Bahay Kubo veggies
Most Filipinos are familiar with the Tagalog folk song Bahay Kubo that describes a humble nipa hut with a backyard garden planted with 18 vegetables. Native vegetables? No, they came from all over the world.
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Eat your fear: Edible insects
Known for its biodiversity in flora and fauna, the Philippines has some 21,000 insect species, 70 percent of which are endemic to the country. Its edible insects include migratory locusts (balang) and grasshoppers, June beetles (salagubang), crickets (kuliglig), termites, and the larvae of beetles, ants, and bees.
Janos Delacruz: In praise of love (lost, found, forever)
In his most recent exhibit titled Tadhana at Art Lounge Manila, Janos Delacruz presents over 30 works on canvas, paper, and hand painted reinforced resin centered on the themes of love, longing, and deep connection with each other.
The Bagobo red cloth: An enduring legacy
Celebrating the country’s weaving heritage, Cherubim A. Quizon, PhD elaborated on the weaving traditions of the Tagabawa Bagobo in southern Mindanao, in a recent Zoom talk titled Red Cloth Reconsidered.
Elmer I. Nocheseda: Kutkutan diaries in the face of challenges
In Elmer I. Nocheseda’s first solo exhibit titled Serendipity Flukes: Kutkutan Diaries at Mono8 Gallery in Greenhills until July 18, 2024, mixed media works on paper are full of intricate designs and patterns overlaid with a kaleidoscopic array of colors.
Pastoral vs. brutal: The Filipino farmer in Art
Filipino painters have often painted the rural landscape in bucolic settings: a nipa hut by a stream, coconut trees and bamboo groves, carabaos and their mud baths, or the planting and harvesting rice. They have also honored the Filipino farmers in their works.
