#philippines traditional dress

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Where to Find Barong Tagalogg

If you are looking for a barong for a special event, you can find a wide range of modern barong tagalogs to choose from at Barongs R Us. We offer a collection of styles to suit any occasion and budget, ranging from classic barong to modern takes on the Filipino look.

Whether you are a Filipino looking to stay true to your roots or an international celebrity looking to make a statement, a barong is sure to make you stand out. From award shows to international events, the traditional Filipino garment has become a must-have for those who want to make a fashionable statement.

Visit our website today to choose from our wide selection of Barong Tagalog and see why celebrities worldwide choose the modern barong Tagalog!

[safije]

Indigenous textiles from the Maguindao tribe, Philippines.

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Discovering Brunei: A Jewel of Southeast Asia

Nestled on the northern coast of the island of Borneo, Brunei is a small yet fascinating country that often goes unnoticed by many travelers. Officially known as the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam), this sultanate offers a unique blend of rich history, lush landscapes, and a distinctive cultural heritage. A Brief History of Brunei Brunei’s history dates back to…

[beebunss]

going back to fix the mistakes i see in my old art bc its so embarrassing seeing ppl give it notes AHAHAHA the og face for this drawing is so embarassing lol

Art Nouveau but make it filipino feat. my philippines oc

[the1920sinpictures]

1920 Japanese and Filipina women wearing Maria Clara dresses, traditional dress worn by women in the Philippines. From Fashion of Bygone Days, FB.

[pinoy-culture]

Hi folks! So, besides writing about pre-colonial history, culture, and beliefs in the Philippines, especially on my Instagram nowadays, I'm also a photographer based in NYC.

One of my main themes as a photographer is doing cultural heritage photo sessions! This latest one was with a friend of mine during my recent trip to Detroit. She is of Karay-a descent and the focus here was to honor her ancestors by dressing up in pre-colonial clothing in the Bisayas. She also had a top woven by the Panay Bukidnon, who speak Karay-a.

Are you interested in honoring your culture and ancestors by doing a photoshoot wearing traditional and pre-colonial attire?

➡️ Then send an inquiry on my website! I also do travel.

thepinayphotographer.mypixieset.com

I also work with others who are not of Filipino descent in helping them honor their own ancestors and heritage. So if you or anyone you know would be interested, send this to them or tag them!

You can also follow me on Instagram @ thepinayphotographer

[seashellisinmyheart]

I Never Watch Television: A 31 Minutes Novel

English Translation

Chapter One: Part One

I am splitting the chapters into two parts since the post would be too long otherwise.

Please note that I am not a professional, so I cannot guarantee that there won't be grammatical errors. Enjoy!

Chapter One - Part One

‘This is very, very, very, very, extremely strange.’ Juanin Juan Harry says to himself. 

The small, hairy television producer feels something strange as he pedals quickly on his tricycle through the streets of Titirilquen.

Something is happening, or rather... NOTHING is happening. That's what's strange!

Like every morning, Juanin is on his way to his beloved job at 31 Minutes, the most truthful news program on television. Juanin lives, and works hard for his job. He left last night, after turning off the channel's lights, and he is always the first to arrive the next day!

This morning, however, feels different. He doesn't hear the traditional honking of angry vehicles. Nor the shouts of Freddy Turbina and his fellow cyclists protesting against the angry vehicles. No Huachimingo desperately chasing fluff stirred by the morning wind. There is not even wind or fluff! No accidents, no crying babies, not even a little bird being chased by a cat…

And the most incredible thing: Nobody is talking during that fateful morning hour! Everyone moves forward, like never before, happy with their travels. Smiles are the only thing Juanin sees, amazed.

He arrives at the station. So intrigued that he leaves his tricycle at the entrance and runs up the stairs. In the 31 Minutes press room, the always full screen that shows ‘tragedies, emergencies, and disasters’... does not indicate any activity.

Zero tragedies, zero emergencies,, zero disasters. At that moment, Juanin realizes nothing newsworthy is happening today. There is simply NO NEWS! 

