My Inquirer column today on "recuerdos de patay."http://opinion.inquirer.net/74...

My Inquirer column today on "recuerdos de patay."
http://opinion.inquirer.net/74116/selfies-with-the-dead


Selfies with the dead?
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Nora Ignacio, the superstar of Ermita antiques dealers, once showed me a charming painting of San Jose and the Santo Niño typical of religious art in Spanish Philippines. What caught my eye was the Niño garbed in a thin embroidered garment, somewhat like piña. Was this painting from the Philippines,…