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After 28 years, we returned to Kabayan for another
exciting journey into the past watch my first Kabayan clip here above.
This time we went up the mountain to discover the Timbac cave. The
mummies you see in this video are more than 500 years old and were
preserved by the Ibaloi tribe. I would like to thank our guides, who
were so helpful. Without them this video couldn't have been realized!
Finally I would like to mention that we followed all the rules and
customs. The Benguet Province and particularly Kabayan is such a nice
place with old traditions and friendly people. Let's keep such wonderful
places as they are. Philippines...mahal kita! Carabao Productions of
Switzerland
It
is never too late to expand one's knowledge of the past. Embarrassing as
it may be to the government that the Bisaya it has tirelessly repressed
is indeed descended from the great Sri Vishaya, the pursuit of
historical truth justifies itself. If not, then for the sake of our
young who can only take so much of self-serving and subjective official
Philippine history.
Adventurers successfully launched a replica of an
ancient Philippine boat - the balangay - that they will use to sail
around Southeast Asia and possibly to Africa to promote Filipino pride
and unity.
Art Valdez, Expedition Leader: This boat while we built it here in
Manila, in the Philippines, is a Southeast Asian boat. It's a regional
boat. We can not totally claim that it is a Filipino boat. But it's a
way again of showing what the Malayo-Polynesians or the Indo-Malays have
accomplished. They were known as great ship builders and seafarers. As a
matter of fact, they were the equivalent of the Vikings of Asia.
Voyage of Two Balangays - Diwata Ng Lahi and Masawa Hong
Butuan
Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Filipino people, the Austronesian
speaking people traveled from the Asian mainland by land bridges across the
continental shelf to the South East Asian archipelago. They then sailed onward
to as far East as Polynesia, and as far West as Madagascar, aboard the ancient
vessel: the Balangay
Videos - Forgotten
Philippines: Gold of Ancestors part 1, 2 & 3
Gold found in the Sitio
Magruyong site sheds a light on the
important relationship between Southeast
Asian Srivijayan empire and the
Philippines
April 27, 1981. Sitio Magryong, Surigao del Norte. A gridder operator, Edilberto "Berto" Morales stumbled upon a collection of golden objects while working on an irrigation project. The collection contained bracelets, belts, accessories, bowls and more, all made of gold. These gold objects show the important link between the Philippines and neighboring SE Asia and shows us an important part of the Filipino identity... Experts estimate that the jaw-dropping gold that was unearthed by Berto was created between the 10th and 13th centuries. This means that the jewelry was made some 300 years before Magellan reached the Philippines
In
1981, Berto Morales, a farmer employed as a bulldozer operator in an
irrigation project in Surigao struck gold. He discovered a treasure
trove of gold ornaments while bringing down a hill to collect filling
materials. The discovery, hitherto unknown to the public, is among the
largest collection of Philippine archaeological gold in the country as
well as in the rest of the world.
Philippine Treasures, a special documentary about some of the country's
historical artifacts, most important relics from the Philippines'
literally rich pre-colonial past and many others. The documentary is
hosted by Ms. Mel Tiangco with reporting by Mariz Umali, Cesar
Apolinario, Tina Panganiban-Perez, and John Consulta.
The many different kinds of large and small beads, all of
what they call filigree work here.. is clear evidence that they did
careful, delicate and beautiful work even better in their antiquity than
now since all the ancient gold work is of higher gold content and
craftsmanship than what is being made now... [like the kamagi], a piece
of jewelry of greater value and curiosity than could be expected of a
people apparently so crude and uncivilized (Alcina 1668a, 3:121). As
Alcina said century later, "One who knows how to make them today is hard
to find." Source: Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and
Society by William Henry Scott
Cultural History of the Philippines: Hispanic
Philippines Than We Admit.
An extended
meditation on the encounter between the native and the foreign, More
Hispanic Than We Admit is a collection of scholarly essays on Philippine
culture and history. It recuperates our Spanish past and inspires a
continued and lasting engagement with Hispanic Philippines Studies.
