Awit ni Pulau 2021

“Awit ni Pulau,” (The Song of Pulau) is a theatrepiece in Filipino, created for and performed by children using music, song, poetry and dance. The exquisite libretto written by Edgardo Maranan in Filipino tells of the misguided creation of a world by a vain, self-centered male deity and the havoc that ensues when men are given the license to exploit all the creatures in it. Major themes are the need to protect, respect and safeguard nature, and the danger and destruction that comes from the human abuse of these valuable resources. The lyrical music for this piece, composed by National Artist Ramon P. Santos, features the use of traditional Philippine musical instruments made of bamboo. This virtual version of an original stage production (premiered in 1991 by the U.P. Cherubim and Seraphim, official children’s choir of the University of the Philippines in Diliman), was directed by Eudenice Palaruan in 2021, on the occasion of the group’s Golden Anniversary.