Salumpuwit bangko, silya atbp.: Chairs in Filipino Life Theater and Dance Despite its enduring presence over

Despite its enduring presence over time and across cultures

and the myriad possibilities of language

Jacques Villon and many others

the bi-annual event seeks to promote the Philippine terno and to transform cultural heritage into a "real

formal composition

Salumpuwit bangko, silya atbp.: Chairs in Filipino Life Theater and Dance Despite its enduring presence overWhere do we sit? How do we sit? Why do we sit? The book counts the ways. And this is just but the first sitting in the exploration of the many context within which the Philippine chair finds its place in the furniture of history. Chairs are products and agents of their socio cultural contexts. They reflect and affect society. The combination of the words salumpuwit, bangko, and silya is evocative, encapsulating the plural Filipino chair lexicon: