Enlightenment through LUCE: Literary Understanding and Cultural Exposure (5)

As a postscript experience to a week of cultural fun, Luce, with Owwo, Mommy Faye, and Auntie Liv, watched a Japanese English Rakugo last Sept 25. After a week of books and music, we capped the cultural experience with an hour of Japanese sit-down comedy by Rakugo master, Kaishi Katsura. Before typhoon Ondoy flooded Makati and the rest of Metro Manila and its environs, we flooded the lobby of the Ayala Museum with our laughter at the Japanese performing arts Rakugo, where Kaishi portrayed different roles minus the elaborate set and costume changes, dressed only in the Japanese outfit and armed only with a fan and a clothe for props. At the end, Luce had a picture taken with Kaishi, plus his signature on her program. “Parang sa CCP,” Luce remarked after we approached the Rakugo master.

Yes, literature could be understood and appreciated by 6-year-old Prep students. And by providing them cultural exposures, they can widen their horizons beyond the usual Disney cartoon.