The Ritual by Cirilo F. Bautista

The Ritual is a short story written by Cirilo F. Bautista. This short story is about two people who wants to improve a group's culture while the other one, which is the narrator, doesn't want to change one's culture and tradition. The theme of this short story is about reminiscing the past and the improvement of traditions. Dayleg came from the mountains and is the character who wants to change or improve one's culture and wants civilization for his people.

 Dayleg is open to possibilities that can improve their culture. Dayleg teaches pedagogy; a study of science and arts of education and philosophy; a study about the nature of knowledge. He wants to escape from his original norms and he wants to convince many people. The narrator, which is an another character who doesn't want to go back to his past because he is afraid of some scenarios that might make the narrator more anxious. In the story, Dayleg really wanted to change their ways, but in the end they also went back to their same and old tradition and culture. The narrator was convinced by Dayleg to return where he came from. 

In this story, Dayleg and his friend killed a boar which is sacred in their culture. The crowd disagree with him because the boar symbolizes an important role to their community and yet, Dayleg and his friend killed the boar. Dayleg wanted change for his community but he didn't even think about how the people would feel if he did that. 

If I were to compare Dayleg to Marcos, They have similarities when it comes to beliefs, he's trying to improve the traditions of people regardless of the people beliefs. Marcos didn't respect the tradition of other people because he wants all people to improve in all aspects.