Staying
on this rock I was trying to balance inspired by this place and
people living here.
Balance…?
Are you
familiar with that? Do you know what is it? To make it even more
complicated, what about “Rock Balancing”? Have you heard about
it? Sounds interesting right? Maybe you’ve tried balancing
different stuffs but balancing a heavy and with various sizes and
forms rocks, well it’s an extraordinary skills. The art of rock
balancing is not an easy-breezy thing to perform considering that
rocks are the most irregularly-shaped pieces on earth
In
Tanay Rizal, just 57 kilometers east of Manila, 1 hour and 30
minutes’ drive, Rock balancing exists and it’s a popular.
As
per Wiki: Rock balancing is an art, discipline, or hobby (depending
upon the intent of the practitioner) in which rocks are balanced on
top of one another in various positions. There are no tricks involved
to aid in the balancing, such as adhesives, wires, supports, or
rings.
In the Philippines, Rock Balancing was founded in
September 2010. There were two proponents who popularized, organized
and introduced this form of Art in Tanay, named Leandro Tamayo
Inocencio and Ildefonso Bandoma Vista. These two names are advocates
for greener and cleaner environment. The very reason why they
introduced this art is not only performing or exhibiting it, yet to
persuade the locals to support their project named “The Journey for
The Trees” This Project tends to give awareness and promoting
environmental awareness and life conservation through conducting such
exhibition of Rock Balancing.
It was a success, a tree
planting activities, lectures for environmental awareness, rock
balancing and more in connivance with Municipality of Tanay, The
Billion Tree Campaign, United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP),
), and the 350.org‘s
10-10-10 Global Work Party, and innumerable sponsors and
volunteers.
“Masaya ang Rock Balancing at sobrang
amdaming tao talaga ang nagpupunta dito sa Tanay(The Rock Balancing
event is very festive and lots of visitors are witnessing it)” the
police in Daranak Falls said. The Event is annually conducted in
Tanay Town Proper from then, but some of the masterpieces are
available right in Daranak Falls. “It’s originally from US, and
they brought it here” he added.
Truly, witnessing the
masterpieces really admired me and motivated me to try. I tried one
but that was really hard, first you have to choose the right shape of
the rocks from the river. You have to balance it according to the
center of the gravity. It really measures your patience and
creativity.
Moreover, experiencing it personally was a
great remembrance. I realized that even a worthless rock can also
turned into a value-laden form of art. An Art that can change the
world to make greener and cleaner, An Art that can increase the
tourism in Tanay Rizal, An art that can teach you how to become
patient.
