Main piece: BR: My grandmother is very religious and even more superstitious, and she was raised in the northern part of the Philippines. And one bit of folklore that she always talked about when I was a kid was the concept of the Aswang, a creature who appears human during the day but becomes a… Continue Reading »
Informant: this is a song my mom used to sing me when I was little: A la rorro Niño, a la rorro ro, duérmete Mi Niño, duérmete mi amor; a la rorro Niño, a la rorro ro, que viniste al mundo sólo por mi amor. Esos tus ojitos ya los vas cerrando, pero estás mirando… Continue Reading »
Piece You put a nail into a piece of wood to make a top. A round piece of wood. You need it to be a little circle. And then use a piece of thread to kind of… circle… around the wood. Then you twist, and twist and then do this throwing thing [mimes a light… Continue Reading »
Background: The performer is my college roommate and friend. She spent the first fifteen years of her life in Minneapolis, Minnesota before moving to Thousand Oaks, California for high school. She is currently in her twenties and attends school at the University of Southern California. Main Text: “Happy llama Sad llama Totally rad llama Super… Continue Reading »
Context: JA is a 20-year-old student from Orinda, California. She recalled this story in an interview. Text: JA: I don’t remember when I first learned of it… but the tooth fairy comes to your house the night after you lose a tooth when you’re a kid. You put your baby tooth under your pillow at… Continue Reading »