The festival commemorates a glorious past ... Vera has refashioned the Ibalong from the point of view of Oryol (Desiderio), the snake woman who is the daughter of Asuwang (Jonathan Tadion ...

The Ibalong Festival comes from the Ibalong epic ... such as the tandayag (giant boar), dambuhala (one-eyed monster), oryol (half-woman, half-serpent) and a giant called Rabot.

Named after Legazpi City’s week-long festival now on its 25th year ... with the feral instincts of a serpent. Aside from Oryol, Ibalong is rampant with creatures and gods, halimaws and ...

"Ibalong," inspired by City of Legazpi's (capital of the Bicol Region) week-long, non-religious festival ... between Handyong (Remus Villanueva) and Oryol (Jenine Desiderio), a beast.

LEGAZPI CITY—Twenty-two giant masks depicting characters of the Bicol epic Ibalong paraded the streets of this city Friday for the opening of the Ibalong Festival. From St. Vincent village, the ...

The Ibalong epic is the best known in all of Bicolandia, and the annual festival devoted to its heroes is one of the biggest shows in the region. Tanghalang Pilipino, a resident company of the ...

Oryol then reveals to Makusog that he is half monster, that he can set the balance between man and nature. “Ibalong” handles with aplomb the challenge of adapting indigenous myths into ...

The festival commemorates a glorious past that would ... Vera has refashioned the Ibalong from the point of view of Oryol (Desiderio), the snake woman who is the daughter of Asuwang (Jonathan Tadion), ...