'Buntisan' on Friday

There’s no rain stopping the nth "Buntisan" arts event last Friday at the jam-packed Arrozja restaurant in Dasmariñas, Cavite. Dubbed “Rain or Shine” the musical event showcased the sounds from bands Elemento, Helga, Mistaken ThoughtS, Dalisay, Death & Strawberry, Arozcaldo, Barrio Morning Glory, Kill the Dreams, Lakbay Lahi, The Outlaws, and The Perdibles.

‘Elemental’ sounds and ‘earthly’ items on Buntisan.

Bands filled the night with music while visual artworks were displayed along the walls of Shopper’s Choice awardee Arrozja. Being an event for arts, exhibitions of films of different mediums were also on the line-up at times since it started in 2003.

Buntisan came from the root word “buntis”, Filipino term for “pregnant”. Organizers want the event to be a place where types of artistic works are made and born. They originally planned Buntisan to be a weekly event, but they were only able to do it, at an average, once every month and a half.