Historical reactions to the publication of Rizal's two
novels - Philippine - Spain 100 Years Ago
These videos portray the historical reactions to the
publication of Rizal's two novels, Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo, which moved the Filipino nation to revolt against the
Spanish colonial master
The Presidents of the Philippines - From Aguinaldo to
Arroyo
The President of the Philippines is the head of state
governing the country. According to the Philippine government, the
office has been held by politicians who were inaugurated as President of
the Philippines following the ratification of a constitution that
explicitly declared the existence of the Philippines. Emilio Aguinaldo
was president of the short-lived Malolos Republic between 1899 and 1901.
Although the republic never received foreign recognition, Filipinos
consider Aguinaldo to be their first president.
Jose Rizal (full
name: José Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonso y Realonda)
(June 19, 1861 -- December 30, 1896) was a Filipino
polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate
for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish
colonial era. He is considered a national hero and the
anniversary of Rizal's death is commemorated as a
Philippine holiday called Rizal Day. Rizal's 1896
military trial and execution made him a martyr of the
Philippine Revolution.
Pictures and photographs of the Philippines:
people, places, and art during the 18th to 19th century; during Spanish
colonial days.
&
The traditional houses of the filipinos... it began
during Spanish era in the philippine and up to the end of the american
colonization.... most of the houses were hundreds of years old already
and very sophisticated...
The walls of
Manila were built in the
early 16th century and
rebuilt over three
centuries. It delimited the
shape of the city, wider on
the South and shortened on
the North, where the fort of
Santiago and the Pasig River
were. It remained intact
during several assaults from
the English and Chinese
pirates, but it was
parcially destroyed during
the shellings of World War
II, leaving an empty shell
until the mid sixties.
Nowadays there're still
remains left from which was
the magnificent wall from
the Pearl of the Orient.
Spanish
Colonial Age (Golden Age) in the Philippines, Intramural, which is
called City of God because of its many convents, churches, schools,
houses and streets made with a colonial art which was magnificent at
that time. Once it was destroyed in the World War II by the Americans
and Japaneses, who were cruel to its population and majestic city.
However, nowadays it remains the memories of that which was the Asian
Pearl of the Spanish Empire.
Intramuros is a walled city-fortress originally built
by the Spaniards in the 1600's. It is a historical monument, almost
completely destroyed in World War II, it has been restored and is a
must-see for visitors to the Philippines. Intramuros is rich with
history and legend.
Photos of the American conquest of the Philippines, an
episode also referred to as the Filipino Genocide. Soundtrack:
Campanades a morts, by Lluís Llach.
Zamboanga 1936 - Early Film art - LOOK the film which
tells the story of the past
ubeIceCreamCone wrote on Jul 5, 2009: "Zamboanga" was directed by my
grandfather, Marvin Gardner in his native Philippines in 1936. His
screen name was Eduardo De Castro. Thought lost forever, it was found in
2003? by Philippine filmmaker Nick de Ocampo at the US Library of
Congress. (The copy came from Finland, hence the subtitles.) It stars
Fernando Poe, Sr., the father of Fernando Poe, Jr., Philippine actor and
presidential candidate. It is the oldest Filipino feature film known to
exist. "Zamboanga" came at a crucial moment in the history of filmmaking
in the Philippines. It showed the picturesque sea and the captivating
landscape and with warring tribes and a kidnapped maiden to hook the
audience’s attention," Deocampo reveals.
Look more and full description of and about the
video HERE
La Casa Filipina and the interior - Spanish Colonial
Era
Colonial Houses in the Philippines
were the union between Eastern style and Spanish pattern. A home
designed in stone in the ground floor in order to fight tropical heat
and wood at the top to fight the strong earthquakes that often shook the
islands. The furniture inside the house was clearly done by people of
mixed race, with garlanded rooms with lamps imported from Spain and
beautiful glass cabinets dressed in fine China.
