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  2. Baro't saya - Wikipedia

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    Tagalog maginoo (nobility) wearing baro in the Boxer Codex (c.1590). Baro't saya evolved from two pieces of clothing worn by both men and women in the pre-colonial period of the Philippines: the baro (also barú or bayú in other Philippine languages), a simple collar-less shirt or jacket with close-fitting long sleeves; [5] and the tapis (also called patadyong in the Visayas and Sulu ...

  3. Maria Clara gown - Wikipedia

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    The correct term for the sleeves of the camisa during the mid to late 1800s is a "pagoda" – derived from early Western silhouettes of the Victorian period. [ 10 ] The pañuelo is a piece of starched square cloth (either opaque or made from the same material as of the camisa ) folded several times and placed over the shoulders.

  4. Fashion and clothing in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The sleeves of the camisa are similar to the so-called "angel wings", or shaped like bells that have cuffs. The pañuelo is a stiff covering for the neck, which acts as an accent piece because of embellishments added to it. The purpose of the pañuelo is related to modesty, used to cover the low-necked camisa'.

  5. Barong tagalog - Wikipedia

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    Late 19th century barong tagalog made from piña with both pechera ("shirt front") and sabog ("scattered") embroidery, from the Honolulu Museum of Art. The barong tagalog, more commonly known simply as barong (and occasionally baro), is an embroidered long-sleeved formal shirt for men and a national dress of the Philippines.

  6. Filipiniana - Wikipedia

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    Based on former dean and professor Rosa M. Vallejo of the Institute of Library Science of the University of the Philippines the term Filipiniana was a derivation from two root words: namely Filipinas, the Spanish-language version of the country name of the Philippines and -ana or -aniana, which means “collected items of information” which may be anecdotal or bibliographical in nature.

  7. The Magic Shoes - Wikipedia

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    The Magic Shoes may refer to: The Magic Shoes; The Magic Shoes This page was last edited on 17 April 2022, at 15:20 ...

  8. Why is it called Black Friday? Here's the real history behind ...

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    Some explanations of Black Friday claim that the holiday references a 19th-century term for the day after Thanksgiving, during which plantation owners could buy slaves at discount prices.

  9. National Library of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    However, most of the library's Filipiniana collection, having been overlooked by moving staff and due to time constraints, was left behind at the Philippine Normal School. [ 2 ] The Battle of Manila would prove to be disastrous to the cultural patrimony of the Philippines and the collections of the National Library in particular.