Maya Daniel Poetry Recital: “Our songs will never die down the valley”
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Taal Basilica seen in whole new light
Following its recent restoration, 142-year-old church gets architectural lighting treatment for Christmas, highlighting its dignity and splendor By: Marge C. Enriquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer / November 25, 2020 Before sunset, Taaleños eagerly gathered around the patio of the Minor Basilica of San Martin de Torres. By dusk, darkness shrouded the basilica’s silhouette to reveal the…
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More heritage bridges under threat
‘Important cultural properties’ in Tayabas, Quezon, could become casualties of road widening project By: Edgar Allan M. Sembrano, November 23, 2020 Tayabas, the former capital of Tayabas (now Quezon) province, is the only area in the country where a large concentration of extant Spanish colonial bridges is found. In all, there are 21 puentes and…
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Spanish as language has waned in PH, but can make comeback
Reflections on the upcoming 500th anniversary of Philippine-Spanish relations in 2021 By: Virgilio A. Reyes Jr., November 23, 2020 When I was growing up in Manila in the 1960s and ’70s, the Spanish language was no longer as vibrant as it had been in the prewar era, when Filipino poets such as Jesus Balmori or…
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A one-stop resource on Philippine arts and culture is finally online
MANILA, Philippines The digital version of the Encyclopedia of Philippine Art is available online and via flash drive for those without internet connections In 1994, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) released the Encyclopedia of Philippine Art (EPA), a 12-volume set containing comprehensive information on Philippine architecture, visual art, film, music, and theatre, among…
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Money and other life lessons from legendary Ulysses
FQ Corner – Rose Fres Fausto (Philstar.com) – November 18, 2020 Are you familiar with Ulysses? Not the typhoon that just devastated us, but the legendary Greek hero. His Greek name was Odysseus but he was known to the Romans as Ulysses. Ulysses was a man who thought like a behavioral scientist. He was the…
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Cordillera by the thread
By: Vincent Cabreza – Reporter / @Inquirer_Baguio, Philippine Daily Inquirer /November 08, 2020 Children’s books pass down traditional weaving, indigenous knowledge to young generation BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — Fata’an grew up watching her village elders weave special kinds of garment for the dead in Barangay Can-eo up in Bontoc, Mountain Province. Although taught the…
