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Friday, June 22nd, 2007 Posted in General, awesome architecture | 1 Comment »
Article by Joy Rosal-Sumagaysay, first published in 1996 in the Souvenir Program of the Nuestra Sra. de la Candelaria. Photo courtesy of Jun Rojas The belfry, campanario, or belltower is a given ... Read more..Friday, June 22nd, 2007 Posted in General, awesome architecture | No Comments »
This is the awesome chapel (capilla) window at Janiuay cemetery. The design is gothic-inspired as seen in its lancet arch. Although the Janiuay cemetery is only a shadow of its former self, ... Read more..Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in General, Ilonggo pop culture | 7 Comments »
Ukay-ukay or UK or RILIP...that's what we Ilonggos call the second-hand imported clothes, bags, shoes, bed sheets, and curtains that are sold at Iloilo's public markets and plazas and street ... Read more..Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in General, cuisina ilongga | 2 Comments »
A popular street cooler in Iloilo is the ice crumble (pronounced as ice scramble...we Ilonggos have a peculiar way of distorting words, hehe). Ice crumble is basically shaved ice mixed with ... Read more..Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in General, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Meet Manang Egly. She did the embroidery on that bright red shawl I posted earlier. Manang Egly holds the honor of being a Panubok master. At the ... Read more..Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »
Tonight, I happened to be browsing over my unfiled photos when I came across a set of pixes on the artistry of the Panay Bukidnon, an ethnic minority, proudly Ilonggo, ... Read more..Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in General | Comments Off
You see dem all over Iloilo, usually at busy places such as this Sunday market at Leganes Plaza. With a barbeque stand of welded iron bars, a bag of ... Read more..Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in General, the visual arts | 3 Comments »
Meet Martin Genodepa, Ilonggo visual artist who specializes in coral stone sculpture. Not to worry, environmentalists. Martin, who lives in the southern coastal town of Guimbal, does ... Read more..Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 Posted in General, cuisina ilongga | No Comments »
i wonder which tastes better-- yellow monggo or green monggo? Monggo. another staple of indigenous Ilonggo cooking. Some monggo dishes are: Monggo with langka Monggo with kalabasa and dahon sang camote Monggo ... Read more..Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 Posted in General, cuisina ilongga | No Comments »
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