Portrait Of A Hill Station is a documentary on the
history of Baguio City independently produced by Open Space. Written,
directed, edited and original incidental music by Karlo Marko Altomonte.
Narrated by RL Abella-Altomonte. Jojo Lamaria and Austrude Batas Delo,
technical assistants. Roman Ordoña, Eunice Caburao and Leon Karlos
Altomonte, production assistants. Produced in Baguio City, 2008.
The smallest,
oldest triangular bastion
fort in the country was
built in 1738 to repel
Muslim raiders. Spanish
conquistador, Miguel López
de Legazpi was incharge of
construction.
(Spanish:
Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora del Pilar
de Zaragoza) is a 17th century military defence fortress
built by the Spanish colonial government in Zamboanga City
Heritage Conservation Society: Here Today, Here Tomorrow?
Here is an introduction to Philippine architecture and
heritage from the Heritage Conservation Society. This is actually an old
audio-visual presentation of the HCS entitled Here Today, Here Tomorrow? which
obviously needs some updating. But it's a must watch for those who want
to learn some basic information on Philippine architectural heritage. It
features the history of architecture in the Philippines, significant
built heritage and prominent architects of various periods in the
Philippine history.
Established in the 16th century, Vigan is the
best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia. Its
architecture reflects the comming together of cultural elements from
elsewhere in the Philippines, from China and from Europe, resulting in a
culture and townscape that have no parallel anywhere in East and
South-East Asia.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/502/
Pictures and photographs of the Philippines:
people, places, and art during the 18th to 19th century; during Spanish
colonial days.
&
The traditional houses of the filipinos... it began
during Spanish era in the philippine and up to the end of the american
colonization.... most of the houses were hundreds of years old already
and very sophisticated...
This is the traditional clothing of the filipino, its one
of the unique feminine and simply beautiful national costume in
Asia.
Actually this is originally called as barot saya and because it is a
philippine costume it was coined filipiniana.
This dress is no where to be found because it can only be seen in the
Philippines.
This filipiniana has different kinds - from the baro at saya, then
evolved to María Clara, where the panuelo on the neck was added, then
this María Clara evolved to traje de mestiza, where the half filipino
half Spanish, simply called mestiza are the one whose commonly wearing
it. This traje de mestiza has a featured of butterfly sleeves but
remained its panuelo on the neck (look at the V-shape), then it evolved
as terno the modern filipino dress where the panuelo was removed but
maintained its butterfly sleeves. Now it can be seen with different kind
of designs!
I notice that there are clips of other countries national attire and
I've seen none from Philippines so why not make one. I made this so that
others can appreciate the beauty of these dresses.
A Balitaw composition by Prof. Santiago S. Suarez as
interpreted and recorded by Ruben Tagalog in 1963. Details from two
famous mural paintings of costumes by National Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco are
featured in this video.
During the
Spanish Colonial Era,
settlers from the peninsula
were mixed with the
indigenous inhabitants of
the Philippine Islands,
giving a mixture between
Spanish, Malay and Chinese
people. From that union it
came up beautiful women who
were recognized throughout
the Asian continent by their
clothing and Western
customs.
During the
Spanish Colonial Era,
settlers from the peninsula
were mixed with the
indigenous inhabitants of
the Philippine Islands,
giving a mixture between
Spanish, Malay and Chinese
people. From that union it
came up Filipino gentlemen,
who were recognized
throughout the Asian
continent by their clothing,
customs and his intellectual
character Western.
Manila
Carnival was an event that
aroused the jealousy of all
Asia not only for your show,
if not for the parade of
your exotic queens.
Beautiful young women of
Luzon, Visayas or Mindanao
arrived in Manila for be
proclaimed the most pretty
woman of the Philippines
Islands.
Cultural History of the Philippines: Hispanic
Philippines Than We Admit.
An extended
meditation on the encounter between the native and the foreign, More
Hispanic Than We Admit is a collection of scholarly essays on Philippine
culture and history. It recuperates our Spanish past and inspires a
continued and lasting engagement with Hispanic Philippines Studies.
