Everyday a PINOY Hero
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Let them swim free
by Kathy Moran, The Philippine StarAG Saño left a high-paying job in the US to devote his life to his “Save the Dolphins” campaign. He is trying to raise awareness about the annual slaughter of dolphins in Japan by painting 23,000 images of the marine mammals.
“This isn’t just a Japan issue. Every time a Filipino buys tickets to a marine mammal show or to a traveling dolphin show, he or she is contributing to the pockets of those who condone the slaughter,” he says. “Many people do not know the connection but the Japanese drive fisheries which slaughter the dolphins also send young dolphins to builders of marine parks. These marine park owners claim to have ‘saved’ these dolphins from slaughter but are actually fueling the trade of captive dolphins. Capturing dolphins from the wild — for any purpose — creates an imbalance in the ecosystem. Needless to say, these dolphins who are highly-intelligent and have deep ties with others of their kind are forcibly taken from their families to live out a short miserable life.”
AG has taken hundreds of photographs of dolphins and other marine mammals in the wild to know that these animals are not happy when they are held captive.
Bayanihan is a Filipino term taken from the word bayan, referring to a nation, town or community. The whole term bayanihan refers to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective.
The origin of the term bayanihan can be traced from a common tradition in Philippine towns where community members volunteer to help a family move to a new place. The process involves literally carrying the house to its new location. This is done by putting bamboo poles forming a strong frame to lift the stilts from the ground and carrying the whole house with the men positioned at the ends of each pole. The tradition also features a small fiesta hosted by the family to express gratitude to the volunteers.
Chris Garcia is a renowned self-taught Pinoy tattoo artist based in Las Vegas. He has won several titles for his works, and has been featured in UK’s bestselling tattoo magazine, Skin Deep. His celebrity clients range from Miley Cyrus to UFC fighter Brandon Vera. Locally, he has inked the members of Slapshock, Raimund Marasigan, Karl Roy, and the like.
Check out his portfolio here or read his exclusive interview on SPOT.ph
Vote for Puerto Princesa Underground River
in the New 7 Wonders website now!The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is located about 50 km north of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. It features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river. A distinguishing feature of the river is that it winds through a cave before flowing directly into the South China Sea. It includes major formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and several large chambers. The lower portion of the river is subject to tidal influences. The underground river is reputed to be the world’s longest. At the mouth of the cave, a clear lagoon is framed by ancient trees growing right to the water’s edge. Monkeys, large monitor lizards, and squirrels find their niche on the beach near the cave.
“FIFFLA’s goal is to bridge Philippine Cinema, Filipino-American filmmakers, actors, writers, and directors directly with Hollywood. We feel it’s a great time to show our talent and culture on a broader stage through film. We have a great opportunity at the moment with location and the diverse films we are receiving from Filipino filmmakers from the Philippines and US. We hope to showcase these films within our own community and specifically to the American general public to raise awareness for the Filipino films and the Filipino talent behind it.
Unfortunately, this year we are having problems raising funds. We are less than four weeks away from opening night of FIFFLA 2010 and at this point still not have raised the amount of money needed to run this film festival properly. We have already cut the budget to its minimum to run the film festival and to lower costs we’re also thinking of cutting down a day and minimizing show times to make this festival work.
We are a non-profit organization and every single one of our staff are on voluntary basis and do not get paid for any services rendered. We are all working on this project solely out of our own time because of passion and pride for our heritage and culture.
We are looking quickly raise money needed to make FIFFLA 2010 a success. Without these funds, I fear that it is impossible to run FIFFLA respectfully and gracefully in a way that it should done with the films that represents our country, culture, people and heritage to its fullest.” — FIFFLA - Filipino International Film Festival Los Angeles
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Skateboarding at Wall Lords Event
Taken during Manila Design Week 2010(via patrickdiokno)
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