Rethinking Filipino Food by Going to Muslim Mindanao
Representation matters. In a nation as diverse as the Philippines, which is home to over 7,600 islands, dozens of ethnic tribes and nearly 200 languages, it’s not easy to forge an inclusive national identity.
Video Highlights
- 02:05 BARMM - The Food Basket of the Philipipnes
- 05:40 Mindanao’s history of fighting colonizers
- 06:50 Taking up arms for an independent Muslim state
- 08:30 The destruction of the 2017 Battle of Marawi
- 10:45 Displaced refugees of war
- 12:07 The effects of Martial Law
- 13:12 The resiliency of the Maranao’s
- 16:25 Changing public perception of Muslim’s in Mindanao
- 17:28 What’s your fish?
- 21:30 Who is a Filipino?