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Potri Ranka Manis founder and producing artistic director of Kinding Sindaw
She hails from Borocot (Maguing) the 15th Pagawidan of the Pat Pangempong Ko Ranao.* She was born Potri Ranka Manis Dirampaten , daughter of Sultan a Gaus sa Borocot Sultan Mamintal Dirampaten.
Potri Ranka Manis was installed Bai Labi a Gaus sa Borocot by the 15th Pagawidan and attended by the 15 Pagawidan of the Pat Pagempong Ko Ranao on July 23, 2005 and was confirmed by the Sultan Kudarat the 24th ,The Sultan Muhammad Guiwan Mastura Kudarat on March 4th 2006 in Cotabato City. She conceived , created , choreographed and directed several of Kinding Sindaw repertory.
1992: Irimun O’ Banag, 2000: Rajah Mangandiri
2003 : Lemlunay (this play she wrote in 1983 commissioned by Philippine Educational Theater Association)
2004: Parang Sabil which later remounted with Andrea Assaf as the Director, 2005: Sultan Kudarat.
She is going to premier with Kinding Sindaw , Phetanding Ko Bayanan at the Annex theater of The La Mama Experimental Theater on December 6th to 23rd as a Holiday Season repertory.
Potri has been trained in energy, and herbal healing as well as the orature of the Meranao people and the neighboring tribes of the Bangsa Moro and also some of the Lumad people like the Tiboli , the Ubo, the Blaan , the Higaoonon and the Bagobo.
She has been a resource for the Theater of the Oppressed and Popular Theater here in the USA and abroad.
She worked with Andrea Assaf, Dr. Dan Bacalzo,Ph D and Steven Clapp in the productions of Panata an artists activist collective in NYC in productions of: "Bell of Balangiga","Oraturyo ng Bayan", and " Worry Beads".
She facilitates “Demasking Stereotype” a healing circle workshops at the Brecht Forum.
She is a faculty of Lotus Music and Dance Studios.
She was trained in Clinical Pastoral Education where she is a candidate for a certification as a Chaplain.
She is a founding member of the Maranaos in America for Peace , Integration and Advancement (MAPIA) and also a founding member of Kalusugan Coalition.
She is an award winning poet and playwright.
She is known as Mae or May in her other world as a Registered Nurse. To her relatives, she is Bai a Labi a Gaus sa Borocot. To some Muslim friends she, is Hadji Mariam, her patogina, or the name given to her when she performed the pilgrimage to Mecca. She also acquired several other names during the dark period of the Martial law, the Marcos regime. Most Meranaos have several names, one official name, a patogina, a title, a pet name usually reserved for family members and relatives and such other names that either they choose for themselves, or friends use to call them. But, the layers of name of the Meranaos is not a new phenomenon. In fact, they are simply reminiscent of the characters of the Darangen, the Meranao epic, like Prince Bantogen who is referred to in the epic with several other names.
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