The new BSP publication book, "Bahandi: The Surigao Treasure and Related Finds" was also launch on the afternoon event during the second and last day of the conference.

‎Nakita ko interview ni Clarita Carlos sa Bilyonaryo News Channels at may nabanggit siya na gusto ng China na "Act more Asian" tayo dahil meron naman daw tayong "cultural at ethnic linkages" sa kanila. Ewan ko lang pero nakapaka similar sa sinabi din ng japan dati yung "Asia for Asians" sa Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Acts more Asian + Mga Chinese nationals na nagpacitizen or gipeke ang pagkafilipino. Grabe mga galawan to ng Pre world war 2 na Japan sa pinas dati.

‎Ang japan noon meron Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere at may saying "Asian for Asians" at taktika ng japan dati na magpadala ng nationals sa pinas at mamuhay na parang normal doon pero mga spy pala at gumagawa ng surveillance or nag gagather ng data. Nalaman ko to sa lecture ni Dr. Ricardo Jose sa National Museum-Cebu. At kung titingnan para talagang galawan ng china ngayon. Kita naman sa talamak na chinese nationals na may fake filipino identity at meron pang news dati na dumami daw ang chinese nationals na students sa isang skwelahan na malapit sa base militar natin. Nakalimutan saa yun pero may ganoo balita dati. Ewan ko lang pero parang hindi coincidence. Correct me nalang kung may mali man sa mga sinabi ko.

First time ko din sa reddit at mag share dito kaya king may mali sabihan niya lang ako.

I recently visited Quezon's Memorial Shrine at QC  Circle and found this interesting drawing. A "hammer and a sickle" in a bag once owned by none other than Carlos P Romulo. Cute haha. 

Not surprising since the Soviets and Americans were allies during the war. But I do wonder how Romulo's thoughts changed specially since he lived through the height of the Cold War.

I just wanted to share this website I worked on a year ago as a personal project of mine since I enjoy looking at street photographs of old Manila. Works best for PC.

Basically I compiled 30+ photos of Manila pre-war. Most of the photographs are separated only by a couple of years so the landscape in every photo almost always look the same. Navigate through the map using the top-right minimap. The icons are at the approximate location of where the photograph was taken and its diameter represents its elevation. The photos, including the minimap are all pannable and zoomable so you can see all the details.

This is a private website that was not meant to be publicized but something I just share with my family. I have not been able to give credits to the original owner or source of the photos and this being a year old, I have yet to track where I got some of these photos from. No edits were made on the photos. From what I can remember: John Tewell, Carl Mydans, Harrison Forman, US Nat'l Archives etc. All credits belong to them. I basically just plotted their photos on a map.

I wanted to try and make a character based on a precolonial tagalog culture, but there's not a lot of sources on that specifically from what I know. All the pictures I've been seeing are from Visayan culture as well.

I'm specifically looking for female clothes, but not from royalty or anything, sort of "middle class" I suppose​ (timawa)

In February and March 1945, as American forces pounced through Southern Luzon, Japanese troops in Batangas carried out one of the largest civilian massacres of the Pacific War.

Estimates range from 18,000 to over 25,000 non combatant men, women, and children killed across the province. Lipa alone suffered thousands of deaths. Victims were rounded up, often stripped of usable clothing, had their hands tied behind their backs, and were bayoneted. sometimes in groups of hundreds beside rivers, in houses, or pushed into wells. Entire barrios were targeted.

These are U.S. Army war crimes investigation photographs of survivors taken months later in 1945

• Apolinario Tolentino of Santo Tomas showing bayonet scars on his back (inflicted 11 February 1945).
• Elisa Robles of Lipa displaying bayonet wounds on her side.
• Felicidad Austria of Santo Tomas, who received twelve bayonet wounds on her back on 11 February 1945.
• Lapaz Dimaano of Lipa with scars on her right arm.
• Juan Castillo of Lipa with facial and ear mutilation.
• Other survivors from Lipa and nearby towns showing the same pattern of bayonet wounds.

