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I Am Xitlali

I Am Xitlali. By: Christian Barreda Huerta and Gianfranco Fernandez Ruiz. My Experience wore a loin cloth And called itself Xitlali It played the bagpipes Before the war before the rain It makes sugar skull candies to celebrate its dead And works the rice terraces of Banaue

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I Am Xitlali

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  1. I Am Xitlali By: Christian Barreda Huerta and Gianfranco Fernandez Ruiz

  2. My Experience wore a loin cloth And called itself Xitlali It played the bagpipes Before the war before the rain It makes sugar skull candies to celebrate its dead And works the rice terraces of Banaue My experience eats that same rice With sliced banana and fried egg The yolk breaks and spills Crimson, it declares: “I am Maganda” It repeats “I am Saol” It repeats “I am Xitlalia and I wear a loin cloth” My experience is to be seen Untranslated, unclothed, unmistakable Attempt to translate The bagpipes will sound Before the war. Before the rain.

  3. My Experience wore a loin cloth and called itself Xitlali

  4. Who is Xitlali?

  5. It played the bagpipes Before the war, before the rain

  6. Why Bagpipes?

  7. It makes sugar skull candies To celebrate its dead

  8. And works the rice terraces of Banaue

  9. My Experience eats that SAME RICE with sliced banana and fried egg

  10. The yolk breaks and spills Crimson Why and how is this the turning point?

  11. I Am Maganda

  12. It Repeats

  13. I Am Saol

  14. It Repeats

  15. I Am Xitlaliand I wear a loin cloth

  16. My experience is to be seen

  17. UntranslatedUnclothedUnmistakable

  18. Attempt to translate the bagpipes will sound

  19. Before the WAR.Before the RAIN.

  20. What were the main themes of the poem? • Was there any resolve? • Who/what did Xitlali represent? Discussion:

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