Hello everyone. I am back after missing last week's contest. Funny how one can just simply lose track of time and suddenly realized he's late for the CCC's Street Art Contest #62. That would be me. So I made sure I'll be early for #63 of this contest hosted by @digi-me. The contest post can be found here if you still haven't heard of this yet. Do read up and join in the fun. Invite your friends too.
As I mentioned in my earlier posts here I was able to discover more street art along the very long walls of the Davao City National High School, the premier secondary public school institution in my city, Davao City, Philippines. The school is located along Florentino Torres Street and occupies an area of 62,657 square meters. That's more than 6 and 1/2 hectares of land area enclosed by a perimeter wall. But due to neighboring private properties only the front and westside walls can be seen from the street. The ensuing street art are from the westside wall, located in Mabini Street which is perpendicular to Florentino Torres Street.
For this week, I will be showing you the paintings of the tribal womenfolk of the Manobos. Let's start with this old but happy woman. She is actually wearing their tribal costume but due to the chipping off of the concrete plaster, the costume cannot be fully seen or appreciated.
Next is this painting of a mother and daughter hugging each other. Here the costumes can be clearly seen as the wall where this was painted on remained intact.
There was an electric post in front of the painting so I cannot get a full frontal shot. The picture above was taken on the left side of the electric post. The next photo was taken on the right side.
Next off is this tribal grandmother with a printed cloth covering her head. Notice the banana fruits hanging near the cyclone wire above the fence on the upper left corner of the picture. And also the rolls of electrical cable on the forefront as some repairs were being done.
Another young woman of the tribe in full costume and matching accessories.
Observe how the wall has not been maintained properly by the school authorities. Chunks of concrete plaster have already fallen off at the bottom part of practically the whole wall and the yellow paint chipping off.
The next, and last, is the actual picture of the first photo of this post.
It's a pity that no effort it seems are being done to restore the school's wall. These paintings can be considered as a fine heritage and tribute to the island's indigenous tribes folks and can be a tourist attraction. Oh well, maybe after the pandemic, the authorities may just simply wake up, realize this opportunity, and restore and retouch the wall. Reminds me of @ewkaw's street art wall which gets painted with fresh white paint every now and then and new street art springs forth.
Next week I will continue to feature the tribal murals of this very interesting perimeter wall.
And that is all for now. I hope you liked the street art that I presented above. Let me take this opportunity to wish the best to all the participants, all of whom have submitted some really awesome graffiti and street art. Please stay safe everyone and may you all have a blessed week ahead.
(All photos are mine.)