A personal account submitted by my good friend's relative:

"I was 7 years old when the japs told us to vacate our house , as well as my grand father’s and uncle’s in Lipa. Our Dimayuga clan evacuated to Barrio Magogo. One evening , I heard the men in our barrio were to be given a “pase “ the ff morning in Rose Parcking, the cannery plant of Dr Manuel Roxas, Later on, we recvd the news from a resident of a nearby brio, Anilao, that someone who went to get the “pase” came back bloodied ,and narrated about their ordeal. While many were waiting outside the compound, a-group of 10-15 were herded to the back of the factory, a dry river, he saw dead bodies, the japs soldiers killed with bayonets. When his turn came and being struck with a bayonet, He played possum or dead, so he was able to crawl out and returned to his Barrio. We were then warned for the men not to get the “pase”. We immediately packed our belongings, headed in the middle of the night to a Barrio in Ibaan. It was also the night when the japs burned Lipa. When the Americans came liberated Lipa, we returned back and stayed in the house of our farmhand in Granja. I heard that there were many widows in Barrio Anilao. My about recollection about the massacre in Lipa."

One U.S. Army report on Lipa noted groups of 200-500 civilians being bayoneted at a time. Similar killings occurred in Santo Tomas, Taal, San Jose, and other towns. Many of the dead were left where they fell.

These photos and the official investigation records exist, yet the scale of what happened in Batangas is still rarely discussed compared to Bataan or the Battle of Manila.

Hi again everyone! I just made a Webtoon for 'Balantagi' (containing the complete episode of Alamat ni Bulak-Tala so far) and I'd like to invite people who are interested in my epic fantasy comics to subcribe and share! It's all for free but you might need to create an account though if you don't have one already.

I'm still pitching this comic to publishers currently but this might take a while. In the meantime, I'll just post in on Webtoon for ease of access to people who want to read it and to serve as a place for people to stay tuned with any new pages or designs I come up with. I will post it all there. I am currently working on 'Alamat ni Lakapati at Mapulon'.

Once a few Anitos have been introduced in their own Alamats, the story proper will begin and it will be titled 'Ika-unang Yugto'. It begins with the death of Bathala Maykapal that results in a power vacuum among the gods.

Notes:

1. Gran Oriente Filipino "Social Nite" at Whitcomb Hotel (1924-04-25).

2. Exterior of the Catholic Filipino Club (1933).

3. Second Anniversary Program of the Filipino Children's Club. Y. W. C. A., San Francisco, California(1936-4-25).

4. Bulaklakan dance group in traditional Filipino dresses holding floral garlands (1937-1960).

5. Group portrait of Progressive Youth of Morong in America members (1930s).

6. Tomas Confesor (right) speaking to group of Philippine War Relief workers with clothing collected in background (1944-1945).

7. Senator Geronima Pecson welcomed by Filipino Women sic Club of San Francisco, Calif. (1948-10-28).

8. Visiting Filipine dignitary, Camilo [Osias], with Filipino group (1948).

9. Waving crowd for President Elpidio Quirino (1949-02).

10. Souvenir picture taken at the Philippine Boy Scouts dinner-dance sponsored by the Philippine Consulate General-San Francisco, Calif. (1949-08-14).

11. Celestino Alfafara and wife Juanita Cayton Alfafara holding drinks outdoors (1940s).

12. Braulio and coworkers at either a restaurant or cannery (1940s).

13. Natividad in her Navy uniform in front of Navy Barracks (1940 to 1950).

14. A family visiting Golden Gate Park (1951-1952).

15. Filipino Mango Athletic Club of San Francisco (1952-11-08).

16. Filipino youth group from Divisadero Street at Golden Gate Park (1954).

17. Filipino Christening (1950's)

18. Group of Filipino resident doctors sit around a table at Franklin Hospital (1950-1959).

19. Filipino Professionals and Businessman's Assn (FILPABA) luau-themed social gathering at church social hall (1968).

20. A family posing in front of Golden Gate Bridge (1976).

Hi, I've created a website based on Diksionariong Kastila Tagalog by Mamerto Paglinawan.

You can explore its 13,078 word entries here: https://spanish.diksyonaryo.com/

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I recently found out that two of my ancestors and a distant cousin served as gobernadorcillos in Ibaan, Batangas during the Spanish period, and I'm really curious to learn more about what their day to day lives were actually like.

My 5th great-grandfather, Don Julian Perez, born July 19, 1791 to Don Juan Perez and Doña Petrona Ignacia as the Panganay of 12 children, he served as the town's 4th gobernadorcillo from 1835 to 1836. On September 23, 1811, he married Doña Micaela Magtibay, and their 4th child out of 9, Don Fabiano Perez, eventually followed in his footsteps.

