
@article {1677,
	title = {   Entanglement: A Preliminary Study of a Philippine Puppet Sinakulo for Children   },
	journal = {Humanities Diliman},
	volume = {12},
	number = {1},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {49-77},
	abstract = {
	Staged annually at the Amelia Lape{\~n}a-Bonifacio Papet Teatro-Museo,\&nbsp;Papet Pasyon\&nbsp;is the onlysinakulo\&nbsp;in the Philippines performed in puppetry to date. In this essay, the puppet play is proposed to be an entanglement of three cultural forms: the literary form of the pasyon, the theatre form of the\&nbsp;sinakulo,\&nbsp;and the art of puppetry. The bases for the text of this puppet play are foreign sources namely a children{\textquoteright}s Bible from Europe, the passion play from Oberammergau in Germany, and the dramatic tradition of the Western musical. Though originally a Western-based text, Lape{\~n}a-Bonifacio crafted and encapsulated the puppet play into an hour and a half show that highlights the story of Christ{\textquoteright}s passion, is written in a Philippine language, and is understandable to young audiences. Its manner of presentation, on the other hand, was inspired by the very rich puppet traditions of Asia, particularly the Japanese\&nbsp;bunraku\&nbsp;and the Indonesianwayang golek.\&nbsp;The essay begins exploring this proposal of entanglement by introducing Amelia Lape{\~n}a-Bonifacio, founder of Teatrong Mulat, and her vision of a children{\textquoteright}s theatre in the archipelago with productions based on and inspired by local folktales and various theatrical forms in the Asian region. This is then followed by a narrative on the genesis of Papet Pasyon, which like most Teatrong Mulat productions, is a product of mixing and matching local and foreign influences. The bulk of the paper is a preliminary analysis and a close reading of Papet Pasyon as a cultural text and performance of entanglement because, generally, the play is a concatenation of the pasyon, the sinakulo, and various forms of puppetry.

},
	url = {http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/4645},
	author = {Tiatco, Sir Anril P. and Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete}
}
