Blog 2

Hello class. In this blog I would like to take the time to discuss some of the things that we have recently been exposed to in class. First, I just want to say that the videos that we found documenting the flagellation ceremony and the mock crucifixion were pretty graphic. I don't think that personally I would ever want to take devotion to any religion as far as these people did. It looked as though it was the most painful thing in which anyone could do to themselves, and which we found out, which anyone could allow another person to help them do as well. Secondly, it was interesting to see the types of clothes which the ifugao people created. They were extremely native, with headdresses utilizing cloth and feathers, and displaying unique embroidery. When we were looking at the clothes I was visualizing the women dancing at the beginning of "Movement in Green" and was considering how awesome it would be if we could use these types of clothes for the characters playing the natives during this scene. Overall, the things which we saw helped me further understand the culture the ethnics which make it up.