CULTURE

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Feeding cats is not a crime. Why does the Two Serendra admin act like it is?

Remember last February when Shangri-La at the Fort in BGC was accused of getting pest…

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“Goyo” subverts all the reasons we like movies—and it’s great

When people ask me if I liked Goyo, or if it’s a good movie, I…

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Sold for P63M: Here’s how the Spoliarium boceto went under the gavel

The moment auctioneer Andrew Thomas of Salcedo Auctions hit the gavel for Lot 151 or…

How did Negros shift industries from sugar to handicrafts?

When we talk about handicrafts, it’s easy to picture it as something done at home.…

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Underpaid and unacknowledged: The current state of Filipino weavers

Last year, Instagram fashion critic account Diet Prada called out Spanish luxury fashion house Loewe…

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FYI, don’t abandon your kids to watch a horror movie

Last Sep. 17, Monday, a netizen posted a now-deleted picture of a five-year-old girl crying…

Encyclopedia of Philippine Folk Beliefs and Customs Volumes 1 & 2
A 1991 encyclopedia on aswang, engkanto and more just got a reprint

Neil Gaiman may have been right when he said to leave Philippine mythology to Filipino…

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The government blatantly lacks cultural heritage literacy. Here’s why

With the news of another high-rise building set to overshadow the historical district of San…

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Is that Spoliarium boceto the real deal? Here’s what a historian has to say

Five days before it goes under the gavel, the debate still rages whether a boceto…

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Textiles from ASEAN region, 100% cotton weaves at HABI Fair 2018

If the finds at the recently concluded ArteFino are any indication, the clamor for local…