of town fiestas marked by marching bands.In some towns, the well-heeled surviving kin gather beside tombs or mausoleums of their departed and, among themselves, play cards, scrabble or mahjong, listen to music while killing time overnight until sunrise on All Souls’ Day when they pack for home.These are days to remember the departed kin, but more importantly to pray for the forgotten.
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The Straits Times says:
Enlarging audiences for the arts
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Arts goers in Singapore have become spoilt for choice over the years. The Singapore Cultural Statistics 2017 report documents an explosion in non-ticketed performing arts activities, from 4,311 in 2011 to 5,931 in 2016. But, over the same period, ticketed performing arts activities have held steady at around the 3,400 mark. This is one of several indicators that feast for consumers may mean famine for the artists as arts groups struggle to find more audiences. There has been a 12 per cent decline in ticketed attendance from 2012 to 2016, a worrying statistic for the arts community.
The National Arts Council’s Our SG Arts Plan, launched recently, is thus a timely attempt to head off a looming crisis on the arts scene as demand struggles to keep up with supply. The five-year road map for arts and culture pinpoints audience development as one of its eight priorities, which include more support for freelance workers and diversifying funding support for the arts.
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