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Bu-lat-lat (boo-lat-lat) verb: to search, probe, investigate, inquire; to unearth facts Volume 3, Number 39 November 2 - 8, 2003 Quezon City, Philippines |
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Post-All Saints’ Day Photo Essay
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two-part photo essay deals with the issues of inequality and poverty. The first part shows how inequality persists even after
death. The second part shows how poverty pushes people to be “creative” and
live on the dead. TEXT
AND PHOTOS BY ROWENA CARRANZA All
Saints’ Day is, for Filipinos, time to honor the dead. But for some of them,
it is also time to earn money. Poverty apparently helps to sharpen creativity
and resourcefulness as the following cases show.
RECYCLED FLOWERS? Bulatlat.com interviewed five-year old Mark day after All Saints' Day. Mark and his mother sell this pot of flowers at P50, which is quite steep considering that some of the flowers were quite obviously recycled from the ones left by the previous day’s visitors. Part I: Unequal, Dead or Alive Bulatlat.com We want to know what you think of this article.
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