Lifestyle

Sapatus

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Sapatus Did the Three Kings leave gifts on your shoes last night? Filipino children traditionally believe that the Three Kings would bring gifts to them on Three Kings’ Day! So they bring out their polished shoes and place them on the windows or under the Christmas tree on the eve of Epiphany for the Three … Read more

Simbul

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Simbul Here’s a rarely used and unique Kapampángan word that refers to a ray of light from a star, like that of the star of Bethlehem that led the Three Kings to Jesus’ birthplace! SIMBUL • (sim-BOOL)ray or stream of light from a star (such as that from the Star of Bethlehem that guided the … Read more

Dumara

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DUMARA • (doo-muh-RA’)Philippine wild duck (Anas luzonica)Tagálog (Filipino): papán Possible EtymologyFrom Sanskrit ढामरा (ḍhāmarā) “goose” You may want to read: Bugok

Salag

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From Tau’t Batu beliefs: “Salag” – Is another evil spirit that causes death to man. He is pictured as a skeleton with a cape and can fly. Tau’t Batu claims that salag is also present in each human being and in the joints of the shoulders, elbows, knees, and hips. This could be the reason … Read more

Bapor Tabo

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Here is a digital model and render by Kathryna Lee, showing her artistic interpretation (based on contemporary river ship designs of the late 19th and early 20th century) of the Bapor Tabo in Jose Rizal’s novels, the “El Filibusterismo“. The ship model is rendered in the Pasig River in the midst of the 1930s Prewar … Read more