October is Filipino American History Month...Celebrate by seeing BLOODLETTING, by Boni B. Alvarez. Leelee (Anna Mulia) waits expectantly for a fellow aswang (Filipino vampire) with her grandfather Jenry (Sam Produente).

Tickets at https://pork-filled.ticketleap.com/bloodletting/

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Bloodletting

Under the watchful moon, Farrah and her brother, Bosley, return to the Philippines to spread their father’s ashes. But an encounter with an aswang – a Filipino witch – awakens something in Farrah…a power that is ancient and terrifying and innate. Will she embrace her new-found power? Or let it destroy herself and her brother? A play written by Boni B. AlvarezDirerected by Zenaida R. Smith.Featuring Jen-Ai Clinton, Matt dela Cruz, Anna Mulia and Sam Prudente. Email [email protected] for more details! Tickets for our sensory relaxed performance are available at pork-filled.ticketleap.com/bloodletting-relaxed/(that's a Sunday, October 22 2 pm performance), Due to venue requirements, all patrons will be required to be masked during perrformances.

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I still can't believe how the CIA used Aswangs to fight against the communists in rural areas. 😅

#Aswangs are the local vampires/cannibals in the #Philippines.

https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/cia-aswang-war-a00304-a2416-20191019-lfrm

How the CIA Used the Aswang to Win a War in the Philippines

Philippine superstitions and folklore were the perfect weapons against rebels.

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