Delicate garments made from pineapple fiber - Piña -
1920 Luzon Lingerie - Silent film
Delicate garments made from pineapple fiber (Piña) are still made in the
same old "handmade" way. The embroidery skill is passed on through
generations of women. This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger
Archives. Production Co: Burton Holmes Travel Pictures
Oral & Intangible Heritage - The Darangen -
Kapagondoga - Central of Maranao.
Kapagondoga. An excerpt from the Darangen. Chanted by Madame Limpasunang
Dagalangit Lomala of Minitupad. The Darangen's origins are placed around
the 7th century, and the chant narrates historic accounts, myths and
legends, as well as themes of customary law (adat), traditional
politics, love, courtship and manners central to the Maranao. Originally
incorporating indigenous as well as Hindu-Buddhist elements, the content
of the Darangen also came to incorporate several Islamic themes by the
14th century. The epic itself can only be chanted by Onor (master
artists) who were trained in proper technique and etiquette of singing
in the ancient language of the Maranao court, and have committed the
whole epic to memory. The Darangen consists of 17 cycles and around
73,000 verses, and was transcribed into 3 volumes. It has been
designated as one of 43 Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of
Humanity by UNESCO. This film was originally released by the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) of the Philippines in 2005.
Look also
HERE
is a large Christian cross planted
by Portuguese and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan
upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines in 1521. This cross is housed
in a small chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño on
Magallanes Street (Magallanes being the Spanish name of Magellan), just
in front of the city hall of Cebu City
also known as the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate
Conception and informally as Manila Cathedral
is a prominent Latin Rite Roman Catholic basilica
located in Manila, honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary as Our Lady of the
Immaculate Conception, the Principal Patroness of the Philippines.
Barasoain Church (also known as Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish) is a
Roman Catholic church built in 1630 in Malolos City, Bulacan. Having
earned the title as the Cradle of Democracy in the East, the most
important religious building in the Philippines, and the site of the
First Philippine Republic, the Church is proverbial for its historical
importance among Filipinos.
Our Lady of the Assumption Church Maragondon - Cavite
One of the oldest churches in the Philippines, this
was erected by the Jesuit friars in the year 1618 and was made a
parochial church in 1627. It was declared a national heritage by the
national museum in July 31, 2001.
The wooden altar, pulpit and main portal are fine
examples of early Filipino craftsmanship.
According to the NCCA, “The church was built in the
early 18th century by the Jesuits, with later additions by the seculars
and the Augustinian Recollects. Much of the church and belltower, and
the lower portion of the convento is made of irregular river stones,
indicative of the early level of technology operating at that time. The
intricately-carved retablos, pulpit and church doors (with galleons and
floral designs) date from Jesuit times, while the hugely carved beams
crossing the nave were installed by the seculars-- one of the beams even
carries the name of the indio priest who commissioned them. The unusual
horseshoe-shaped communion rail, with a flooring of inlaid wood of
various colors, recalls that of San Sebastian Church, Manila, another
Recollect construction.”
These four churches, the first of which was built by
the Spanish in the late 16th century, are located in Manila, Santa
Maria, Paoay and Miag-ao. Their unique architectural style is a
reinterpretation of European Baroque by Chinese and Philippine
craftsmen.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/677/
One of the four barouque churches in the
Philippines is the Miagao Church or the Church of Santo Tomas de
Villanueva declared as one of UNESCOs World Heritage Sites. It has an
amazing structure that stood the test of time. Built in 1787 and later
damaged by fire and earthquake and restored in the 1960s
Video featuring highlights of the Molo Church (dedicated
to Sta Ana / St Anne) in Molo, Iloilo, Philippines. Besides its
well-preserved Gothic Renaissance architecture, the church is also
interesting for its renown as 'The Church of Women' ('Simbahan ng
Kababaihan' in Tagalog / Filipino) for the 16 statues of women saints
set upon columns that flank the church pews.
