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Known as the “ship-of-the-dead,” the Manunggul Jar is a burial container that represents the journey of the soul to the afterlife, which is closely associated with our maritime culture.
The journey of the soul to the afterlife was closely associated by early Filipinos to maritime culture as represented by the “ship-of-the-dead” burial container called Manunggul Jar. I saw the ...
Pottery has played a curious part in Philippine culture. Our ancestors buried their dead inside manunggul jars, our patis and local wines like basi and tapuy are fermented in burnay jars, and the d… ...
Filipino artists have copied human face and likeness from prehistoric times to our day: from the time two figures on a boat were fashioned in clay to adorn the cover of the Manunggul jar, to the ...
Ronald Ventura’s “Crack in the Hull” (2001) depicts two male nudes riding a boat, evoking the ancient Manunggul jar’s lid.
Did you know that Philippine passports have UV-reactive designs on its pages? And it features cultural images from the country!
Art made cheap in PHTHE arts have always been ingrained in our culture, whether as a means of entertainment or a show of wealth. From the spectrum of colors and patterns in the woven textiles of the T ...
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