Hagunot muli ang bus. Tumawag ang konduktor: “Timog na! ‘Yung mga Timog diyan, alisto na! Kilos-kilos! Galaw-galaw!,” aniya. Napansin niyang malapit na sa GMA. Tinuktok niya ang mga balas sa itaas. Alisto ang drayber. Tumabi. Dali-dali siyang bumaba, habang nag-iinat-inat at inaayos ang nalukot na polo barong. NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat Katulad ng mga…
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Amorsolo’s “Fruit Harvesting” and the Life of the People
Have our peasants shown the same delightful faces during harvests since the war years ended? Is the same reason to celebrate a bountiful harvest still found in their hearts? BY LORIE ANN A. CASCARO CULTURE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat Davao City—Ten years after a fieldtrip during my kindergarten years, I visited Davao Museum again…
The Rice Crisis, Globalization, and Culture
BY JULIE L. PO CONCERNED ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 The rice crisis that the country experiences today is greatly a result of the government’s policy towards globalization. Although globalization is mainly economics, it carries a cultural impact that erodes our outlook on rice…