The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Planting Rice by Miguel Galvez The National Museum of the Philippines celebrates Filipino Food Month and Rice Festival Week by honoring the people behind the country’s food production with this oil painting on canvas by Miguel Galvez (1912-1989) titled “Planting Rice” (1951) from the National Fine Arts Collection (NFAC). The artwork portrays farmers doing their … Read more
Pahonan A member of an Indigenous group from Lagawe, Ifugao competes in the pahonan or log race event, one of the traditional sports and games featured in this leg of PSC’s Indigenous Peoples Games program held in 2018. The activity is in partnership with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). You may want to read: … Read more
Kadang sa Bagol A teenager from an Indigenous community from Lagawe, Ifugao demonstrates their version of Kadang Sa Bagol. The activity is in partnership with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). The Philippine Sports Commission’s Indigenous Peoples (IP) Games program aims to preserve and promote the traditional sports and games of the Indigenous Peoples. The … Read more
Today’s Wildlife Wednesday, the National Museum of the Philippines features a specimen that is turning 75 years old from the day it was collected — the Luzon bushy-tailed cloud rat locally known as “Bu-ot”. Luzon Bushy-tailed cloud rats (Crateromys shadenbergi) were collected by Harry H. Hoogstraal on 1946 in Mt. Kapilingan, Mountain Province. Since then, … Read more
Easug it usa The National Museum of the Philippines-Western Visayas featured flora in Biodiversity Friday is interestingly called “easug it usa”, literally, “deer testicles”. The Mackinlaya celebica from the plant Family Araliaceae is a small, sparsely branched tree that can grow up to 6 meters high. It is native to the Philippines and to Solomon … Read more