Sam Lo: 'we Gave It The Best Fight Of Our Life'

Cebuano beauty queen and Miss Grand International Philippines Samantha Lo might have ended her MGI journey empty handed but she was still very grateful for this once in a lifetime opportunity.

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Published on 26/10/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, People
Tags: international, Miss

Photo Gallery: Pasigarbo Sa Sugbo 2019 Street Dance Parade Begins

The Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2019 street dance performance kicked off this Sunday afternoon with the 44 participating contingents from the different towns and cities of Cebu province parading through Osmeña Boulevard in colorful theme-inspired costumes.

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Published on 25/08/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Travel
Tags: Festival

Artwork Done In 1 Hour: Cebuano Artist Shows How To Help Save Ailing Planet

How can a Cebuano artist raise awareness to the “wildfire crisis” in the Amazon rainforest in South America and the plight of Mother Earth in general?

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Published on 25/08/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Environment

Gayang: Igorot Folklore Goes To The Comic Book

Move over Darna, Captain Barbell and Dyesebel – no disrespect to your creator, the legendary Mars Ravelo. Here come Lampong, Pili, Inlablabbuut and others. The latter have come alive in a new comic book collaboration by young artists from the Cordilleras.

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Published on 18/07/2019 by Papagei
Categories: Arts, Culture, Mythology & folklore
Tags: Asbucan, Astudillo, Book, creatures, Folklore, Gayang, Gripo, Igorot, stories, students

New “Old” Filipino Master Paintings Surface And Break Auction Records

They’re coming out of the woodwork and fetching auction records.
In recent years, several new works by Juan Luna, the Philippines’ acknowledged old but very disturbed master and the calmer, more stable Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, have surfaced from out of nowhere and gone on to break auction records in the Philippines.

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Published on 16/05/2019 by Papagei
Categories: Arts

‘Lady Fishbone’ At District Gallery, Dexter Sy At Bencab Museum

New art galleries joined the recent 7th Art Fair Philippines, such as District Gallery, founded in 2017 by Artist Playground under composer Jesse Lucas and actor Roeder Camañag with Atty. Edsel Velasco of St. Vincent School.

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Published on 04/03/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Recreation
Tags: Award, district, Exhibit, gallery, Museum

Philippines’ First Economic History Museum Opens In Calle Real, Iloilo

The Philippines’ first economic history museum has recently opened in Iloilo. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines has established the Museum of Philippine Economic History in what was once the Ynchausti Commercial House in Calle Real in Iloilo.

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Published on 04/03/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Business, Culture, History, Recreation
Tags: Iloilo, Museum

Malasimbo Int'l Fest '19 Gets New Venue, More Music Heavyweights

The International Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival is moving to a new venue to optimize the experience for both festival goers and artists.

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Published on 16/02/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Leisure, Travel
Tags: Festival, Malasimbo, Puerto Galera

The Biblical Basis Of Our Faith To Santo Niño

Who is the Santo Niño? Is he really miraculous? Does it have Biblical basis? Why do Catholics believe in him? Why do the faithful give importance of his image? Is it not against the Ten Commandments as provided for by the book of exodus?

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Published on 18/01/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Communities, Mythology & folklore, Religion
Tags: Catholicism, Santo Niño

Tambayayong Festival Depicts The True Essence Of Tabangohanons

TABANGOS, Philippines — This Fourth Class Municipality of Leyte staged for the 4th consecutive year on Monday, Jan. 14 its Tambayayong Festival with the crowds growing each year since it first started in 2015.

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Published on 18/01/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Communities, Religion
Tags: Festival, Tambayayong Festival

Monica Ong: Capturing Poetry's Healing Power

Visual artist and poet Monica Ong has accomplished something special with her debut poetry collection, Silent Anatomies. With it, she creates a riveting connection, through a juxtaposition of diagram and diary, of family hierarchy, medical background and creative art. It is a unique interpretation of her own ancestral history and a way for her to reinforce a personal and familial identity.

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Published on 12/12/2018 by Papagei
Categories: Arts, Culture, People
Tags: Anatomies, Monica Ong, poetry, Silent

Enchanted Wisdom

If there’s anything our native childhood tales tell us of what our country and people were before the WhiteMan came, the most telling would be its setting in Nature, with invisible creatures like the diwata, duende, kapre, tikbalang and aswang sharing our world.

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Published on 01/11/2018 by Papagei
Categories: Arts, Culture, Mythology & folklore
Tags: Masbate, tales, Ticao, Tito Valiente

Text To Textile

To kick off Filipino American History Month and U.N. /Philippines Indigenous Month, San Francisco’s Asian American Museum held a premiere of Mountain Spirits: Textiles and Folk Arts of Cordillera and Ilokos, the signal documentary of The Hinabi Project's third exhibit on Philippine textile arts.

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Published on 27/10/2018 by Papagei
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary, Mythology & folklore
Tags: Cordillera, Folk Arts, Ilokos, Textiles

Davao Student Wins Global 'venom' Poster Contest

The global contest was held by Talenthouse, a prestigious online community of art creators and appreciators, and the Venom Team, led by Venom actor Tom Hardy. The other four winning artists are from the US, Japan, Indonesia, and Ecuador.

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Published on 02/10/2018 by Papagei
Categories: Arts, Entertainment, People
Tags: Jeuz Sumangil, Talenthouse, University, Venom

The Philippines’ Silent Filmfest, The Only One In Asia

The 12th International Silent Film Festival, traditionally held at SM Megamall during the last week of August is “the only silent film festival in the whole of Asia... And the only one of its kind that matches international silent films with very talented Filipino musicians of all kinds."

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Published on 07/09/2018 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Entertainment
Tags: Festival, movies

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