🐊 This piece honors the buwaya as a vessel of ancestral spirits. The woman in Filipiniana stands at the center as the bridge between the living and the dead. Surrounding her are symbols of offering and remembrance: skulls for the ancestors, mangoes for nourishment, bamboo for resilience, and crossed head axes as emblems of legacy and protection.
✨ The offerings rest at her feet, a gesture of humility and reverence. In many ancestral traditions, the feet mark the threshold between the earthly and the divine, where the living bow to honor those who came before.