Friday, July 29, 2016

260. Santo Stories: APUNG NIÑO OF MABALACAT

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Mabalacat, a Recollect town--and now a city--has but a handful of antique santos to show, owned by a few local families. The most well kn...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

259. SANTO SHADOW BOX ART

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 In the Philippines, monastic art is a collective term for the artistic outputs of nuns and novices who pass their cloistered hours doi...
Friday, July 8, 2016

258. Guagua's Dolorous Virgins IV: DOLOROSA DE SIETE PALABRAS

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By now, one should have noted the pattern that Guagua’s Limsons, Lopezes, Jingcos and Bacanis are all interrelated either by blood or by...
Friday, July 1, 2016

257. Guagua's Dolorous Virgins III: THE LIMSON DOLOROSA (SOLEDAD)

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LIMSON DOLOROSA (SOLEDAD) Photo: Budhi, From Guagua to Quiapo by Jose Ma. Zaragoza.  Hailed as one of the most beautiful Dolorosas in t...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

256. Guagua's Dolorous Virgins II: THE JINGCO-BACANI DOLOROSA

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THE BLUE-EYED DOLOROSA OF FAMILIA BACANI-JINGCOS The Bacani Dolorosa is an exquisitely-made processional wooden figure of the Dolorou...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

255. Guagua’s Dolorous Virgins I: THE LOPEZ DOLOROSA

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MATER DOLOROSA OF THE LOPEZES OF GUAGUA. in its own silver-plated carroza triunfal, 1952 . Through the years, Guagua, Pampanga has...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

254. MARFIL: Philippine Religious Ivory Carvings, part 2

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STO. NIÑO, Head and hands of ivory, mounted on wooden body. Garbed investment embroidered with gold thread. 19 th c. Ht. 30 cm. Gopiao ...