In providing cultural entertainment, T'bolis time them after dinner. Why? Because they "consider it bad manners to be eating while a performance is going on, since its core is always religious ritual."(Constancio C. Tejero's article on Lake Sebu in Sunday Inquirer, 23 November 2014) T'bolis put us to.shame. First, they have long practised this basic courtesy which, until now, we lowlanders do not extend to our entertainers. Second, their religion permeates all aspects of their culture.
In mediation as in all other activities, those we consider inferior, backward, or different from us could sometimes surprise us pleasantly with a lesson or two. No type-casting, please.
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