Lifestyle

Remembering the life and works of National Artist for Music Felipe Padilla de Leon on his 30th death anniversary.  (May 1, 1912 – December 5, 1992) Felipe Padilla de Leon was a composer, conductor, and scholar, who utilized the essence of Filipino folk music to create masterpieces. The prodigious body of de Leon’s musical composition … Read more

Tayabak ENDANGERED BEAUTY. Are you aware that the reverse side of the 5-peso coin bears the endangered Philippine flora? To continue our Floral Monday series, we introduce you to an endemic vine known for its blue-green flowers, the jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) of the Fabaceae family, or the tayabak. This climber has a chandelier-like arrangement … Read more

Kislap Hello December! How do you say “sparkle” or “twinkle” in your language? Christmas is around the corner and here at the Christmas Capital of the Philippines, Pampanga, you can see these twinkling star lanterns called “parul“, the most famous symbol of Kapampángans and an icon of Filipino Christmas! KISLAP • (kis-LUHP)sparkle, twinkleKapampángan & Tagálog … Read more

Pale November is designated as National Rice Awareness Month in the Philippines by the Department of Agriculture, so for the next few posts we’ll present some rice terminologies in Kapampángan! Rice is a staple in many Asian diets and this is evident with the abundance of rice-related vocabulary in these languages. PÁLÉ • (PAH-leh)rice plantTagálog … Read more

Nasi [Rice Awareness Month] Here’s the Kapampángan word for the form of rice that we all know and love and simply can’t live without.  NÁSÎ • (NAH-see’)cooked riceTagálog (Filipino): kánin You may want to read: Bulul Rice God Figure