CULTURE

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Philippine literature is going global this National Literature Month

Tell all your friends from around the world, because these National Literature Month events might just be the highlight of your summer

Masked priests carrying out their Lenten duties amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Stations of the cross, masses and other Holy Week events you can catch online

We’re celebrating Holy Week at home. Again. Here’s a schedule of Holy Week events you can attend online

Remember that questionable Bauan Church redesign? NHCP wants answers

In a statement, the agency reminded the parish that the church and convent are important cultural properties that must be preserved and protected from modification

A vintage recipe made with bologna stuffed with mashed peas and mayonnaise
Water pie, tuna jello salad and other vintage recipes we *kind of* want to try

While we still use a lot of old recipes in our daily lives, other recipes just fell through the cracks

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Bauan, Batangas’ neo-classical church is now a— We don’t know how to describe it. See for yourself

The 425-year old Bauan Church is undergoing a renovation, which according to the parish only partially done

Torre de Manila looms over the Rizal Monument. Photo by Marianne Bermudez of Inquirer
Bye, heritage site “photobombers.” Cultural Property Sightline Act nears final House approval

The bill aims to ban structures that block the view of national cultural landmarks

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If you don’t want to watch ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ at least let your kids see it

As visual learners, kids seeing characters that look like them as the heroes on screen can open up a world of possibilities

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Sharpshooters and spies: The unsung Filipina heroes of war

What does a nun in training, a movie star and a journalist have in common? They were all women who fought in the historical wars of the Philippines

Here’s a list of required reading—written by women—for National Women’s Month

From the heroines of the Hukbalahap to a ladies in their twilight years, reading these stories about women is the perfect way to celebrate March

Gliceria Marella de Villavicencio: A forgotten revolutionary remembered through an illustrated biography

Her great-great-granddaughter tells the story of the “Godmother of the Philippine revolution” for 21st-century readers in full-color