It was as a 6-year-old when Maria Juletta “Joji” Ramirez-Castro was first mesmerized by the Philippine folk dancing she was seeing on stage. Captivated by the grace and beauty of the older girls who ...

Philippine mythology weaves a tapestry of magical lands, fascinating heroes, deities – anito, bathala, diwata – and mythological creatures, such as the manananggal and aswang. These myths, transmitted ...