Wore the barong filipiniana I made out to a local Artisan Market, met so many cool Filipino makers and finally got to eat at a Filipino pop up I've been chasing for ages now! I'm so thrilled puff sleeves are back in I'm gonna make the casual terno/butterfly sleeve a THING
This is a colourization and digital restoration of a Filipino woman in the 1900s. She is wearing a Terno gown. I literally have no information on the original b+w. I got it on Pinterest.
Kung puno kana ng kasinungalingan, hindi ka lalago. Magiging panget pa ang bunga kasi nga hindi totoo.
Maaaring astig, maangas, malupet, matindi, at magaling ka kapag napaniwala mo ang iba sa gawa-gawa mong kwento tungkol sa sarili mo, tungkol sa nagawa mo, nangyari sayo, tagumpay na pinagdiwang mo mag-isa na hindi naman totoo at nangyari. Ikaw pa mismo ang pinakaunang naniwala sa mga mga kwento mo, para kapag ibinahagi mo na sa iba ay kapanipaniwala. Nakakatawang isipin na niloko mo lang yung sarili mo at nakakalungkot na malaman na niloko ka lang ng sarili mo. Masyado ka kasing naniwala sa kakayahan mong mapaniwala ang iba, pero ang totoo niyan wala sayong nagtitiwala. Kasi pagkatapos ng lahat, yung mga sinulat mong mga pangungusap, salita, at talata na pilit mong siniksik sa kukote mo, hindi lahat ay nabibilib at naniniwala. Hindi lahat sayo ay humanga. Pati na yung mga naging kababata mo ay hindi makapaniwala, kasi sila ang nakakaalam kung ano lang mga nangyaring tama. Mga pinagdaanan mong totoo ay wala.
Nakakaawa ka, kasi hindi halata na ikaw yung kawawa sa ginawa mong kwento. Wala ka kasing kasama at karamay, pero meron kang dinamay sa mundo na ginawa at iyong pinangarap. Na tanging pangarap nalang mabuo.
Hirap kang matulog sa sobrang dami ng iniisip. Kaya naman gising kang nananaginip. Hindi na makakamit kahit anong gawing pangungulit, at kahit anong gawin pilit. Ikaw lang din ang maiipit sa bigat ng iyong bitbit. Hindi kana makakapunta sa malayo dahil mahigpit ang taling iyong kinabit sa sariling mong leeg.
Sana lang hindi malaman ng mga napaniwala mo ang totoo. Dahil hindi ka nananalig, hinding-hindi sila sayo papanig. Kahit anong pakiusap hindi sila makikinig. Kasi huwad ang pagpapatawad at yun ay hindi nila nadidinig. Punot-dulo kasi niyan ay puno kana ng kasinungalingan. Hinding-hindi lalago at walang magandang bunga kahit anong gawin dilig. Hindi naman kasi totoo ang iyong pagdidilig.
i want to seriously start learning tagalog grammar but i have no idea where to start. i can follow a good 70% of conversations because i have a decent vocabulary but i can't really form coherent sentences. please suggest resources!!
Indigenous tribes of the Philippines and cultural appropriation
There are one hundred and ten (110) major Indigenous groups in the Philippines. If you think you can just pick and choose beliefs from groups to suit you and you are NOT a part of those indigenous groups, you are straight up appropriating our culture.
Most tribes that have survived, do not have legal recognition over their own traditional lands or have access to natural resources in their communities. The last thing they need is for some misinformed entitled non-native born bastardising their cultural beliefs and practices.
Reconnecting involves staying in your lane and respecting that some things are just not for you. I appreciate and thoroughly enjoy reading about other tribes and what they do, but if it's not a Tagalog or Ilokano custom, belief or practice - they are not for me.
Bahala na talaga
(Reposted from birb app 🐤)
Turning a Barong Tagalog into a filipiniana dress! Here's the progress pics on the fun mesh top Filipiniana I wore yesterday. I'm gonna be making casual butterfly sleeves a THING even if I gotta make them myself 🔥🇵🇭🔥
AND FINALLY styling the completed filipiniana for a wedding 🔥
My favorite thing about wearing butterfly sleeves out is it's basically a beacon for other Filipinos to find you and I love all the cool connections I've made 💜🇵🇭💜
Wanted to celebrate both Independence day and pride month so why not put two icons together 💅💅
The woman in the left is from a Filipino comic called “Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah,” which is about a transfem beauty salon owner named Ada who swallowed a meteor rock and can transform into the heroine, Zaturnnah.
It tackles issues like homosexuality in the Ph, trans identity, and feminism all the while giving us stuff like fighting giant frogs and zombies, defeating the queen of aliens called ‘Womyn’, and a beefy himbo love interest it’s so good I died laughing in my lit class XD