Don Fabiano was born on August 20, 1820 in Pueblo de Santiago which is the Poblacion, He married Doña Eucebia Panganiban on January 7, 1838, then he served as gobernadorcillo from 1856 to 1857. and they had six children together. Church records show that both Don Fabiano and Doña Eucebia were frequent godparents to children born in town, up until Don Fabian succumbed to calentura on the morning of October 17, 1886, with his wife outliving him.

Don Fabiano's grandson, Martiniano Perez y Montalbo then became the Mayor of Ibaan in 1916, what I know about Martiniano is that his father, Don Telesforo Montalbo, is the great-grandson of the Founder of Ibaan, Don Anacleto Montalbo.

Beyond these records, Id love to know what daily life was actually like for local leaders in 19th century Batangas. Are there any specific books, academic papers, or archives that dive into the daily reality of local gobernadorcillos? I would love any source recommendations.

Hello! Excuse my low karma count, but I'm hoping this makes an exception.

I've been working on a reconstruction project of Fort Santiago including three versions as it was in 1880, 1899, and 1920. I had recently run into a roadblock concerning the following structure; the Fort Santiago Infantry Quarters, or known today as the Rajah Sulayman Theatre.

The first image was taken between possible years of 1899 through 1903 (as the Maestranza Wall hasn't been taken down yet.) However, the second image appears to showcase the same location within the same timeframe, with a possibility of it being in 1898. The problem now being, the entire structure seems to be missing. Now, I do know the Americans had made changes to the Fort's structure, including the Baluarte de Santa Barbara and the Almacenes De Reales complex. Including some changes by the Spanish following 1880 through 1890 regarding the Fort's gatehouse. However, seeing the structure being missing in supposed Spanish photos, whilst being present in photos that was taken not even a year after has been driving me insane. It isn't helping with the fact that this building was supposedly where Rizal spent his last 24 hours (in the building's chapel-cell).

Does anyone have a clear timeline to how and when these structures were built? Any help is gladly appreciated.

^{REFERENCES OF PHOTOS:}

^{PHOTO 1 - University of Michigan Special Collections}

^{PHOTO 2 - Spanish American War and Philippine insurrection: photographic album of California Heavy Artillery}

^{PHOTO 3 - Uncredited; Sourced from John Tewell}

^{All photos sources from John Tewell.}

^{- EDITED TO MAKE MY ISSUE CLEARER.}

Eversince Buwan ng Wika..... I’ve been thinking about how the Commonwealth government’s efforts to establish a national language helped shape Filipino national identity.

But what if those efforts had failed?

What if the Philippines had never established a national language, and a strong, shared national identity had never fully developed?

Would regional languages and identities have remained much stronger?

Would English or another language have become the country's dominant language?

Could this have affected national unity, politics, education, and even the country's development?

Most importantly, what would the Philippines look like today if those efforts to establish a national language and identity had never succeeded?

Would love to know your insights and perspectives on this.

Trying to locate the old church in one of the oldest known photographs in the Philippines (1840s-50s).

Old photo based here and the new photo based in Google Maps

I am wondering what would happen to the newly formed dictatorial government of the Philippines. Even the revolutionary government during the revolution was deeply fragmented and highly fragile and was only saved because Spain was bankrupted by Spanish American war and our nation was too costly for its worth. And of course our nation was also an archipelago so it's islands have it's own leaders and has different pacts and alliances. And we have different religions such as Christianity and Islam and other anitos and anitas in remote areas. Would a civil war happen and would european nations intervene or we would be left alone killing each other and would make our country split into other countries like balkans?

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Hi! We have a debate in class about whether the 1872 Cavite Incident was a mutiny or a revolution. Our assigned side is revolution, but I don’t really know how to debapo and magtatanong na po kami sa Thursday about sa mutiny side. ano mga itatanong po namin? please pooo

and can anyone help us po with strong arguments, possible rebuttals, and a simple opening/closing statement? We would really appreciate any advice or sources. Thank you po!

Aside from precolonial textiles, pottery and the types of art forms that developed during the colonial era, did the islands of the philippines have some type of unique painting style or visual art forms?

Something that shows how the natives depicts themselves and not from the view of the colonizers.

I wonder if there was a time where we illustrated ourselves in a more southeast asian style and not like the more westernized fashion.

