WATCH: Negros Oriental dance troupe in Sinulog 2020 pays tribute to slain farmers

Ryan Macasero

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WATCH: Negros Oriental dance troupe in Sinulog 2020 pays tribute to slain farmers
In a rare show of activism, the Pakol Festival perform a routine that showed the violence farmers experience in Negros Island


CEBU CITY, Philippines – It’s a rare moment that contingents from the different towns competing in the Sinulog Festival get political. 

But dancers from the Pakol Festival in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental, briefly paid tribute to the farmers who have been killed on the island. 

The Pakol Festival’s dance was set in a farm and the dancers were dressed as townspeople. 

In the middle of the routine, the male dancers came out with bloodied farmer shirts, but only for a brief moment. 

Human rights groups have noted a rise in killlings of farmers in Negros in 2019. 

In July, there was a report which said 21 people killed in a matter of 10 days. (READ: TIMELINE: Killings in Negros)

Pakol Festival took 5th place for musicality of the Sinulog-based category. – Rappler.com

 

 

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Ryan Macasero

Ryan covers social welfare for Rappler. He started at Rappler as social media producer in 2013, and later took on various roles for the company: editor for the #BalikBayan section, correspondent in Cebu, and general assignments reporter in the Visayas region. He graduated from California State University, East Bay, with a degree in international studies and a minor in political science. Outside of work, Ryan performs spoken word poetry and loves attending local music gigs. Follow him on Twitter @ryanmacasero or drop him leads for stories at ryan.macasero@rappler.com