The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Another historic house in Malolos is the 19th-century Don Jose Bautista Ancestral House, which served as the office of the Secretaria de Fomento during the First Philippine Republic. It frequently hosted Manila-based visitors, including Jose Rizal in 1892. This ancestral house was built in 1855 by one of the prominent Filipino-Chinese families in Malolos. It … Read more
San Diego Ceramic Pouring Vessels This week on Maritime Monday highlights the ceramic pouring vessels recovered from the San Diego shipwreck. San Diego was a merchant vessel turned flagship of a Spanish naval fleet that engaged 3 Dutch ships off the shores of Fortune Island in Batangas Province on 14 December 1600. After a naval … Read more
Baldomero Aguinaldo, first cousin of Emilio Aguinaldo, was born on 27 February 1869, to parents Cipriano Aguinaldo and Silveria Baloy in Kawit, Cavite. A graduate of law and a farmer by nature, Baldomero Aguinaldo along with Emilio Aguinaldo, Candido and Daniel Tirona established the Katipunan’s Magdalo Council and became its president. He also became the … Read more
The National Museum of Bohol in its final week of Women’s Month and for its last Purple Tuesday feature presents the “kimona”. A Kimona is a loose-fitting blouse traditionally worn by women in the Visayas. Made of delicate fabric, the kimona is worn over an undergarment called a kamisin and paired with a skirt or … Read more
The attire of an Ibaloy woman has a distinct stripe and plaid motif which is found on both their shirt/jacket and their wrap-around skirt. This ensemble was displayed during the Feasts of Merit: wealth, status, and feasting in the Luzon Cordillera exhibit in 2018. You may want to read: Lufid Kalinga kain