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On the Wings of Bird Poems

On the Wings of Bird Poems

To some people, birds might as well be the “crowning glory of creation,” a tag usually reserved for human beings. After all, writers throughout history have written odes, paeans and songs extolling these wingèd creatures, envying them their gift of flight, even expressing a wish to be transformed into such masters of the sky.

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Published at 2018-03-13 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Documentary

Tags: birds, poetic

Introduction to Ambahan

Introduction to Ambahan

The ambahan is a literary product and poetic expression of the Southern Mangyans of Mindoro, Philippines. Although there are about seven different ethnic groups living in Mindoro, collectively called the Mangyans, these groups are quite distinct from each other as to language, customs, and way of living.

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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Communities, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Mangyans, Mindoro, ambahan, poetic

Early Philippine Literature

Early Philippine Literature

The early inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago had a native alphabet or syllabary which among the Tagalogs was called baybayin, an inscription akin to Sanskrit. It was through the baybayin that literary forms such as songs, riddles and proverbs, lyric and short poems as well as parts of epic poems were written.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Documentary

Tags: Baybayin, Literature, poetic

Cebuano Literature in the Philippines

Cebuano Literature in the Philippines

Cebuano literature refers to the body of oral and written literature of speakers of Cebuano, the mother tongue of a quarter of the country’s population who live in Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, Negros Oriental, and parts of Leyte and Mindanao. As such, it is an important part of Philippine literature.

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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Education

Tags: Cebuano, Literature, poetic