Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 70

Now I can connect Gilmore Avenue in Quezon City with a face and a bio. Eugene Allen Gilmore was Vice-Governor and Secretary of P...

Now I can connect Gilmore Avenue in Quezon City with a face and a bio. Eugene Allen Gilmore was Vice-Governor and Secretary of Public Instruction 1922-27, Acting Governor-general of the Philippines May 28 1927- March 1, 1929



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Filipino schoolchildren in the early 1900’s learned more than English from textbooks like the Insular Primers. They learned abou...

Filipino schoolchildren in the early 1900’s learned more than English from textbooks like the Insular Primers. They learned about snow and maple leaves, also that their bandila was the Stars and Stripes and their hero was George Washington. Book is from the American Historical Collection and part of an ongoing exhibition “Treasures of the Rizal Library.”



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CABEZA DE JABALI, another item ticked off my bucket list.I've seen it referenced in 19th century travel accounts of the Philipp...

CABEZA DE JABALI, another item ticked off my bucket list.
I've seen it referenced in 19th century travel accounts of the Philippines. I imagined it was a boar's head in aspic, this one was already sliced and made following a 19th century recipe handed down through the Gonzalez Arnedos of Sulipan. Like revenge, it is best served cold.
My Inquirer column today is on the feast for the tongue and language that I immersed in last Wednesday thats to Toto Gonzalez for being a wonderful host.
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”Banderitas” really transforms a drab Barangay road into a festive path to the Shrine in Capalangan, Sulipan of “Apung Iru” patr...

”Banderitas” really transforms a drab Barangay road into a festive path to the Shrine in Capalangan, Sulipan of “Apung Iru” patron saint of Apalit, Pampanga. This little town really knows how to party big-time. 28 June 2023.



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Ancient image of St Peter a.k.a. “Apung Iru” is carried out of his chapel in Sulipan by devotees this morning and brought to the...

Ancient image of St Peter a.k.a. “Apung Iru” is carried out of his chapel in Sulipan by devotees this morning and brought to the river for a short ride to Apalit church.He will join the image of St Paul “Apung Ambu” for their joint feast tomorrow June 29. All the energy and devotion was inspiring.



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If Rizal were teleported to the Church of St James in Dapitan today, he will not recognize it from what he knew 1892-1896. He mi...

If Rizal were teleported to the Church of St James in Dapitan today, he will not recognize it from what he knew 1892-1896. He might even get dizzy from its psychedelic interior. I got vertigo just looking at the ceiling!



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The Story of the Filipino: Juan Luna

In case you missed the CNN interview on the Luna show currently on at the Ayala Museum.


After more than a century, Juan Luna’s long-lost masterpiece "Hymen, oh Hyménée! (Roman Wedding)" has finally been unveiled in the Philippines for the first ...

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Baluarte de San Diego at one of the corners of Intramuros pointing towards the Rizal Monument and the Manila Hotel is one of the...

Baluarte de San Diego at one of the corners of Intramuros pointing towards the Rizal Monument and the Manila Hotel is one of the intriguing sites in the Walled City.



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View of Rizal’s relief map of Mindanao from the choir loft of Dapitan church.

View of Rizal’s relief map of Mindanao from the choir loft of Dapitan church.



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Talking history with Jessica Soho at the Ayala Museum.

Talking history with Jessica Soho at the Ayala Museum.



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