Maria Clara gown

The María Clara gown, sometimes referred to as Filipiniana dress or traje de mestiza, is a traditional dress worn by women in the Philippines. It is an aristocratic version of the baro't saya. It takes its name from María Clara, the mestiza protagonist of the novel Noli Me Tángere, penned in 1887 by Filipino nationalist José Rizal. It is traditionally made out of piña, the same material used for the barong tagalog.

Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

The Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Inc. (FILSCAP), is a collecting society in the Philippines. It undertakes collective rights management for public performances and use of songs in television and radio broadcast and movies

Tampuhan (painting)

Tampuhan, meaning "sulking", is an 1895 classic oil on canvas impressionist painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna. It depicts a Filipino man and a Filipino woman having a lovers' quarrel

Ampaw

Ampaw, ampao or arroz inflado, usually anglicized as pop rice or puffed rice, is a Filipino sweet puffed rice cake. It is traditionally made with sun-dried leftover cooked white rice that is fried and coated with syrup

Filipiniana

Filipiniana, based on the definition by Isagani Medina from "Collection Building: Filipiniana", in his In Developing Special Library Collections, Filipiniana: Proceedings, refers to Philippine-related books and non-book materials. The materials may be

Evelyn May Guinid

Eve Montelibano is a Filipino author of Tagalog popular romance novels in the Philippines. She is the bestselling author of the Lothario romance book series

Adios del Sol

Adios del Sol or Adios al Sol is an 1893 historical painting by award-winning Filipino painter and hero Félix Resurrección Hidalgo. The painting won Hidalgo a silver medal during the 1893 Chicago Universal Exposition in the United States

Ang Lihim ng Isang Pulo

Ang Lihim ng Isang Pulo: Nobelang Tagalog – "The Secret of an Island: A Tagalog Novel " – is a Tagalog-language novel written in 1926 by Filipino novelist Faustino S. Aguilar. The 353-page novel was first published by Sampaguita Press in the

Ikabod Bubwit

Ikabod Bubwit is one of the most noteworthy and most memorable comic book, comic strip, and cartoon characters created in the 1980s by Nonoy Marcelo, one of the foremost cartoonists in the Philippines. Ikabod Bubwit himself is considered as the most

Clock towers in the Philippines

Clock towers in the Philippines are clock towers that can be found in the Philippines. The purposes of these Philippine "towering timepieces" are to tell the time and to serve as landmarks

No Limite (season 1)

The first season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series No Limite, based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor, premiered on Sunday, July 23, 2000 at 11:00 p.m. / 10:00 p.m. on TV Globo