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great stories in philippine history and culture pinoy wit skip to main content skip to secondary menu skip to primary sidebar skip to footer home about contact pinoy wit cultivating the filipino soul through culture and history culture culinary heritage history film books literature natural heritage main content featured noli me tangere chapter 22 english translation chapter 22 lights and shadows three days have passed since the events narrated three days which the town of san diego has devoted to making preparations for the fiesta commenting and murmuring at the same time while all were enjoying the prospect of the pleasures to come some spoke ill of the gobernadorcillo others of culture the rise of felip and his bisaya songs from p pop idol to heritage champion from ben zubiri and pilita corales to kurt fick and jacky chang the bisaya tongue has had its fair share of champions in the music industry as it should after all binisaya is ranked as the second most generally spoken language in filipino homes with more and more artists emerging from the south it isn t ten best filipino music videos opm featuring philippine culture part 2 2015 2019 i must admit this list was far more difficult to put together than the first one i compiled five years ago it s almost as if we suddenly awoke to an awareness of national identity resulting in an explosion of filipino elements even in mainstream music this should be a good thing really except now there vega lagbas pelaez ancestral houses misamis oriental s enchanting cultural treasures before covid 19 put the entire world at a standstill i was fortunate to have had the chance to get a glimpse of three of misamis oriental s most enchanting cultural treasures three stunningly beautiful ancestral houses that have endured the inexorable and often ruinous passage of time it may be awhile before other curious wanderers set bantayan island then and now revisiting a dream retracing my steps became an obsession i dreamt of it so often that periods of wakefulness became exercises in frustration to think i d only been there twice before this i suppose is a testament to its allure either that or i was compelled by the intensity of familial proddings notwithstanding my utter lack of resolve history bonbon old church ruins history mt vulcan unleashed during my recent trip to camiguin one of the attractions that enthralled me the most was the old church ruins in bonbon also known by its older name old guiob or gui ob church ruins declared a national cultural treasure by the national museum of the philippines 1 it features just what its name suggests the remnants revisiting cagayan de oro history in a water tower just a few steps away from the cagayan de oro river bank is a curious white cylindrical figure hemmed in on two sides by the san agustin church and gaston park although it is by no means imposing by modern architectural standards its unique appearance visible nowhere else in the city commands attention water tower natural heritage explore camiguin island in two days top 10 places to visit camiguin island has two excellent qualities the first is its small size at a mere 237 95 square kilometers it holds the distinction of being the second smallest province in the philippines it is so small that devotees on a holy week penance say that you could circle the entire island on foot in one day camiguin island born of fire why it s worth the visit with its proximity to cagayan de oro my homebase of 10 years you d have thought i would ve found my way to camiguin sooner and yet i hadn t i d heard of the island s white sand bar and its volcanoes and didn t think they were enough of an enticement it took a bout of depression to finally culinary heritage kinilaw history origin and evolution into the heart of freshness i ve had experience researching and writing about the origins of filipino dishes before but while dinuguan bicol express and sisig seemed straightforward enough kinilaw kilawin proved surprisingly complicated what i thought would be a walk in the park has morphed into a wild ride around a vast evolving culinary universe oops it behooves dinuguan origins and regional variations across the philippines i only eat dinuguan when the meat in it is prime cut pork i do know of course that the more traditional versions of the dish contain animal innards in cris c abiva s a quick guide to filipino food cooking part of dinuguan s description includes pork beef or chicken and innards stewed in fresh sisig origin how the perfect beer match came to be sisig and beer are like peanut butter and jelly coffee and cream pencil and paper running shoes and socks kris aquino and controversy they just really go well together to be clear though this popular kapampangan dish isn t just for beer drinkers happy hour patrons or people who want to drown their sorrows or the primary sidebar looking for something search the site read about books literature culinary heritage cultural heritage film television natural heritage philippine history thoughts town bulletin books literature noli me tangere chapter 21 english translation chapter 21 the story of a mother andaba incierto volaba errante un solo instante sin descansar 1 alaejos sisa ran in the direction of her home with her thoughts in that confused whirl which is produced in our being when in the midst of misfortunes protection and hope alike are gone it is then that everything seems to grow dark noli me tangere chapter 20 english translation chapter 20 the meeting in the town hall the hall was about twelve to fifteen meters long by eight to ten wide its whitewashed walls were covered with drawings in charcoal more or less ugly and obscene with inscriptions to complete their meanings stacked neatly against the wall in one corner were to be seen noli me tangere chapter 19 english translation chapter 19 a schoolmaster s difficulties el vulgo es necio y pues lo paga es justohablarle en necio para darle el gusto 1 lope de vega the mountain encircled lake slept peacefully with that hypocrisy of the elements which gave no hint of how its waters had the night before responded to the fury of the storm as the film tv demystifying the heneral luna phenomenon a movie review i woke up to a most singular occurrence tuesday last week heneral luna an indie historical film which had opened quietly the week before had begun trending in twitter at 4 a m like the brash and vitriolic general of the same name it had refused to fade calmly into obscurity and continued to pop in bayan ko tv series review i saw one episode of this series on gma news tv and was impressed so even if this two disc set seemed a bit expensive at roughly php400 each i bought them anyway i support anything filipino made that s better than the usual evening cookie cutter drama fare its fictional but faithful account of what heritage travel philippines the noli project access the noli me tangere index of chapter summaries in english here the el fili project access the el filibusterismo index of chapter summaries in english here footer resources noli me tangere chapter summaries el filibusterismo chapter summaries opm featuring filipino culture recent comments rosalie cazenas ynte on the rise of felip and his bisaya songs from p pop idol to heritage champion eloisa pascual on the rise of felip and his bisaya songs from p pop idol to heritage champion eloisa pascual on the rise of felip and his bisaya songs from p pop idol to heritage champion mica on the rise of felip and his bisaya songs from p pop idol to heritage champion marilou tinambacan on the rise of felip and his bisaya songs from p pop idol to heritage champion tags american colonial rule ancestral houses andres bonifacio bantayan island bicol region bookstores cagayan de oro camiguin island cebu el filibusterismo felip government misamis oriental national symbols natural calamities noli me tangere old churches opm pampanga pre colonial spanish colonial period 2026 pinoy 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