"Her eyes and long hair were as dark as midnight, and only her glowing skin shines so bright." This is what inspired the artist to recreate one of her favourite deities, the Bicolana moonlight deity, Haliya. Haliya, the big sister and protector of her little brother and moon god, Bulan. Opposite to her sweet brother, Haliya is known to be strong, apathetic and cruel. She was known to kill both mortal and monster with her broad sword. She was known to wear a mask to hide her real beauty as she puts on this other killer persona and fight her mortal enemy,the mooneater, Bakunawa. Despite of her cold nature, she was convinced by the wind people to go down to the waters of the earth and bathe. The artist also wants to express in this artwork that when Bulan was taken by Sidapa, the god of death, that she spent all her life fighting the Bakunawa with great sorrow and loneliness.
"Si Haliya at Bakunawa" (2021)_