#philippines traditional dress

[barongsrus1]

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[safije]

Indigenous textiles from the Maguindao tribe, Philippines.

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[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

[perfectlypanda]

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.

[itzpris15634]

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)

[miyamiwu]

omg my youngest sister is arguing with my mother in the group chat about the Carlos Yulo issue. As expected, my mom is on the abusive mother’s side. Fucking boomers

I honestly don’t have the energy to argue with my mom, so I’ll just leave it to my activist sister 🤣

Context for my non-Filo followers: Carlos Yulo is a Filipino gymnast who won two gold medals in the Olympics (men’s floor exercise and men’s vault), but before he won, his mother was rooting for the enemy team (Japan) and hoping for her own son to lose. Now, with Carlos winning two gold medals, her previous hateful statements were dug up and slapped in her face.

In defense, her mother started talking about how Carlos has been an unfilial child and how she thinks his girlfriend, Chloe, is causing him to drift apart from the family. This in turn caused a lot of people to turn against Chloe and throw misogynistic statements at her.

Carlos and Chloe had to post a video to clear up the misunderstanding and show their side of the story.

In the video, they said that they and Chloe’s family made a group chat and pulled Carlos’ mom into it so they can resolve the issue in private. I didn’t read all the screenshots, but one part had Carlos call out his mom for withholding the allowance he got as a national athlete/prize money from previous international competitions (can’t remember if it was just one of these or both) and using it to pay for the family house (which is under his mother’s name) in bulk without asking for his permission beforehand (his mother held his bank account card back then). The mother was unrepentant though, thinking that there’s nothing wrong with what she did and that she doesn’t have to explain herself to her own son.

Carlos also defended his girlfriend, saying how his mom has been very critical of how she dresses and speaks, as a result of how Chloe grew up in Australia, where the culture is very different. (The traditional ideal of a Filipino woman is someone who is “demure and self-effacing” like Maria Clara, but Chloe is the complete opposite of that. She’s an outspoken, strong, independent woman, and the conservatives and misogynists don’t like that.)

There’s a lot of articles explaining the whole thing better online, so just google them for more info

Anyways, this whole issue really blew up in the Philippines, with the conservatives/older generation admonishing Carlos with justifications like “That’s still your mom” and the younger generation rallying with Carlos and praising him for his courage in breaking free from an abusive household. It really brought to light the toxic Filipino family culture, rendering the issue as not only personal to the Yulo family but also a societal one that is prevalent in a lot of Filipino households. The Philippines is so poor that some parents have treated their children as “investments” to bring them out of poverty.

I’ve witnessed this problem in my own family. I remember when my older brother was in college, he had a scholarship that entitled him to P15,000 per semester (adjusting for inflation, this is now about $350). However, my mom held his ATM card and would only send him a little of the allowance. In the end, my own brother would starve and sometimes even steal other people’s food from the dorm 😔 (As someone who now also lives in the college dorm and has had her own food stolen, this is why I can never really hate or be mad at people who steal. I understand the desperation when you’re really hungry).

In the beginning, my brother thought there was nothing wrong with this and it was only right for him to give back to my mother, and it took my aunt (who housed my brother in his first year of college and also gave him some allowance) a lot of talking into him to convince him how this was wrong. As a parent, my mother had every obligation to provide and raise her children and my brother shouldn’t have to feel like he owes her a favor.

In the Philippines, tradition is to support your child throughout college. In some households, the support is until the child turns 18 or 21. But on the first year my brother left for college (he was only 16 then, as he was part of the old curriculum), my mom just threw him to our aunt’s place, which was near the university, and let him depend on our aunt—who had no obligation to even raise him—while also expecting him to hand over his scholarship allowance to her. It was awful.

I have a lot more examples in the family, but this post is getting too long… but yeah, I am both pissed and disappointed with my mother siding with Angelica Yulo, but at the same time, I kind of expected it. She and Angelica are the same kind of person 😩

However, I can only hold myself back from arguing since I’m not in any position to argue with my mom about this. Mom is still supporting me in college even though I am now an adult (got delayed because of mental health issues and stuff). And by support, it’s her giving me a weekly allowance of P500 (~$9)—which is far from enough for me to cover my meals and other necessities, so I often have to borrow money or do some gigs. I’ve been trying to find a part-time job, but there hasn’t been any luck. I also can’t apply for just any job coz I need to look for one that fits with my schedule and has a salary high enough for me to able to send money to my mom while also leaving some for myself (she’s been pressuring me on this, but as I said, I’m really in no position to talk back 😔).

My brother’s been telling me to just focus on my studies and not worry about it, but I know he would also like my help on the bills in the future. He’s currently paying for the family house that is under my mother’s name and which he doesn’t even live in anymore. He really wants to stop so he can focus on his career and build a future with his girlfriend, but it’s just so hard to break free from this kind of culture, especially when society here is so ready to judge you for being unfilial and lacking utang na loob if you do. And well, we also can’t just throw our mother to the wolves (debt collectors)

So yeah, I’ve been having a hard time, and my mom weighing in on the Carlos Yulo issue unprompted made it even worse 😔

And I swear I don’t mean the end the post like this, but since I’m talking about my troubles anyway, I might as well mention how I’m currently running a Ko-fi goal to help cover some expenses. If you have any spare cash, please consider donating to my Ko-fi 🙏

[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.

Background: https://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/4/5/9/0/9/3/6/MTS_icemunmun-1750977-TS4_x642018-02-2306-50-57-14_smaller.jpg

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Traditional Thai dress by Pierre Balmain worn by Queen Sirikit on her State Visit to the Philippines, 1963.

[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.