barongs. Barong Tagalog The baro’t saya is the national dress and is worn by women. This is characterized by having a huge pañuelo or shawl around the shoulders‚ and the terno‚ having the butterfly sleeves popularized by former First Lady Imelda Marcos. As the years passed‚ the influence of the West and the influence of the East on local fashion has made Filipino fashion an ecclectic one. Some of the popular Filipino fashion designers we have today include Mich Dulce‚ Rafe Totengco‚ and Monique
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his identity as a Chinese-American‚ and the origin and value of the Indigo. The Indigo originated in India where it was turned into an industry in 300 BC‚ and then it was later discovered and later spread around the world by the Venetian explorer Marco Polo. Throughout the distribution of this plant it replaced the current blue dye of Europeans called woad. It soon became one of the most valued plants in all of Asia. Furthermore‚ Lee states the importance of Indigo by referring to it as a "saint"
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Magnum Opus (Filipino Great Works) First what comes into your mind when you encounter and hear the word Magnum Opus. For me ‚ first comes in my mind whenever I hear and encounter that word is All about Arts. Now ‚ Let’s define first "Magnum Opus" refers to the largest‚ and perhaps the best‚ greatest‚ most popular‚ or most renowned achievement of an artist.Sometimes the term magnum opus is used to refer to simply "a great work" rather than "the great work" of a specific person.In popular usage
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my mother related well to Amanda. [1] For the Philippines‚ the seventies was more than just a period of shaggy hair‚ bell-bottom jeans‚ platform shoes‚ and disco music. It represented the rise of the conjugal dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos‚ a U.S.-sponsored regime characterized by military repression and wholesale human rights violations. Conversely‚ it was also the fecund period for the sociopolitical awakening and involvement of many Filipinos; the humus for the renowned religious-political
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LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY A.Y. 2011-2012 Submitted by: Paulo B. Penano AC103 Submitted to: Professor Vladimir Tolentino The History and Evolution of the Philippine Constitution * The 1897 Constitution of Biak-na-Bato‚ or Constituciong Halal sa Biak-na-Bato‚ promulgated by the Philippine Revolutionary Government on November 1‚ 1897‚ is the provisionary Constitution of the Philippine Republic during the Revolutionagainst Spain. It provides that the Supreme Council‚ vested
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Matt Barresi Mr. Brown World History Honors 2 December 2013 Zheng He versus Marco Polo Both Marco Polo and Zheng He were excellent world navigators in their time. However‚ Zheng He’s voyages and travels were much better and more important because they had much more of a profound impact on the world. His expeditions caused much more prominent change in China‚ directly and indirectly‚ than Marco Polo’s did in Western Europe. Zheng He’s voyages largely helped educate Ancient China as well as
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A POPULAR DEVOTION TO STO.NIÑO I. INTRODUCTION o HISTORICAL BACKGROUND On April 28‚ 1565‚ Juan Camus‚ a sailor in the fleet of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi‚ found in a modest house of the then village of Cebu the image of the Santo Niño‚ which at the time all agreed had been brought from Europe. Deeply impressed by this finding and aware of its significance‚ Legaspi ordered an official inquiry conducted; the document drawn on May 16 of the same year and still extant in the archives of the Santo Nino
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A Consumer Behavior Study on Silverlens Presented to Ms. Nina Poblador Marketing and Advertising Department In Partial fulfillment of the course requirement in MARKCU1 Submitted by: Hernandez‚ Lester Lim‚ Margaret Obeles‚ Jolly Piatos‚ Enrico MARKCU1 K34 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary i. History and Background of the Firm ii. Product Offering II. Profile of Industry Resource Person III. Profile of 14 Respondents i. Segmentation via Demographics
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The municipality of Sta. Cruz was an active participant in the making of Mindanao’s and Philippines’ histories. From the Spanish rule‚ to American regime‚ to Japanese occupation‚ to independence‚ to Martial Law‚ to EDSA\Revolution‚ Sta. Cruz’ story was intricately interwoven into the country’s saga. This gulf town was originally called "Labo" a Bagobo word meaning "marshland". Labo is situated "between a confluence of two mountain streams where waters were as clear as crystal and was but a short
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PROFILE OF PHILIPPINE TARIFF SYSTEM Tariff Originated from Old Spanish coast town of Tarifa‚ 21 miles from Gibraltar‚ which received its name in the Arab who are said to named it after “Tariff Iban Malik”. Like Gibraltar‚ Tarifa is a high promontory and is connected to the coast only by a narrow cause way‚ easily defended. When the moors‚ many centuries ago‚ founded the town of Tarifa‚ they prepared the way for a system that is probably the most important factor in the international trade. As
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