The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Oil on Canvas, 1958. The Burning of the Idols by Fernando Amorsolo is on exhibit at the Ayala Museum, Makati City. There are also several of his other paintings from different time periods in the Amorsolo display areas. The scene in this painting is assumed to represent a time soon after the Spanish had arrived … Read more
La Cámara de Comercio de las Islas Filipinas, widely known today as The chamber of commerce of the Philippine Islands is the oldest business institution in the Philippines, having been founded in 1886. The Chamber traces its roots back to the Spanish period when the King of Spain, Alfonso II through Queen Regent Maria Cristina, … Read more
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
On this day in 1867, the Father of Kapampángan Literature was born in Santa Ines, Bacolor, Pampanga, whose pen name was used to name one of the most well-known Kapampángan literature forms today. CRISSÓTAN • (krih-SOH-tuhn)a poetic joust or debate done in verse with rhyming. A form of Kapampángan literature named after Juan Crisostomo Soto, … Read more
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