«Panahanan sa Graubünden – Vom Glück einer philippinischen Gemeinschaft»

Around 2000 people originally from the Philippines live in Graubünden. They have found a new home here and are now "panahanan sa Graubünden" – at home in Graubünden.

Balikatan is a Filipino word and means "to give one's shoulder to the other in order to share the other's burdens". The Balikatan Centre was founded over 30 years ago by Filipino women to support people with a migrant background in Graubünden. Balikatan gives migrants a voice, encourages them to cultivate and pass on their own culture and supports them in integrating here and leading a self-determined life.

Balikatan presents facets of Philippine culture in the Rhaetian Museum, sensitively reports how it feels to leave home to find a new home in a distant culture and what challenges have to be mastered. The exhibition tells the stories of the Filipinas and gives them a face, invites visitors to deal with their own culture and origins and shows the richness that can arise when two cultures approach each other openly and shape their common coexistence.