cultural heritage

This couple is helping preserve Filipino heritage cooking, one TikTok at a time

Beatriz Gomez and Roberto Villarcabral are the brains (and stars!) of The Lost Filipino Cookbook—a.k.a. your new favorite TikTok account

This free lecture and exhibit wants to teach people about the historic San Nicolas district

Over 40 works of art depicting San Nicolas by the Urban Sketchers community will be on display at the Instituo Cervantes’ Intramuros location

digital render of historical structures in manila prewar
LOOK: Historic Manila sites digitally reimagined in their pre-war glory

Artists heritage advocacy group Renacimiento Manila has been able to “digitally reconstruct” Plaza Moraga and is planning to complete a reimagining of Escolta before World War II

met theater repainting
How the Met Theater’s restorers recreated its original wall finish

Arch Lico design consultancy is basing it on the historic layers of paint scrapings the Metropolitan Theater accumulated through time

OPINION: Nas Daily, Whang-Od, and the *actual* issue of cultural exploitation

The saga of Nas Daily, Apo Whang-Od, and the drama that followed can’t fit in a minute. It’s also a smokescreen for the real underlying issue: cultural exploitation

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

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

Intramuros is open to visitors again. Here’s everything to keep in mind

If you’re planning to visit, make sure you’ve registered on the StaySafe PH app beforehand

Yabing Masalon Dulo, master weaver and Manlilikha ng Bayan, passes away

The centenarian was one of two master designers of the B’laan tribe’s mabal tabih art

Heads up: The Ortigas Foundation Library is moving to Greenhills by May

The library has a collection of 24,000 volumes of books, maps, photographs and documents, including records from the Japanese wartime trials