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Friday, September 11, 2009 |
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Lost youth on canvas |
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By Sherma E. Benosa
When I saw Eli Avellanoza’s painting and digital renditions of
traditional Filipino games on his website several months back, I
recognized myself in them at once. Between the playful colors and
over and beneath his fluid strokes, I could see fragments of my
childhood and hear the laughter of my youth.
I did not even have to look at the paintings’
titles. I knew them by heart. Sungka, luksong tinik, luksong baka,
patintero, siatong, sipa—I played them all as a young child.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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VOICES
FROM
THE NCCA
By Cecile Guidote-Alvarez
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Memories of a Ramon
Magsaysay woman-artist awardee
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We congratulate the 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees: Krisana Kraisintu,
Thailand; Deep Joshi, India; Yu Xiaogang, China; Antonio Oposa Jr.,
Philippines; Ma Jun, China; and Ka Hsaw Wa, Burma.
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The search for ‘Tapuey’
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Tapuey, more commonly known as the rice wine, is abundant in the
northern parts of the Philippines. But at present, tapuey making in
the Cordillera community took a backseat despite the demand for
it—with only a few Cordillera natives left to teach the younger
generations.
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HI!
SOCIETY
By Becky Garcia
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Harper receives
French Order of Arts and Letters
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The French Republic through its Philippine Embassy recently awarded
Intramuros Administration head Anna Maria “Bambi” Harper with
the Order of Arts and Letters for her outstanding contributions to
the promotion of Franco-Philippine relations.
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