Wall comes alive with mural

Wall comes alive with mural

Dr Abe V Rotor

 

 

 

 

Boundary wall mural 50 meters long, 7 bays.  Lubong, San Vicente, 

Ilocos Sur

Once site of garbage and shanties for years,

beside a historic ruins of añil* vats preserved;

I took the reign as owner-and-artist as one,

to rebuild the site back anew with cheers.

* Añil is the Spanish word for indigo, a natural blue dye, prepared by fermentation of a  plant, Indigofera suffruticosa. Añil was one of the products exported to Europe via Acapulco, Mexico, carried by Spanish Galleon ships from 16th to 18th century (300 years), the longest trading route between the two continents.