A Tropical Traumaturgy: Rereading the Folk in "May Bagyo Ma't May Rilim"

• Main Author: Benitez, Christian Jil R.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Philippine folk poetry; tropicality; trauma; vernacular; súgat
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss38/12; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1915/viewcontent/KK_2038_2C_202022_2012_20Regular_20section_20__20Benitez.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

As a counterpoint to the foremost understanding of the poem dubbed as “May Bagyo Ma’t May Rilim” (lit. “There may be storm and dark”) (1605) as an articulation of an unnamed native’s submission to Catholicism, as well as a testament to their then unwavering faith, the present essay attempts to recon...