is all about connection — to family, community, faith, and heritage. Every home in the Philippines carries a piece of the country’s colorful past through unique customs that are still alive today.
Father Rodel Balagtas sees it across the Roman Catholic churches he visits in the archdiocese of Los Angeles: A significant number of the parishioners who fill the pews are Filipino Americans.
One year after the establishment of an official cultural district, Filipino Town leaders chase visions of what it—and the ...
The first ever Filipino Culture Night was held at Olympian High School in San Diego, led by Filipino Language teacher Grace Almazar on April 21. During this showcase, Filipino classes and clubs in the ...
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Philippines-based Polychroma Games is set to release the narrative adventure game Until Then later this year. It follows a young teenager named ...
This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. For Lily Prijoles, the typical, pre-pandemic day at Arkipelago ...
On a warm March evening, I congregate with strangers near a small auto repair shop in North Campus. In anticipation of the communal feast to come, we introduce ourselves in the courtyard of Oribello’s ...
When Imelda Ruga left her native Philippines in 2004 to visit family in New Jersey, she only expected to stay for a few months. She’s been here ever since. Like thousands of Filipino immigrants, Ruga ...
Filipino cuisine can be found in all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., and Guam. Here are the best places to find it. Cultural enclaves in America sustain ways of life that might otherwise have been ...
(MIRROR INDY) — Philip Smith knows how traditional dishes can connect immigrants with their home countries. Smith was born in the Philippines but spent most of his life in Indiana. He’s spent his ...
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There is no 'good' or 'bad' Filipino culture

RECENTLY, the anthropologist Dr. Stephen Acabado, in a Rappler article, critiqued nationalist historians for wanting to find the authentic and pure pre-colonial Filipino. This caused a major online ...
It’s been said that history is written by the victors. If the same can be said about sports, then in recent years, history has increasingly been written by Filipino athletes. In 2020, weightlifter ...