By Hedy Tripp, 2011 Tribu Tur Participant

“Spirits are not ephemeral ghosts. In the Philippine archipelago, where there are no seasons, the spirits give life to nature’s tremendous powers of water, air, wind, and fire.”

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“All by tribal tours gave was the seed of the most beautiful things that happened in my life. The ripples it created birthed leaders, wonderful artists and individuals that have impacted the community in many ways. Salaam for everything!”

“KULARTS Tribal Tour was a life-changing experience. It was expertly and sensitively organized to expose us, the participants, to Filipino cultures that have often been derided and stigmatized. It also allowed us to experience these cultures through active and collaborative participation in local cultural practices and rituals. In the process—and this was the most meaningful to me—we were able to help indigenous populations preserve vitally important cultural traditions, sustain their often precarious economies, and finance their social projects for community development and improvement.

For me, the Kularts Tribal Tour was not tourism, not even of the well-meaning kind; it was immersion and solidarity with peoples and societies that are in the process of developing sustainable economies while preserving, energizing, and innovating their brilliant, though often stigmatized, cultural traditions.”