Brief Explanation

Caring for the elderly is a trait deeply ingrained in the Filipino psyche. However, as the world becomes smaller, today’s generation chooses to leave their homes in search of greener pastures abroad/in the city, leaving their ageing parents to fend for themselves alone. We are so busy growing up we forget that our parents are getting old. We look so hard for a better life elsewhere that we disregard our parents’ wish of spending whatever is left of theirs with us. The execution of ‘role-reversal’, the daughter taking care of her mother as her mother took care of her, represents this slowly disappearing custom of caring for the elderly. The cleverly-worded lullaby becomes a key device linking past to present…working to express the love, longing and tenderness of both the young mother, and the grown daughter.