Diligin Ng Suka Ang Uhaw Na Lumpia -1987- -

Rumor has it that after completing "Turumba" (1981), Tahimik sketched a surreal short film titled "Ang Uhaw na Lumpia" . The plot, allegedly scribbled on a banana leaf and kept at the Baguio Creative Collective, involved a talking spring roll that roams the streets of post-EDSA Manila, looking for a glass of water. The spring roll, representing the middle class (crispy on the outside, soft on the inside), approaches various figures: a corrupt politician, a homeless street child, a nun.

But why "water" a lumpia with vinegar?

It is a memory of a year when the whole country was a dry lumpia, and hope was the vinegar—sharp, cheap, and necessary. diligin ng suka ang uhaw na lumpia -1987-

Each refuses to give it water. Finally, a disillusioned revolutionary gives it a dipper of suka , saying: "Diligin mo ‘to. Ganito ang lasa ng rebolusyon—maasim at masakit sa tiyan." Rumor has it that after completing "Turumba" (1981),

So, the next time you stare at a plate of cold, leftover lumpia, hear the whisper of 1987. Pick up the bottle. But why "water" a lumpia with vinegar