Mga Kwento, Many Stories

Mga Kwento - Many Stories:
Sunday September 7th from 5:00 - 8:00 PM at the K'emk'em'elay healing garden 117 E Hastings Street.

Stories connect us. Stories teach us. Stories allow us to dream up new worlds, building a bridge to our ancestors & future generations. Stories shape and define us, stories heal us.

Join us for an evening of ‘kuwentuhan’ (sharing stories) at the Ke'kemkemelay Healing Garden at 117 E Hastings St. Kuwentuhan is an Indigenous Filipino storytelling method that invokes Kapwa (shared self) through sharing our individual stories and forming them into a collective that represents our history, cultural values and wisdoms. In the wake of the Lapu Lapu tragedy, we invite those affected to move through moments of darkness and into the light through an evening of multisensory play, poetry, storytelling & film.

Through an open format play, participants are encouraged to explore the garden and the activations offered to the space such as: charm making inspired by anting-anting, chocolate tastings provided by Kasama chocolate, sharing circle with invited Filipino poets & storytellers, collective mythology writing relay & film presentations.  

The programme is curated in collaboration & friendship by Sophia Santos English & anata laylay.

This event is FREE but spots are limited so please RSVP to sophia@gachet.org to reserve your spot!

The project is graciously funded by United Way Kapwa Strong Fund.