You are currently browsing the Iloilo Philippines weblog archives for May, 2007.
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 Posted in General, real people | 2 Comments »
This old man walks the streets of Iloilo selling silhig (walis tingting in Filipino)-- a broom made from the midrib of coconut leaves. Read more..Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 Posted in General, cuisina ilongga | 4 Comments »
Located at a corner of Molo Plaza fronting Andok's Chicken is the first and longest running fishball cart in Iloilo having been around since 1975. Jo-ann's is also one of ... Read more..Saturday, May 19th, 2007 Posted in General, awesome architecture | No Comments »
Many interesting details can be found in Pototan cemetery. The stone cross marker for instance is still very much intact. That's the cemetery caretaker or portero in front ... Read more..Saturday, May 19th, 2007 Posted in General, awesome architecture | 5 Comments »
(Janiuay cemetery's grand stone staircase. Photo courtesy of Ayala Museum) Inaugurated in 1884, Janiuay (pronounced as ha-nee-wai) cemetery was hailed as the most artistic cemetery in the Philippines! The ... Read more..Saturday, May 19th, 2007 Posted in General, awesome architecture | 1 Comment »
Sta. Barbara no longer has a funerary chapel or capilla, unlike the other cemeteries I've featured. What is special about Sta. Barbara though is the stone tablet found ... Read more..Saturday, May 19th, 2007 Posted in General, awesome architecture | No Comments »
(Cabatuan cemetery capilla, 1995. Photo by JRSumagaysay) The cemetery of Cabatuan can boast of its nearly perfect square lay-out with a vast area of 28, 930 sq.m. The newspaper ... Read more..Saturday, May 19th, 2007 Posted in General, awesome architecture | No Comments »
Among the eight artistically significant colonial cemeteries in Iloilo, I deduced that Oton cemetery is the oldest, probably built in the early or mid-19th cetury. From the exterior, it ... Read more..Saturday, May 19th, 2007 Posted in General, awesome architecture | 1 Comment »
Ten years ago, I did a very challenging research project (my post-grad thesis in art history) that sort of "formalized" this love for Ilonggo art and culture. Upon the ... Read more..Friday, May 18th, 2007 Posted in General, cuisina ilongga | No Comments »
Three days ago, I was trying to save my three-week old seedlings of balunggay (malunggay in Manila; kalunggay in Bicol) from being buried under the filling material the contractor dumped ... Read more..