Philippine Master Artist In Residency: Sama Badjao Igal Dance Technique and Cultural Traditions of the Sama People by Al-Raffy Harun

KULARTS is excited to host Sama Badjao Master Artist, Al-Raffy Harun, for an exclusive workshop where you can learn authentic Sama Badjao dance techniques and indigenous traditions! 

Al-Raffy Alnado Harun is a performing artist and Sama Badjaoculture bearer born and raised in the province of Tawi-Tawi’s Sitangkai. A cultural worker and a performer, he was the Artistic Director of the Sining Parmata Performing Arts of Mindanao State University’s Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography (MSU TCTO) . He led the Lepa Theatrical Troupe in Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi that aims to promote, preserve and protect our culture and tradition. Raffy won the Best talent in Malaysia for Mr. Culture Asia and was the Tawi-Tawi area coordinator for the Genetic Variation of Filipino People Project. Al-Raffy received his Bachelor of Arts from the Mindanao State University Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography and has recently earned his Diploma in Linguistic, Anthropology, and Population Genetics at Uppsala University in Sweden. He is also a Legislative Staff Assistant for the Policy Research and Legal Services BTA-BARMM Cotabato City.

Al-Raffy has been a member of the KULARTS family since 2023 where he assisted  in expanding Tribu Tur to Tawi-Tawi, and was a guest artist during the “Anting Anting Project” at the Asian Art Museum in 2024. Al-Raffy has supported Tribu Tur as a on-site Philippines coordinator consecutively from 2023-2026. 

Read more on Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi:
Memories of Mindanao Part 3 by Conrad J. Benedicto 

Special thanks to House of Gongs and the Querian Family, Al Raffy Harun US sponsor.