Blog Posts on filipino folk art

Anting-anting in Quaipo by Traveler on Foot on Mar 18, 2011The Evangelista Street side of Quiapo Church is teeming with vendors of amulets and talismans that allegedly have magical and supernatural powers. However, vendors are vague about their powers, saying only that they are harbingers of success and prov...

Filipino Handicrafts under the Bridge in Quiapo by Traveler on Foot on Mar 10, 2011Last year, we decided to decorate our Christmas tree with small baskets, miniature brooms, sepak takrao balls, wooden wind chimes, bulol idols, stars made from translucent capiz and other similar objects available in handicraft stores under Quezon Br...

Quiapo Golden Mosque by Traveler on Foot on Mar 7, 2011One of the outstanding influences of Islam was in architecture. The Alhambra in Spain, Hagia Sofia in Turkey, and the Taj Mahal in India, are some of the few finest architectural wonders of the world. In the Philippines, mosque are built following th...