Archive for June, 2007

The Jaro Belfry — an Iloilo landmark

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..

Capilla window of Janiuay cemetery

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..

The UKAY-UKAY / UK / RILIP phenomenon

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..

ice crumble / ice scramble

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..

Manang Egly, the Panay Bukidnon's outstanding embroiderer

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..

The amazing Panay Bukidnon embroidery

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..

manug-inasal

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..

Martin Genodepa, Ilonggo stone sculptor

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..

yellow monggo

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..

green mongo in a sack

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 Posted in General, cuisina ilongga | No Comments »

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