HIYAS KAYUMANGGI is a non-stock and non-profit organization that runs programs and events promoting the beauty and richness of Filipino art, culture and heritage. It is a group made up of creative imagineers from all walks of life and committed to artistic excellence, bringing into awareness the history and culture of the country geared toward the building of the nation through the next generation. The organization’s medium is primarily the use of theater that is distinctly Filipino, as a tool for bringing pride and honor in the country’s heritage. Hiyas Kayumanggi wants the country to return back to the grandeur and nobility that it had in Kingdom times, but feels it can no longer be accomplished in this generation. As F. Sionil Jose said, we are such a “damaged culture” that it will have to be the next generations that will raise the Philippines up again. The theatre production of the epic HINILAWOD is the organization’s pioneer effort to achieve the goals it has set for itself. It is a tall order; but the people behind Hiyas Kayumanggi have the hope that the country will one day get there. www.hinilawod.com