The stagehands, small stick-like beings who officially prepare the broadcast everyday, move energetically through the studio.

Juanin, meanwhile, is spinning around worriedly. Thinking about what to do. What worries him the most is how Tulio Trivino will react to this unprecedented situation. 

Tulio is his beloved and admired boss. The most famous news anchor in Titirilquen. And the only one. Tulio is a somewhat eccentric, ridiculous, slightly ignorant journalist and not exactly a genius. Some even say that he is an egoist who only think about himself. And it is true. But Juanin considers him his friend and will always be grateful for being given his reason for living: his job.

Minutes and hours pass without Tulio arriving, but that is no surprise to Juanin. “He must have fallen asleep again,” he thinks. Tulio sleeps at least sixteen hours a day, as instructed from his personal holistic therapist. He also has a bad habit of turning off his phone, alarm clock and doorbell in his mansion. And of course, he sleeps with earplugs over his earplugs.

As is often the case, Juanin decides to do the most practical thing. Call a helicopter to bring Tulio to the station with his bed and everything, piloted delicately so as to not wake him up until the last minute.

But that is not necessary. Suddenly, through the windows, he hears the powerful roar of his boss's latest model grey convertible. A gift from his personal friend, the Sheikh of Flufistan. The vehicle was sent to Tulio as an unbirthday present via Philippine canoe, along with half a dozen dwarf hippos. 

Tulio parks in his exclusive place by the door, marked by a large star on the floor with the words “reserved only for Tulio with absolute and eternal exclusivity until the end of time. Amen.”

Juanin runs to tell Tulio about the problem with the lack of news. 

“Tulio, Tulio! We have a little problem!”

“Now is not the time, Juanin...”

Tulio is too rushed to listen to his faithful producer. He walks down the long corridor of the channel, while being made up and dressed by his subordinates. 

“But, Tulio…”

“Enough, Juanin. First you forgot to wake me up and now you try to delay me with your blathering! I remind you that I have a newscast to host!” 

The journalist arrives at his desk fully made up and dressed in his custom made ue suit.

Just in time! The music starts, the cameras turn on and Juanin has no choice but to give the signal.

“We're on the air!”

The cameras focus on Tulio Trivino's face. His yellow button eyes shine under the powerful light of the spotlights. All the attention of every television in Tititilquen is, as every day, centered on what news will be presented today.

Tulio Trivino runs his hand through his head, combing his non-existent hair. Then he clears his throat and looks directly at the camera.

“Hello, friends, I'm Tulio Trivino and this is a new edition of 31 Minutes, the most important news program on television. Let's get to the latest news…”

Tulio waits for the information. Everyone on the set does too, but nothing happens. “Cri-cri.” Some crickets chirp. Tulio looks at Juanin, nervous.

“Where is the latest information, Juanin?” he asks, impatiently.

“That's what I wanted to tell you, Tulio.” The producer answers. “Nothing has happened in the last minute.”

“NOTHING??”

“Actually, there has been no news all day…

“No? Oh, but, what do we do, Juanin?!”

Surprisingly, the producer seems very calm. The hours of waiting for Tulio have given him the opportunity to reflect and draw happy conclusions from what is happening.

“Oh, Tulio… I was nervous like you too, but not anymore. Relax.”

“How do you expect me to relax? Don't be ridiculous!”

“But Tulio. Think about it carefully. There has been no theft, no crime, no injustice, no war. Doesn't that make you happy in the depths of your soul?”

“Of course not!”

“No???”

“But Juanin, this is a newscast. I AM A NEWSCASTER! We live off the misfortune of others! We need news, tragedies, disasters, and nonsense, you pacifist! We have been here for years reporting the greatest events in history… Who revealed the torturous route of the poop? Where did we finally manage to interview the elusive Mr. Invisible Mute? Who immortalized the mass photos of naked puppets by Jacob Fotonolowski? We informed the world about the end of the world and also its restart immediately after! We made the world aware of Denis Danis's fast paintings and made the first live coverage of a robbery, reported by my daring niece Patana! And what about the Zapandilla that ravaged the streets of the city? Or the true identity of the tooth mouse? Or the balloon that that poor innocent Carlitos Lechuga lost? Or the serious case of obesity from last year's gloves? We denounced the horrors of the Sea War between Salsacia and Conservia! Without us, nobody would know the exploits of the great superhero Calcetin con Rombos Man, nor the plague of zombies the day before yesterday, nor the crimes of the master of disguise Lulo Serrucho… So many other hot and delicious news!!!! Understand once and for all, Juanin, a newscast without news would leave us without work!”