A tour of the Famous Sta Monica Church in Panay City
The bell's inscription, of course, is in Spanish, and
says: "I´m the voice of God Which I will carry and exalt from one
extreme to the end of this town of Panay an so those faithful in Jesus
Christ will come to this house of God to receive the heavenly grace"
The church and adjoining San Beda College is run and taken care of by
the Benedictine monks, who settled and put up the college and church in
1901. Prior to settling in Manila, they served as missionaries and
pastors upon setting foot in Surigao, year 1895. The church serves two
purposes: as a college chapel for the students of the college and as
abbey church for the Benedictine monks. Benedictine Father Lesmes Lopez
and Brother Salvador Alberich did the decorations and paintings on this
church. This is one of Manila's pre-war churches that escaped the
bombings of the city. Today, it still inspires and awes. Music:
Panunumpa, as performed by the Philippine Madrigal Singers.
THE LATEST PHILIPPINE WORLD HERITAGE SITES COMPOSED OF
THE CENTURIES OLD CHURCHES, VIGAN TOWN, BANAUE RICE TERRACES, PUERTO
PRINCESA UNDERGROUND RIVER, & TUBBATAHA NATURAL MARINE PARK.. OTHER
PENDING PROPOSALS ARE THE IVATAN VILLAGE OF BATANES & TAAL HERITAGE TOWN
Declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 and
dubbed as the "Eight Wonder of the World," the 2,000-year-old terraces
manifest the engineering skill and ingenuity of the sturdy Ifugao
people, who with bare hands carved this stair-like monument out of the
Cordillera mountainside.
Uploaded by hilldenny on Jun 2, 2011: The only
information I have found about the train is that it was used back in the
1960s to deliver sugar cane. It's nice that they kept it and put it on
display. I doubt if there are many examples of 60s trains anywhere in
the world. - Just be patient and look the whole video
Casa Manila
is a reconstruction of a Spanish colonial home of the 19th century. Each
room is decorated in period style, complete with antique furniture,
fixtures, and artwork. Visitors are led from the central courtyard up to
a receiving area (where the master held office), and up again to the top
floor where the master's family lived, all the way out to the kitchen
(complete with authentic cooking utensils of the time), exiting a side
door out back to the courtyard again
THE Lopez Memorial Museum is celebrating its 50th
anniversary this Feb. 18 2010, with the launching of the coffee table
book Unfolding Half a Century: The Lopez Memorial Museum. The coffee
table book documents the legacy of the late Lopez Group founder Eugenio
H. Lopez Sr.
Jerry Acuzar's hobby turns into a majestic place for Philippine History.
Las Casas de Filipinas de Acuzar is located in Bagac Bataan, it is a
haven for colonial houses of which are not being taken care of, can be
considered as a national heritage park.
is a
non-profit, church-based
institution that serves as
the haven of our Mangyan
brothers where their culture
is preserved and promoted.
It was initiated in 1999 by
Father Ewald Dinter, Father
Antoon Postma and Father
Quint Faller. Today, it is
acknowledged by many
government organizations for
the purpose it serves.
Things You Have to See to Believe: The city of Marikina in the
Philippines is a town entirely devoted to shoes, and a shoe museum
stands erected holding 200 pairs of former First Lady Imelda Marcos'
size 8.5's before she was exiled.
First of its kind in the Philippines, the Co Tec Tai Medical Museum
showcases the history of medical practice and health care in the
Philippines.
The museum is located at the 4th floor of the Sonlie Building, 2652 Taft
Avenue Pasay City (between Edsa Rotonda and Libertad street). It is open
Mondays to Saturdays from 9 AM to 5 PM. Visitors are welcome to visit in
large groups. Students in high schools, colleges, and especially in the
health sciences are welcome to tour the museum. Admission is free!
Videos of
Ethnic Filipino Groups, Indigenous
Groups & Tribal Groups
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