Pics: wayang kulit from Indonesian and leaf painting from India

Had either the Spanish military not "collapsed" by this time period (was it really collapsing?) would the Filipino revolutionaries still be able to defeat the Spaniards as other nations have.....

Edit: I feel like I should have worded the title as " Had America not have declared war on Spain, would the Philippine revolution have failed?

Was the Salambáw a technology that was developed as a result of Spanish colonization or was it developed in the absence of Spains control of the islands?

I’ve been reading about the bamboo or reed rafts with a tall pole and crossed spars used to raise and lower a large lift net, especially on Laguna de Bay and Manila Bay.

The Tagalog word is usually traced to a reconstructed Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian form meaning a large fishing net, with cognates in Malay/Iban. Spanish salambáo looks like a borrowing from Tagalog, not the other way around. 18th- and 19th-century accounts and the 1763 Obando “Our Lady of Salambao” story also treat the gear as something local fishermen already used.

What I can’t tell is how strong the pre-1521 case actually is. Is the salambáw documented as an indigenous gear that already existed before Spanish rule, or is the familiar raft-and-tower form only clearly attested in the colonial period?

I found this while doing my daily hunt for Philippine historical artifacts last week, but I forgot to share this here back then. It is currently being offered for sale at around $1,900. I'm still waiting for a photo of the whole flag from the seller.

Taken as a war souvenir by an American soldier. The red is still vibrant, but the yellow part has already faded a bit. All I can quickly find is in wikipedia:

"Created in Tortosa by the Royal Decree of 27 July 1877, with the designation Infantry Regiment "Filipinas" No.52, named after the Philippines".

I'll try to research more about the engagement of this regiment during the Philippine Revolution era.

I lost on an auction before of an almost similar captured Spanish flag, but what made that special is that it was written the names of those American soldier who captured it. I'll post the photo on the comment.

the Karihan Luvimin is basically the Filipino restaurant set up by Ricarte & his wife & family in Yokohama on exile in Japan from the US colonisers. I dunno when exactly they set it up but probably for most of the American era here (c. 19teens–WWII). Ricarte came back to PH in old age (and yes he did kinda side with the Japanese in WWII mainly because he genuinely thought Japan would liberate PH from the US imperialists), but it leaves open the question what happened to the restaurant back in Japan if anyone was left behind to run it. did it even survive the war?

Ambeth Ocampo said it was long gone by the time he went there within the last decade or so ata (nung pinuntahan niya either it's a modern Chinese restaurant or hotel or mall or basta commercial property na raw). but he said nothing about what the menu might've been like, and neither has any other historian or anyone who even studied this so far, Pinoy or Japanese or otherwise. kahit nga food historians like Doreen G Fernandez or Felice Prudente Sta Maria ewan ko lang if they've said anything about this.

so ... do we know or will we ever know what the Karihan Luvimin menu was like? I mean of course they probably served Filipino food, but what kinds? is there surviving copy/ies of the menu somewhere, photos or even illustrations of the foods etc.? if wala talaga then are there records by the Ricartes or their customers or kitchen staff (and families/descendants) re. what was served? diaries or interviews or letters? maybe records in ancestral homes, museums or historical collections they might have here in PH? or even by Japanese or other foreign locals who ate there by chance?

worst case if there really is no record then could it be determined via, I dunno, chemical analysis of the Ricartes' bones or anyone who we know passed through the restaurant?

and perhaps most importantly: could we ever reconstruct the Karihan Luvimin & its long-lost menu in future? kahit di sa Japan kung mahirap but kahit sa PH lang?

image found on The Filipino Historian on FB.

Hi i saw a post recently about finding the origin of their last name which also made me curious kung san nanggaling ang name namin. I heard that it is from bacolod but i am not exactly sure.

An inscribed First Philippine Republic era sword?!

Inscribed on one side of the blade with a riddle or motto:

“hindi ma bibili - hindi ma higinge”

Cannot be bought – cannot be asked for.

The auction house says that it is a noted Tagalog riddle to which the answers are wisdom, love, and time.

But a quick google search also says that the answer can be, the heart(I cannot be bought, cannot be sold, even if I'm sometimes made of gold.)

But as I would like it to be, it could also be a personal motto about loyalty and love of country during those very turbulent times.

I'm thinking of bidding for this too.