Hearing this, Juanin begins to tremble. As we know, working is his great passion. And his only one.

“No job? Oh no!”

“Oh, yes!” Tulio replies.

“But then, what do we do???” Now Juanin is the desperate one. 

“Relax, I have a solution, Juanin. I'll tell it live on camera 1.”

Tulio adjusts his tie and looks back at the camera, doing his best influential public figure voice.

“Dear viewers, I'm very sorry, but there's no news today. So, while the producer of this show somehow solves the problem… I'll take the day off. Let the music and the final credits roll! And I'm off to the beach!”

The credits of the show appear on the screen, accompanied by it's characteristic music. Tulio throws the cards with nothing written on them into the air and runs away, happy. Finally, he will be able to test drive his new yacht with a double jet engine, a gift from his personal friend, the Prince Consort of Nadalisburgo!

“But… but… was that your solution?” Juanin shouts confused and alone. 

Juanin freezes, or so it seems. All his years as a producer have not prepared him for this moment. He, who knows perfectly well what to do if a meteorite falls on Earth, or if the bathrooms flood, or if a baby elephant invades the cafeteria. He, who knows by heart the protocol for fires, floods and incendiary floods! The only one who knows how to calm down the interviewee who gets angry because Tulio is a pest, or Tulio if he gets angry because the interviewee is a pest.

But a newscast without any news? Is it time to think about another profession? Just when poor Juanin begins to fear a long vacation, a miracle happens… 

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When visiting the many islands that comprise the Fire Nation, it was not uncommon for their royal majesties Fire Lord Zuko and Master Katara to don the traditional dress of the host island.

Almost as soon as I had finished working on the art piece I did with Zuko and Katara in Thai inspired outfits, I knew I wanted to do something similar but with outfits inspired by the Philippines (or outfit, sorry Zuko I find women's fashion more interesting than men's).

Before jumping into the commentary, I'll stress that this design is fantasy inspired by the Philippines. Although I did research, it is not an accurate representation of Filipino national costume, nor is it meant to be.

This was more challenging in some ways than the Thai piece, because even though the Thai piece required a ton of detail work, I was creating a design much closer to its real world inspiration. In this case there wasn't a specific "look" I was trying to recreate, instead I wanted to create a design inspired by the traditional fashion of the Philippines. However, 1). pre-colonial fashions were very different from the Spanish inspired styles that arose during colonialization and that have since evolved into modern traditional Filipino attire, and 2). the Philippines is home to many different indigenous groups, each of whom have their own traditional costumes.

Originally, I wanted to exclusively look to the pre-colonial period for inspiration, but when I looked only at pre-colonial designs, I found I missed the iconic silhouettes seen in modern Filipino dresses. So I widened my research scope to see how I could combine pre-colonial with elements of modern fashion.

For pre-colonial styles, the best historical resource is the Boxer Codex. Karakoa Productions was also a helpful resource to see how pre-colonial looks were being interpreted from historical illustrations and descriptions into real world garments. I looked at modern designers from the Philippines to see how they were playing with the design of terno (which often feature the iconic butterfly sleeves I wanted to include). One design I was really inspired by was a look worn by Filipina actress Kathryn Bernardo.

Both written and illustrated accounts of the pre-colonial era in the Philippines emphasize the prevalence of golden jewelry, so Katara has a gold necklace, bracelets, hair beads, and belt. Katara's belt is inspired by two main sources. The first is an extant kandit (royal belt) woven from gold wires in the Museo ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas's pre-colonial gold collection. The dangles on it are loosely inspired by the beaded belts made by the T'Boli people.

