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Tattooing is a very old and spiritually respected art form that has existed in many different cultures around the world. After many centuries of not being practiced in Europe, tattooing was re-introduced to the Western world through the inhabitants of the Pacific Ocean. Beginnning in the 16th century, European explorers came across many people who practiced tattooing as an integral part of their cultures.This is the first serious study of Filipino tattoos, and it considers early accounts from explorers and Spanish-speaking writers. The text presents Filipino cultural practices connected with ancestral and spiritual aspects of tattoo markings, and how they relate to the process and tools used to make the marks. In the Philippine Islands, tatoos were applied to men and women for many different reasons. It became a form of clothing. Certain designs recognized manhood and personal accomplishments as well as attractiveness, fertility, and continuity of the family or village. Facial tattoos occurred on the bravest warriors with names that denoted particular honor.Through the fascinating text and over 200 images, including color photographs and design drawings, the deep meanings and importance of these markings becomes apparent. ... Read more

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STAGE PRESENCE is a collection of essays and interviews with Filipino American performing artists. Each of the chapters features critically acclaimed and popular artists in their own right, who have also mentored hundreds of dancers, comedians, theater artists and musicians of all genres. In this rare collection, performers take time off stage to speak candidly about their creative processes, revealing personal frustrations and triumphs, while testifying to the challenges of what it could mean to be an artist of Filipino descent working and living in the United States. Featuring: musicians Eleanor Academia, Gabe Baltazar Jr., Danongan Kalanduyan; bandleader and poet Jessica Hagedorn; choreographers and dancers Joel Jacinto, Alleluia Panis, and Pearl Ubungen; and theater artists Remé Grefalda, Allan Manalo and Ralph Peña. The book also includes a thought-provoking foreword by scholar and musician Ricardo D. Trimillos. ... Read more

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Stage Presence: A Culture's Great Conversations
An anthology of dialogues with various Filipinos, who have become American artists following their own unique paths, Stage Presence's chapters are personal documentaries delivering in-depth conversations, recounting significant chapters of their life stories.For this reader's part, their conversations riveted me to the pages and struck a resonant chord for ethnic artists everywhere.Although the average mainstream reader may be challenged to understand textual references written in Tagalog or Pilipino, Ricardo Trimillos' foreword is essential reading for gaining an understanding of the Filipino American's struggle with duality and belonging, within the American melting pot.There are always accommodations to be made and acclimation taking place, but strong connections to community is their key to survival.
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This unique collection is a mixture of poetry, prose, and collaborations that brings martial arts to the page, creating a tapestry that attempts to capture this elusive spirit known as Kali. Kali's Blade is like walking the edge of a knife between reality and myth, strength and frailty, the physical being and the written body. As Bautista writes in, "How to Battle a Wind Goddess," the only real way to win is to inhale her, for "where she became my flesh / I became the wind goddess." ... Read more

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The book documents the two-year deconstruction and faithful reconstruction of the house that Don Roman Santos and Juliana Andres built.Proudly Philippine-made, the coffee table book has impressive photographs of the house showing every interesting angle then and now, furnishings, artifacts and memorabilia covering over 150 years, anecdotes about the main actors Roman and Juliana, and how the town itself came into being. A pull-out Family Tree covering six generations starting in 1800 accompanies the family's story that traces its roots to Olegario Rodriguez, second of three capitanes naturales in the family who took his turn in 1842 and 1853 in Bacolor, Pampanga, then the capital of the Philippines.Anecdotes, including ghost sightings, excerpts from the patriarch Don Roman's uncompleted autobiography, and as a bonus, favorite family cuisine, make the book doubly interesting. The architectural details provided would interest students of architecture as well as enthusiasts for Filipino heritage conservation. ... Read more

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Illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. ... Read more

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The history of Filipino women writers is an account of how → Philippine women became literary "mistresses of the ink" and "lady pen-pushers" who created works of → fiction or factual and → historical → storybooks, → poetry, novels, short stories, essays, biographies, autobiographies and other known writing genres. Writing in → English, → Spanish, → Filipino and other → local languages and native dialects, female writers from the Philippine → archipelago utilized literature, in contrast with the → oral tradition of the past, as the living voices of their personal experiences, thoughts, consciousness, concepts of themselves, society, politics, Philippine and world history. They employed the "power of the pen" and the printed word in order to shatter the so-called "Great Grand Silence of the Centuries" of Filipino female members, participants, and contributors to the progress and development of the Philippine Republic, and consequently the rest of the world. Filipino women authors have "put pen to paper" to present, express, and describe their own image and culture to the world, as they see themselves. ... Read more

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Chapters: Dale Abenojar, Romi Garduce, Leo Oracion, Erwin Emata. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dale Sto. Tomas Abenojar (born April 27, 1963) is a Filipino mountaineer, an adventure sportsman and a mountain guide by profession. On May 30, 2006, he was recognized by veteran Himalayan expedition chronicler Elizabeth Hawley as "the first Filipino" to reach the summit of Mount Everest. According to Hawley Dale reached the summit on May 15, 2006. Abenojar was certified by the China Tibet Mountaineering Association on May 20, 2006 to have summitted Everest via the North Col on May 15, 2006 at 10:45 a.m. Beijing time. Dale Abenojar is the 2,614th Everest summiteer. In contrast, Leo Oracion is the 2,740th Everest summiteer. Both Abenojar and Oracion is in the full list of successful ascents of Mount Everest from 1953 to 13 February 2009 in pdf file submitted by German Himalayan Archivist and former adventurestats.com compiler Eberhard Jurgalski of 8000ers.com. The Himalayan DataBase published by American Alpine Club had included Dale in the list of Everest North summitteers for Spring 2006 on May 15,. On August 4, 2006, Dale's documentary film "Child in Everest" was shown to family, friends, supporters, media and representatives of the Philippine government. Curator of Malacañang Museum is now evaluating of giving Dale the presidential citation and recognition of "Champions for Life.". In June 18, 2007, the Office of the President of the Philippines Malacanang sent an official invitation to Abenojar for his conferment of the Presidential Award on June 20, 2007. The Discovery Channel though its Footage Source director Margaret Majorack has confirmed via e-mail to ABC 5 TV station's News ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on March 19, 2004. The length of the article is 962 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: "Me despedí de mi hijo sin saber que no le vería más": Anita Ferrer, Madre de Rex, 19 años: muerto en Atocha: esta familia de emigrantes filipinos vino a España hace veintiún años para rehacer su vida, no para que se la minaran. Han perdido a su hijo, que enterrarán en su país.(víctimas de atentados terroristas en Madrid)
Author: Ana Del Paso
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 19, 2004
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Issue: 996Page: 54(2)

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This digital document is an article from Actual, published by Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V. on November 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1266 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Romeo Tabuena. (pintor filipino que reside en Guanajuato, México)(TA: Philippine painter who resides in Guanajuato, Mexico)
Author: Sofía Valor
Publication: Actual (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 1998
Publisher: Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V.
Volume: v5Issue: n62Page: p84(4)

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These are rondalla arrangements for 12 Philippine folk dances in 12 staple-bound sheet music books or booklets. Comes in its own folder, plus introductory booklet. ... Read more