Aswang Tribe highlights Art, Blockchain, and Culture through generative profile pictures featuring Philippine mythlogocial creatures.
Filipino profile picture NFT project, Aswang Tribe, highlights culture, blockchain, and art through testing the limits of the Ethereum network.
The project takes inspiration from Philippine folklore as the name “Aswang” is an umbrella term to describe mythological creatures in the Philippines. The collection has a total of 3,333 unique NFTs equally split among Tikbalangs (Horseman), Siyokoys (Merman), and Dwednes (Dwarfs). The project was quick to sell out last June as Twitter exploded with users who PRAY to the gods for a ticket that whitelists them for the mint.
Apart from gaining $DUGO tokens, which are used to summon Manananggals (Female Vampires), as a reward for staking your Aswang NFT, these NFTs also level up. The final prayer level, according to Aswang, will unlock after 333 years, the same number of years that the Philippines was colonized by Spain. Through this aspect, the NFT project will also test the limits of blockchain technology.
Aswang Tribe also looks to highlight local artists within the South East Asian region through its project. It is just one of the Philippine blockchain projects that look to have Filipino representation in the crypto space. But the key difference that Aswang Tribe has is that it tries to focus, not just on culture, but on NFT art and artists as well.
Aswang originally was hesitant to create a generative art collection. His first project, “Aswang Collection” is a collection of unique 1/1 hand-illustrated NFT artworks inspired by Philippine culture. Aswang felt a bit unsure of the whole generative profile picture phenomenon but eventually saw it as an opportunity to expand on his original vision.
Check out Aswang Tribe’s website or official collection for more details.
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