POTTERY IN THE PHILIPPINES Arazas‚ Andrea Pauline R. B.S. Materials Engineering‚ Department of Mining‚ Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Arkioloji 1 THX 2:30-4:00 I. INTRODUCTION Pottery is defined as the art or craft of a potter to manufacture material from which pottery ware is made. It can be made from earthenware‚ porcelain or stoneware. According to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)‚ pottery is defined as all fired ceramic wares that contain clay materials.
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Even before the foreign invaders came to the Philippines‚ the Filipinos already had their own cultural traditions‚ folklore‚ mythologies and epics. There were substantial writings by early natives that Jesuit historian Fr. Pedro Chirino noted: "All of the islanders are much given to reading and writing. And there is hardly a man‚ much less a woman who did not read and write." Epics are stories that are written in poetic form. They are usually described to display such tremendous vitality‚ color
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------------------------------------------------- A Brief History of Philippine Literature in English I. Pre-Colonial Period - Consisted of early Filipino literature passed down orally; oral pieces have a communal authorship – it was difficult to trace the original author of the piece since oral literature did not focus on ownership or copyright‚ rather on the act of storytelling itself; - Many oral pieces became lost in the wave of the new literary
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Poverty in the Philippines UN Millennium Development Goal Poverty in the Philippines UN Millennium Development Goal MDG 1 Report: Poverty in the Philippines INTRODUCTION Poverty reduction has been a major problem for all developing countries. As Kofi Annan stated “The biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty” (Kofi Annan‚ cited in WHO‚ 2013). Poverty is experienced all over the world but its effect is most significantly seen in developing countries like Philippines‚ one of the
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Religion in the Philippines are spiritual beliefs held by Philippine citizens. Religion holds a central place in the life of the majority of Filipinos‚ including Hindus‚ Buddhists‚ animists‚ Muslims‚ Aglipayans‚Protestant and Catholic.[1] It is central not as an abstract belief system‚ but rather as a host are experiences‚ rituals‚ ceremonies‚ and adjurations that provide continuity in life‚ cohesion in the community and moral purpose for existence. Religious associations are part of the system of
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Sinulog Festival Date of Celebration: 3rd week of January Place of Celebration: Cebu City Description: The Sinulog Festival is distinguished by its unusual two-steps-forward-and-one-step-backward shuffle‚ thus simulating the Holy Child of the shores‚ the Sinulog is a century-old tradition observed in the part of Visayas region. The prayer-dance is harmonized to the beat of drums and shouts of "Pit Señor! Viva Sto. Niño!”. Ati-atihan Festival Date of Celebration: 3rd week of January Place of Celebration:
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PHILIPPINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011-2016 MDGs in the National Development Plan Cleofe S. Pastrana National Economic and Development Authority Republic of the Philippines Sub-Regional Workshop for LDCs in Achieving MDGs Incheon‚ Republic of Korea 14 16 September 2011 Outline of presentation § Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011-2016 § Inclusion of the MDGs in Various PDP Chapters § Challenges in Achieving the MDGs Republic of the Philippines 14-16 September 2011 2 Social
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GENERAL TYPES OF LITERATURE Literature can generally be divided into two types: prose and poetry. Prose consists of those written within the common flow of conversation in sentences and paragraphs‚ while poetry refers to those expressions in verse‚ with measure and rhyme‚ line and stanza and has a more melodious tone. I. Prose There are many types of prose. These include novels‚ biographies‚ short stories‚ contemporary dramas‚ legends‚ fables‚ essays‚ anecdotes‚ news and speeches. 1
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I. INTRODUCTION Philippine democracy and politics has long been a troubled environment. With the recent developments regarding the Napoles case‚ it has only reaffirmed the fact that there are a lot of failures within this system. Aside from this latest scandal‚ democracy in the nation has been plagued long before the Pork Barrel story. Issues regarding nepotism‚ lack of transparency‚ participation of the masses‚ and so on have been present for the longest time. Being a Management student‚ I am
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS UNIT FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO JANUARY 2010 Microfinance in the Philippines uring the last few years‚ the volume of microfinance activity has grown considerably in the Philippines and an increasing number of financial institutions have engaged in retail microfinance operations. While this sector has been traditionally dominated by rural banks‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and finance cooperatives‚ in 2009 a number of commercial banks sought entrance
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