Saturday, December 27, 2008

UP Mindanao 2004







The ΑΦΩ Fraternity organized the first Oblation Run in the UP Mindanao campus on March 2, 2004. With a theme of "Panaghinugpungay sa Mindanao" (Unanimity in Mindanao), these twelve brothers, with nothing on but body paintings, lobbied for the rights of the indigenous communities in Mindanao to their ancestral domains. Because of the influence of the University's aspiration to promote Mindanaoan Cultural Arts, the brothers, with the help of the Davao Artist Foundation, Inc. (DAFI), decided to make their bodies as canvasses during the run. The twelve brothers had to stand for more than three hours prior to the run while different Davaoeno artists painted on the naked flesh. Each artist had to translate into the paintings their interpretation of the theme. The most recent Oblation Run was held last March 2, 2007 with the brothers lobbying for a clean national election, "ELECTION '07 - Kalinaw Ipalabaw".



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