Ranaw: Isang Alamat is a musical / theatrical production being rendered and performed by the MSU-IIT’s Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG) – a world class group of artists. The plot of the production will let us know the life story of a native hero of Mindanao – Bato Lakungan.

One day, the Datu together with his guards went to the forest to look for consumption but instead of founding goods for consumption, they unexpectedly found a baby. The Datu and his wife had decided to adopt the child and cater its need of love and tender care. They afterwards named the child as “Bato Lakungan”. Who is predestined to take the footsteps of the Datu and inherit his throne at the right time. Bato Lakungan became famous because of his bravery, mightiness and charm. But unexpectedly, his perfect life was torn apart as his foster mother tried to seduce him. Bato didn’t like what he saw and so he had managed to have been escaped the horrifying scene. The foster mother of Bato was a very good deceiver and because she did not like what Bato Lakungan did and indeed she felt embarrassed, she made a story about Bato lakungan. She said that Bato Lakungan is working every night to seduce her. Because of that issue and mainly due to the influence of the wife of the Datu, Bato Lakungan was then captured and later imprisoned.

While Bato Lakungan’s imprisonment, he had been experiencing strange happenings and emotions. He felt like there are spirits who were coming after him trying to say