“Mag abroad la pala reng pengari mu? Mikwalta na kayu kanyan!” (So, will your parents work abroad? You’re going to get rich now!). It is true many Filipinos have left home for greener pastures but there’s a lot more about living and working abroad than just the Balikbayan boxes, monthly remittances, and Spam. Mekeni, the …
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Kapampangan artists sell masterpieces to sustain community pantry
WHEN the Community Pantry Spirit took the country by storm last April, event organizer Bennylee Bondoc thought of putting up one in Angeles City after being inspired by several posts she saw online. She started contacting her friends and network to help her with the logistics and come up with some goods to give to …
Give These Lovers A Second Chance: Here’s How To Help Them
It takes a community to bring a love story to the screens. Love becomes a transcendental force between two young boys, dealing with their own ungodly hour. Can time make forgiveness easier to accept? When roles are reversed and power is shifted, will you hurt the person who broke your heart? In writer-director Bradley Jason …
Multidisciplinary artist creates performative art pieces to celebrate Mother’s Day
Thinking about giving your moms something special this Mother’s Day? You might want to try this performative artwork created by multidisciplinary Kapampangan artist Ruston Banal. Banal has released a 100-edition-copy sculpture of his personal tribute to the nurturing character of a mother called Inda, the Kapampangan word for mother. The artwork is made entirely in …
Bale Herencia owner wants property out of the cultural list
The proprietor says he never asked for the house to be declared as Important Cultural Property (ICP). If you’ve been to Angeles’ heritage district, you might have passed by an ancestral house full of shops located at the corner of Sto. Rosario and Lakandula streets. It once housed a restaurant, a noodle bar, a laundry, …
Kalinguan Tane Ing Lutu Nang Ima, Sangkan, bag most awards in CineKabalen 8.5
CineKabalen 8.5 Film Festival was really a game changer. From the way the films were screened, expanding the competition through the introduction of a new category, up to the discovery of new Kapampangan talents. This year’s virtual edition of the region’s largest independent film festival led us to know more about what Kapampangan and Central …
Got talent? Join UP Aguman’s Sining 2021 and celebrate the Kapampangan youth’s resistance
Nothing can stop the Kapampangan culture and talent! Not even the pandemic. For the first time ever, the UP Aguman is hosting the much-awaited annual arts and talents competition for Kapampangan high school students virtually on April 17 and 24, 2021. With the theme “Datíla: King Sablang Pámanlúpig, Mángibábo ya ing Mibábatang Kapampángan,” Sining 2021 …
Ignite your passion in filmmaking with this FREE webinar series
Many of us have probably tried learning new skills and doing new hobbies during this pandemic as it requires us to stay at home most of the time. Those who can afford it even took short courses online to gain extra knowledge on things they are passionate about. And speaking of passion, do you know …
This Kapampangan film will take you to the pre-pandemic Holy Week
Several devout Filipino Catholics and even foreigners visit Pampanga during the Holy Week to observe different Lenten traditions. Among these traditions are the Senakulo or “Passion Play,” which depicts the life and passion of Jesus Christ; Pabasa or the constant chanting of the passion of Christ as read from the book called “Pasyon;” flagellation and …
Rediscover the Babaylan in you with this Women’s Month online lecture
The word Babaylan has been misused for several occasions in the course of our history. Despite its noble origin, a social stigma was injected to it by our western colonizers which later on spread due to our lack of understanding of the concept and miseducation. “The concept of Babaylan in the perspective of a colonizer …