With Katara's skirt, I tried to blend the longer style of skirts seen in the Boxer Codex, with a striped pattern inspired by the numerous woven designs I found in traditional indigenous attire. The specific photo I used as inspiration was labeled as being from Kalinga, but I found similar weavings from other groups as well.

The flowers in Katara's hair are flowers found in the Philippines - sampaguita, waling-waling orchids, plumeria, hibiscious, and santan. She also wears her dual moon-flame tiara.

♥ Please do not repost. If you like it and want to show people, share a link to this page instead. Thank you!

[ura-niia]

Narinder in a Maria Clara

History explanation:

— The Maria Clara gown, a traditional dress worn by Filipina women, takes its name from the character in Rizal’s novel. The garment is also known today as the Mestiza Dress because it combines the fashion of Spanish women, introduced during the colonial period, with the baro’t saya, the national dress of the Philippines. Maria Clara herself was also a mestiza character.

Maria Clara is one of the major characters in Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not), one of the most celebrated novels by 19th century Filipino nationalist Jośe Rizal. In the novel, Maria Clara is the only daughter of Capitán Tiago, a rich Filipino landowner during the Spanish colonial occupation of the Philippines. Her beautiful appearance is emphasized several times throughout the novel, as is her kind and pleasant personality.

While the Philippines were occupied by Spain, the Maria Clara gown was worn by mestiza and upper class women as a symbol of status. But when the United States colonized the country, the dress began to be considered less as fashion and more as “traditional” clothing. Today, Filipina women often wear the Maria Clara gown for official events or as a wedding dress.

Although the Maria Clara gown originates from the historic colonization of the Philippines by Spain, it has evolved into one of the most beloved traditional pieces of apparel among Filipina women. It can be said that this tradition grew out of the respect of the people of the Philippines toward Jośe Rizal and admiration for his famous character Maria Clara.

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me when I'm 🇵🇭 and I have characters that I want to draw in 🇵🇭 outfits

Zoe's dress is a Filipiniana. Filipiniana is used as a general term to describe traditional women's wear in the Philippines. It also goes by other names, depending on it's specific style and/or its region of origin.

Pepper is dressed in a Barong- an embroidered long sleeve shirt. Essentially formal wear for men, it combines elements from both precolonial native Filipino and colonial Spanish clothing styles.

In the drawing, they're dancing the Cariñosa- a courting dance that first originated in Panay Island, introduced to the Spaniards during their colonization of the Philippines. The fan and handkerchief play essential roles in the man and woman's romantic scenario.

Though, of course, I wanted to add my own twist to that.

Here are some videos where you can watch a version of the dance and listen to the music.

(My art took inspiration from both videos)

[urmultideadfandomperson]

After nine days, I finally finished V's masquerade outfit! It was quite difficult to draw the desired dress, I eventually got what I wanted! Overall, it was really fun to draw this, especially the mask and the kerchief :DD

I used a color palette in Pinterest for this since I'm not very good with colors and all that... credits to Pinterest ;w;

Anyway, the animal I used for The Fool is a deer! Vianne is a kind person but also independent. However, because of her kindness, it makes V a naive person. I surfed the internet to find the perfect animal that suits this personality, and the result was a deer!

The kerchief on her shoulders is inspired by the Baro't Saya, a traditional dress for women in the Philippines. I'm Filipino myself, so it was a good idea to add this touch :3c

For now, this will be the official appearance of Vianne Dela Torre. Her casual outfit will arrive soon when I have the time to draw the clothes. Since our preliminary examinations are coming up, I won't get to post much.

I'll see you all soon! I hope you'll look forward more of V! <3333

(Bonus: Vianne Dela Torre w/o her masquerade mask)

[littlestpersimmon]

Lea and Pablo's clothes..!! Pablo's is called "barong Tagalog" / "dress (shirt) of the tagalog", Lea's is called "baro't saya" / "blouse and skirt". Fun fact, do you guys know the flamenco shawl / "mantoncillos" partially has its origins in the philippines?

