%0 Journal Article
%T Binukot at Nabukot: From Myth to Practice
%A Maria Christine Muyco
%J -
%D 2016
%X Age-old tales, epic chants, and even contemporary television soap operas tell about the binukot, the well-kept maiden of the Panay Bukidnon, the highland inhabitants of Panay, Philippines. This article examines the binukot through myths and practices found in the people¡¯s expressive culture: from the sugidanon (epic chants/chanting), to the tigbabayi (solo woman¡¯s dance) of the binanog (hawk-eagle music and dance tradition), to panubok (traditional embroidery), where the binukot is illustrated or exemplified. From various representations, the article moves to essay the binukot¡¯s actual practice, including her present life living as a nabukot,1 a transformed status she gains when she gets married. I interlace my ethnographic observations regarding these states as part of a reconsideration of feminism from both Western and indigenous perspectives. Keywords: Myth to practice, indigenous feminism, Binukot, gender, Panay epi
%K Myth to practice
%K indigenous feminism
%K Binukot
%K gender
%K Panay epic
%U http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/5161