Kinding Sindaw: In Honor of the Ancestors

A non-profit dance theater and resident of La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, Kinding Sindaw reclaims and revitalizes the living traditions and oral histories native to the island of Mindanao in the Southern Philippines, and advocates for the self-determination of 63 Indigenous nations, including the Bukidnon, Maguindanao, Maranao, Tausug, and T’boli. Led exclusively by tradition-bearers who are the rightful owners, heirs, and stewards of this cultural heritage, Kinding Sindaw’s pedagogy not only asserts rigor and fidelity, but also advances a model for resisting extractive practices and appropriation in art and activism at large.