I wrote this piece for my performance at Kultura’s Paniniwala: Acts of Faith at the Art Gallery of Ontario on October 5, 2022. In response to the AGO’s exhibit Faith and Fortune: Art Across the Global Spanish Empire, Kultura invited audiences to witness Paniniwala: Acts of Faith, a transcendent experience of live music, storytelling, and dance that challenges colonial legacies of conquest, domination, and Catholicism through Filipino-Canadian artistic expression.