“kaming mga nangangaluluwa”

this podcast plays automatically. wait a few seconds to upload, or a few hours if you’re in the Philippines… (“kaming mga nangangaluluwa”, roughly translated: “we who call upon you as spirits”, translation with apologies, is the opening greeting of all saints day carousers in the Philippine folk tradition of “pangangaluluwa” (roughly translated, “walking as spirits”, translation with apologies…). i don’t know the entire pangangaluluwa verse so i’m just using… John keats, a reading by benedict cumberbatch… uploaded here non-commercially for academic purposes…