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Teatro Balagtas brings struggle for social justice on stage

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The community theater group, which was among the first to tackle extra-judicial killings head-on in their plays during the Duterte administration, continues to pursue social issues on stage

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The title is the South Korean word for lamentation. The story draws a parallel between Korean pop culture and how the killings were becoming an acceptable part of Philippine culture. “At first, it was ‘8,000’ but after changing it a few times, we decided to go with ‘libu-libong’ , because we couldn’t update the figures fast enough to reflect reality,” Villabrille said.

At the close of 2017, they performed original music from the play online. “Mabuhay Concert” was the first ever online concert to celebrate life and human rights, pre-dating the COVID-19 pandemic. They have not performed “Bitan” since.

 

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