“It was heartwarming, emotional. Alam mo naman, probinsyano tayo, ‘di ba? Mga Bisaya. We always see that place, Malacañang, in our books. Sa Hekasi, ganun. When I went there, it felt ...

What she found reveals how fundamental it is to the Filipino psyche. “The word nayánayá from Bisaya, a language of central Philippines, is polysemous [has multiple meanings],” she says.