Literary

30

Aug

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Photo of the Week (08/28/2016)

Ang Mga Walang Pangalan Umaapaw na ang mga sari-saring bulaklak sa labi ng batong balon. Humahapon sa gilid, pakalat-kalat tulad ng mga taong nakikiramay sa matagal nang patay at kanyang kaluluwa’y gala sa umaga. Malamig na hangin hudyat ay gabi, pumapatid sa pagitan ng mga paa namin. Pawisang nakipagkumpulan sa…

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29

Aug

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Banyuhay: A Magnification of the Filipino Society

TRAIN RIDES are oftentimes tiresome because of the lengthy lines at ticket stations, the immersion with a huge pack of commuters, the noisy clanking of the wheels with the rail tracks, and the grasping of steel posts as one stands impatiently waiting for the train to arrive at his destination.…

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28

Aug

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Kusina: Where the Heart Rests

IN TRADITION, Filipinos believe that there is life after death—an afterlife in which an individual’s identity and consciousness continue to exist even after the passing of a body. Kusina defamiliarizes Heaven as the holy realm that reveals all that is expected it would be like: a room where there is…

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26

Aug

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Cinemalaya Shorts A: Through the Glistening Scythe

LIFE HAS been man’s cornucopia of successes and misfortunes in the world. Yet it is only when he faces death that he realizes how precious and limited it is. The Shorts A division of the 12th Cinemalaya Film Festival focuses on this, compelling the viewers to reflect on their lives…

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25

Aug

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Tuos: Breaking the Shackles of Tradition

MILES AWAY from the country’s capital region, where daily living includes mobile phones and honking of cars, lay various pre-Hispanic traditions that still survive up to this day despite the speeding influence of modernity. Cinemalaya 2016 Audience Choice Feature Film Tuos presents the clash between tradition and modernity by the use…

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21

Aug

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Photo of the Week (08/21/2016)

NASISILAW KA ng sinag ng araw na sumisilip sa mga bintana ng iyong kwarto, at naririnig mo ang mga ingay sa bahay na nagpapahiwatig ng bagong umaga, ngunit hindi ka tunay na gising. Ito ang oras kung kailan ka didilat at tatayo galing sa iyong kama. Aayusin mo ang iyong…

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14

Aug

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Photo of the Week (08/14/2016)

Ang kamay kong hawak ni mama ay nangangati nang magpumiglas. Nagsasawa na ako sa sagot niyang “hindi pwede" habang pinipilit ko siyang payagan akong sumakay sa ride. Gusto kong malaman kung anong tumatakbo sa isip ng isang taong nag-aasam na maabot ang langit kahit alam niyang anumang oras, siya ri’y…

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07

Aug

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Photo of the Week (08/07/2016)

Artlet freshmen take a group photo at the Quadricentennial Pavilion after entering the historical Arch of the Centuries at the University of Santo Tomas, August 5. Photo by JANINE C. PEREA

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31

Jul

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Photo of the Week (07/31/2016)

Cosmologists theorize that there is an infinite number of universes. Across one side of an argentine pavilion lies a park filled with lush fields of grass alongside a concrete pavement and trees embellished with scintillating lights. At night, couples chat and sit down either on a cleaved trunk of a…

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24

Jul

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Island Hopping

Three specks of mossy green behind her, she wonders, both legs dangling off the edge of the running motorboat, What would happen if islands could have memories like humans do? Would the first island remember the way its seaweeds twice her arm length tickled her cheeks and ears as she…

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