VISION
UPMin Kombuyahan envisions to make the University of the Philippines in Mindanao the center of culture and the arts in the region by providing venues for the development of each individual’s artistry and by establishing linkages with other cultural groups, thereby, promoting the Mindanaon culture.
OBJECTIVES
UPMin Kombuyahan aims:
- to serve as a venue for the development of the arts;
- to develop each individual’s talents;
- to establish connections with other cultural groups; and
- to promote the culture of Mindanao.
THE SEVEN DIVISIONS
Bayla Vinta
The Dance Division shall be called Bayla Vinta. Bayla is a Tausog term for “dance” and Vinta is a traditional sea-going vessel for seafarers in Mindanao. Vinta, with its colorful sails, travels with the wind gracefully like a dancer. This provided impetus for the name of the division. Bayla Vinta marks its identity as a group which aims to explore modern dance and street dancing.
Objectives
The group shall promote modern dance and street dancing in the University. It aims to provide a venue for UP in Mindanao students to enhance their dancing skills. It aims to train its members in the discipline which the art of dancing requires. The group aims to collect the different experiences of Mindanao people and explore the possibilities on how to transform these experiences into different movements in dance.
Katingugan
The Music Division of UPMin Kombuyahan shall be officially known as Katingugan. Katingugan is a Visayan word for sounds and/or voices.
The division has three sections: the Kulintang Ensemble, the Choral Ensemble, and the Instrumentalists’ Ensemble.
The Kulintang Ensemble is composed of members coming from the two other performing arts groups of the company namely Bayla Vinta ang Teatro Lambigit while the Choral Ensemble is the group called Koro Kantahanay. The Instrumentalists’ Ensemble is divided into three more sections namely: Kuwerdas, Ihip at Teklado.
Objectives
The Katingugan aims to:
- provide a venue for the enhancement of talents in music, vocal and instrumental;
- promote music as an art;
- contribute to the development of and promote Mindanaon music; and
- contribute to make the University of the Philippines in Mindanao the center of culture and the arts in the region.
Kirim
Kirim is the Literary Arts Division of the UPMin Kombuyahan. This is a pioneering circle composed of literary enthusiasts and artists whose main goals are to bring out and enhance the diverse Mindanaon culture, and to instill awareness of this culture to the students of UP in Mindanao through literature. Kirim is open to students and faculty interested in writing and literature. It aims to encourage university constituents to produce literary works which will contribute to the body of Mindanao literature and culture.
Kirim is a Maranao term for literature.
Objectives
Kirim aims:
- to inculcate literary awareness in students and faculty alike;
- to utilize this division as a medium to make the members appreciate the Mindanao literary arts and what all these entail; and
- to be able to conduct related activities that would foster the mentioned objectives and propose plans regarding these.
Lantaw
Lantaw envisions a critical community of filmgoers in the University. Lantaw is a Cebuano word meaning to view.
Objectives
As an organization, Lantaw’s goal is to bring a new understanding of film and cinema to the UP community.
Litok
Litok envisions to develop speech and language among the UP in Mindanao community and the whole of Mindanao; and to promote, develop, and preserve the culture of Mindanaons through language and speech.
Litok is a Cebuano term for pronounce.
Objectives
Litok was established to cater to the need for harnessing speech and language in the UP in Mindanao community. The group aims to be the body that will conduct various activities, which will promote and develop the fields of speech and language. Students may gain interest in the field and use it as a helpful tool not only in the University but also in their lives. Litok would like to help in the improvement of speech craft and language usage in the community, taking its part in the campaign for nourishing UP in Mindanao.
Mitandi
The word is a Maranao term for “stream of consciousness.” In the world of artists, every single thing has a meaning. Every single line symbolizes something. Every single color portrays a certain idea. Every single brushstroke means a lot of things. The artist sees the world in a different way. Though things would appear menace to some, still the artist recognizes the beauty that lies behind it.
Objectives
- Mitandi would want to help and make the University of the Philippines in Mindanao the center of culture and the arts in the region through the visual arts.
- Mitandi aims to serve as the venue for the development of an artist’s ability and widen his/her knowledge of art.
- Mitandi aims to establish linkages with different cultural groups in recovering, preserving, and promoting the Mindanaon art and culture.
- Mitandi aims to awaken the sense of consciousness of the people, particularly in Mindanao, regarding the culture and the arts of the island.
Teatro Lambigit
The Theater Arts Division of UPMin Kombuyahan shall be officially known as Teatro Lambigit. Lambigit is a Visayan term, a verb, meaning to interact or to become part of.
Objectives
Teatro Lambigit aims:
to develop each member’s talents and skills in theatrical production;
- to study and promote Philippine theater, finding its roots in the indigenous communities;
- to interact and work with these communities and other cultural groups; and
- to promote Mindanaon theater arts.
