July 2009
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Harana by Benito Bautista
A Documentary Film Directed by Benito Bautista
There was once a golden age of Filipino music, when men wrote songs for the sole purpose of singing under the window at night to fearlessly declare their love for a woman. This practice and its music is called Harana. It had a strict sense of protocol, etiquette and a specific style of music. A once-important part of the Philippine social fabric,...