Its also known as the Manila shawl; In more antiquated tagalog, it is known as the Alampay- The traditional shawl which was a part of the prehispanic clothing of Tagalog women (many of whom lived in Maynila, later hispanized into Manila) - During the earliest years of Spanish colonialism, they were made of pineapple lace, called Pañuelo, which were copied by Chinese merchants and recreated with Chinese embroidery motifs.

 Seville, Cordoba, and Granada: A Cultural History. (Elizabeth Nash) / Textiles of Southeast Asia (Robyn Maxwell)

[thecoffeelorian]

Fandom Friday, 11/15: Fanart!

Hello again, everyone…and welcome to another installment of Fandom Friday, the two-post series where I go off to find new and interesting fanworks that might need a bit more visibility.

Before we get started, however...let me just open this with a little bit of positivity, because I know for a fact that we're ALL going to need it for a very, very long time...so. Let's all take a collective breath in...hold it for five seconds...and exhale. Take another deep breath in...hold it for five seconds...and exhale.

Feeling relaxed now...? Great. Here are my picks of the week.

THE CLONE WARS

The Clone Wars Fanart--By @lonelyredfox:

The Clone Wars Fanart--By @secretly-a-trekkie:

THE BAD BATCH

The Bad Batch Fanart--By @therainjumper:

The Bad Batch Fanart--By @m00ntunaart:

THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY

Original Trilogy Fanart---By @instarwars:

STAR WARS REBELS

Star Wars Rebels Fanart--By @starwarsrebelsrant:

THE MANDALORIAN

The Mandalorian Fanart--By @mythosaursarecool:

The Mandalorian Fanart--By @popolonium0227:

AHSOKA

Ahsoka Fanart--By @welcometocaritas-creations:

In conclusion, as part of my mission to poke around the Star Wars fandom and, on Friday every two weeks, highlight those artists who might otherwise go unnoticed…I hope you will check out the links I have included for yourselves and like, comment on, and reblog them, as well as also giving the artists a few more followers to their Tumblr pages.

Please also like and reblog this latest installment so that these links can be spread around to as many other fans as possible, just in case not all of them can tune in at the same time.

An additional thank you goes to @djarrex for making the divider I used earlier in this post, but still want to give credit for.

And finally, so that I do not forget…this post will be continued in its second half: the Fanfiction Edition.

Thank you, stay safe, and I’ll see you in the next post!

No Pressure Tags: @melymigo @algo-o-nada @theosb0rnway @everybirdfellsilent @skellymom

@leos-multifandom-corner @maggie-dylan @leenabb104104 @gun-roswell @tazmbc1

@bluedeedeedoop @its-time-to-rise-above @tlmtwelve and anybody else who might be on the lookout for new SW fanart.

[therainjumper]

Some personal art for today. What if Crosshair and Omega wore traditional Philippine dress?

[artstar1997]

Floyd and Boom are known to be voiced by two gay icons, respectively Troye Sivan and Lance Bass so I decided to give these two a precolonial makeover. Floyd wears a saya or skirt that was commonly worn by the women while Boom is dressed in a traditional loincloth that the men wore in that era. They were both decked in tattoos and jewelry but the designs are distinguished with their colors.

I read that effeminate men in the precolonial era of the Philippines are well-respected instead of being shamed. Due to their association to the feminine, they were regarded as having greater powers of intercession with the anitos or ancestral and nature spirits and thus commonly became shamans or babaylans, which is commonly a traditionally female role in Philippine cultures.

Shamans were highly respected members of the community as ritual specialists: healing the sick, keeping oral histories, performing sorcery, and serving as spirit mediums for communicating with ancestral and nature spirits. They were second only to the nobility in the social hierarchy, and could function as a community's interim leader (similar to a regent or interrex) in the absence of the datu a.k.a the chieftain.

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[the1920sinpictures]

1920 c. Photo of Heidi Noriko's grandmother Filomena in the Philippines wearing the traditional dress. She was very pretty. From Heidi Noriko, FB.