{"id":12086,"date":"2025-03-18T16:38:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T08:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willing-blue-pelican.82-197-71-20.cpanel.site\/classic-ph-games-reimagined-through-art-at-mapaglarong-likha-in-agana\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T08:38:05","slug":"classic-ph-games-reimagined-through-art-at-mapaglarong-likha-in-agana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/?p=12086","title":{"rendered":"Agana Hosted \u2018MapagLAROng Likha\u2019, Blending Art And Philippine Traditional Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who didn\u2019t play games in childhood? From leron-leron sinta to piko, every child always wanted to play every afternoon so much so that when they came home they started to smell like sweat and dust or \u201camoy-araw\u201d. Kids of immigrated families do not sometimes get the same experience, so it is important to always bridge the gap to connect with fellow Filipinos all around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, the art exhibition, \u201cMapagLAROng Likha: Reimagining Philippine Traditional Games Through Art\u201d, was launched at the Micronesia Mall, Dededo, Guam. It aimed to promote the sense of community of overseas Filipinos as they reminisced about their childhood years playing traditional Filipino games such as piko (hopscotch) and sungka (chungka or congkak) while looking at the displayed artworks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1-1392x783.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MapagLARONG-Likha-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The exhibition ran from Feb. 22 to Mar. 2, featuring art pieces from Trexie Berondo, Richelle Canto, Anette Catahay, Grace Gueco, Olivia Newman, Lolit Poblete, Maila Pujol, and Marcus Villaverde, along with Viola Roces and Merc Tenorio, who were not able to attend as they were off island.<\/p>\n<p>The LARO\/PLAY animation series, as well as the Consulate&#8217;s PowerPoint presentation on how some of these games were played, were beneficial to locals and foreign nationals who visited the exhibit and wanted to learn more about them. <\/p>\n<p>The exhibition emphasized the vibrancy of Filipino culture and heritage, and also promoted a connection for overseas Filipinos and their local community through the arts.<\/p>\n<h6><credit>H\/T: DFA<\/credit><\/h6>\n<h6><credit>Photo Credit: https:\/\/dfa.gov.ph\/, https:\/\/aganapcg.dfa.gov.ph\/<\/credit><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filipino traditional games were reimagined in Guam through art, fostering nostalgia and cultural pride among the Filipino diaspora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1000],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-thereisgoodnewstoday"],"pageone_source":{"pageone_source":"","author_name":"PAGEONE Online Network"},"_pageone_source":"","zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"54":"woooow galing! love the idea!\r","55":"bat now ko lang nalaman to??\r","56":"Filpino games are the best!\r","57":"ang saya neto! old school vibes!\r","58":"love this! more of this please!\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeventstribune.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}