happy lesbian visibility week! a repost of my work, "Hay Naminhod"
ALT A digital painting of two Igorot women leaning into each other for a kiss. The Ifugao woman on the right holds the Ibaloi woman's blanket tightly, pulling her in. The Ibaloi woman grips onto her blanket. They are both wearing traditional, ceremonial clothing, with the Ifugao woman wearing more elaborate jewelry and a headdress. Behind them is a white carabao with its neck cut. The background is an aladdang sinikwit, the highest funerary blanket among the Ibaloi. The piece is mostly rendered in reds, browns and blacks.
I will never ever forget the night I saw this video, I sobbed uncontrollably for 10 mins, Imagine the terror these people felt running towards a hospital thinking it might shelter them.