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F. Landa Jocano. Significant body of work within the field of Philippine cultural anthropology, widely recognized as "the country's foremost cultural anthropologist" [1] during his lifetime. Proponent of the Core Population Theory of the peopling of Southeast Asia [2] Felipe Landa Jocano (February 5, 1930 – October 27, 2013) was a Filipino ...
A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
Personal life. Antonio Abad y Mercado was born in Barili, Cebu, under the Captaincy General of the Philippines, on 10 May 1894. He was educated at the Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos in Cebu City. He married Kampampangan teacher Jesusa Henson y Aquino., and had three sons: Gémino, Antonio Jr., and Edmundo.
Bienvenido L. Lumbera (April 11, 1932 – September 28, 2021) was a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist. Lumbera is known for his nationalist writing and for his leading role in the Filipinization movement in Philippine literature in the 1960s, which resulted in his being one of the many writers and academics jailed during Ferdinand Marcos' Martial Law regime.
F. Sionil José. Francisco Sionil José (December 3, 1924 – January 6, 2022) was a Filipino writer who was one of the most widely read in the English language. [1] [2] A National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, which was bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles ...
Freepik (stylized as FREEP!K) is an image bank website.Content produced and distributed by the online platform includes photographs, illustrations and vector images. The platform distributes its content under a freemium model, which means that users can access much of the content for free, but it is also possible to purchase a subscription with advantages such as access to more exclusive ...
The Parisian Life, also known as Interior d'un Cafi (also spelled Interior d’Un Café, [2] literally meaning "Inside a Café "), is an oil on canvas impressionist [3] painting made by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna in 1892. [4] The painting presently owned by the Government Service Insurance System is currently ...
Description. Coates's Rizal Philippine Nationalist and Martyr is the second biographical account of the life and career of Rizal authored by a non-Filipino (the first was Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal or "Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal" written by W.E. Retana that was published in 1907, thus Coates's book on Rizal was the first ...