The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
HANAYAN. For our Ethnic Tuesday, the National Museum of the Philippines – Western-Southern Mindanao features its National Ethnographic Collection of ‘hanayan,’ used in Sama Dilaut traditional rituals. Like other ethnolinguistic groups, the Sama Dilaut has numerous and multifaceted ceremonies. They also have a spirit medium called a “wali-jin” or “djin,” which can be both men … Read more
We see them, we enjoy their shade, and we breathe the oxygen they produce. But how many of the 3,600 Philippine native trees can you identify? Our featured Native Tree of the Day, is the TIPOLO. Antipolo or Tipolo (Artocarpus blancoi) is endemic to the Philippines that grows in low and medium elevations. It can … Read more
Puyoy Because it’s Father’s Day today, let’s go to the Seafood Capital of the Philippines. In Capiz, there is a popular food we don’t commonly find on our dining table – eel! Thank you to Alger Inocencio for sharing info about this dish. At first glance you would think it is a snake; but no, … Read more
Sagay Marine Reserve in Negros Occidental The reserve spans 32,000 hectares of landscape and seascape. It covers the islands of Molocaboc, Diutay, Matabas and Suyac. Also part of it is Carbin, Macahulom, and Panay reefs, and the coastal waters of six barangays of Sagay. 33 species of mangroves and 10 mangrove associate species cover 500 … Read more
Taklong Island National Marine Reserve spans 1,143.45 ha. covering 46 islands and islets. The 960.45 marine areas include 172 ha of mangroves with 25 species, 56 ha of seagrasses with 6 species, and 124 ha. of fringing corals composed of 144 species of hard corals and 17 species of soft corals. As of January 2016, … Read more