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Made of around 18k+ of gold. Our ancestors covers the facial orifices in gold as to prevent evil spirits from entering the body of the deceased. Other funerary offerings are also buried, like porcelains, earthenware, and daggers. All of which depends on the social status of the person.

You can still see some soil remnants.

The porcelain is a great tool in assessing the possible date of burial as different patterns from each dynasty is represented in the design and shape.

These artifacts are usually accidently found by locals when they are tilling their lands. Frequent cases of discovery after storms is common, as have been documented in Palawan, and Bicol(there are a lot of KMJS's episodes of those accidental gold finds).

Also most gold discoveries just end up in the melting pot to be reused for new jewelry by the finders and buyers.

It has been 11 years since our first visit here. Ang ganda lalo ng place and the services were excellent. Makes us want to go back again. 👌🏻
Wasn’t able to take more photos though, busy sa pag-absorb ng sceneries.

This video feels incredibly bittersweet to me because it captures what may have been the last glimpse of pre-war Manila in its full glory—still intact and alive.

From Intramuros, to Quiapo, to San Sebastian Church, the city looked vibrant, elegant, and full of life.

What makes it even more haunting is that the people seen in the footage had no idea what awaited them in 1945......the horrors of the Battle of Manila and the atrocities that would devastate the city.

I truly wish Manila never had to endure such a tragedy.

Sometimes I can’t help but wonder how different the city would look today if that destruction had never happened.

Perhaps Manila’s urban planning would not have become so chaotic, and the city itself might have evolved into something far more preserved and beautiful than what we see today.

I can only trace my family back to my great-grandparents and I heard from my grandmother that they were farmers

Are there plans to refurbish and repurpose this building? It's such a waste to have such a fairly iconic building of Binondo to just wither away like this, and would be a nice addition to how the area has changed in recent years.

I often see discussions claiming that the Philippines during the mid-1960s was one of the more advanced countries in Southeast Asia before the Marcos era.

For the economy, there are claims that Philippine exports were performing strongly, (Like in a level of Vietnam, South Korea, and Taiwan) (I do wonder what kind of exports are those)

And that the peso remained relatively robust at the ₱3.80 range.

Which claims that many Filipinos had better purchasing power (Some are comparing it to the purchasing power of Singapore or Malaysia of today)

Do you think this was the case during that time. (Besides post-war rehabilitation and American support)

What were the industries or sectors that helped spearhead the Philippine Economy during that time?

I’m also curious about education as well.

There are stories that foreign students came to the Philippines for university studies and professional training, especially in medicine, engineering, and other professional fields.

Was the country’s education system really well-regarded in Asia during that period?

And if there is a modern comparison, which present-day Southeast Asian or Asian or any country would be the closest equivalent in terms of economy and education?

Would love to know your insights and perspectives on this.

After the first major fire that struck Tondo during the 1930s, another large fire hit the district again around May 1941 during the summer season.

Reports say that around 20,000 people were left homeless.

The Commonwealth government reportedly began relief efforts and even planned to reorganize parts of the district and improve the layout and provide housing for the victims.

However, those plans were likely interrupted only months later when World War II reached the Philippines in December 1941.

From there, Manila experienced repeated aerial bombings, destruction during the occupation, and eventually the Battle of Manila itself.

Looking back at it, I sometimes wonder if this period played a major role in the long-term housing and environmental issues of the district.

Many vacant or destroyed areas may have later been occupied by displaced families, migrants, and informal settlers trying to rebuild their lives after the war.

And from there, Tondo became what Tondo is today.

I also came across stories that businessman Ma Mon Luk helped fire victims by providing food and assistance during the disaster.

And considering that young Asiong Salonga must have witnessed this event again......

I can only imagine how traumatic these events must have been for many young residents living there at the time and the fact that War was also coming towards the country in a few months.

Overall, it feels like 1941 was one of the harshest turning points in Tondo’s history.....

Personally, do you think this was the case and the event that made Tondo that way it is?

Curious to know your insights and perspectives on this.

I found this interesting gem here.

A rare event happened almost 100 years ago where an eclipse passed through the entirety of the Philippines. Such events were well witnessed as shown in the top two images. A total eclipse, as shown in the bottom left (Image 4), was witnessed in Iloilo, this one specifically at the Colegio de San Agustin de Iloilo (now University of San Agustin) (Image 3). This is a rarety of itself. Meanwhile, only a partial eclipse, as shown in the bottom right (Image 5), was witnessed in Manila, this one specifically at the Observatorio de Manila (now Manila Observatory) (Image 2).

Reference:

Image 1 Excelsior (20 MAYO, 1929)

Hi all!

I’ve just joined this subreddit and I’m from Cape Town, South Africa. I’ve been diving into my Filipino ancestry for the past year or so.

My mom always mentioned that her maternal grandma (her family) hailed from the Philippines but due to Apartheid and the lack of cutting edge tech back then, she was never really able to confirm anything until we had our Ancestry test done.

We found that her family hailed from the Visayas (not sure which city/town - that will be the next step in my research). It’s been extremely difficult to find anything else on my great-grans parents and original surname as it was not spoken about much back then.

While doing my research, I found out that there were Filipino settlers that arrived in Kalk Bay (a coastal town here in Cape Town).

Despite it being my great-gran I’ve been trying to learn more about the Philippines and my ancestry.

I’ve attached images from someone in a South African Filipino descendants group.

Im severely frustrated and dissapointed by the fact that we will never hear these Rock Bands from the 60s. Especially girl groups and OPM Rock don't exist at all hard to look for and undiscoverable kahit na available naman sila sa youtube. We dont have like what our neighbor countries hav, Indonesia had Dara Puspita, Cambidians had Ros Serey Sothea and korea, china, Vietnam and the rest of them had something original. But we only had western covers and instrumental surf rock that only copied from the ventures and the British Invasion. I saw some local records but none of them are digitized or released to the public or for the contemporary crowd

First girl group is the D' Bombshells photo is from 1964 (Connie araneta being one of the band members is 15 years old in that photo)

the second one are the Phillettes probably from the late 1960s pero there are no informations or existing recordings too just like the first picture

UPDATE THE SECOND PHOTO IS FROM 1966!!!!

After researching on the Solar Eclipse of May 9, 1929 and posting about it here yesterday, I came upon the only landmark commemorating the occasion but not in Manila nor Iloilo but rather Cebu. Indeed, these two images (one close, one full) tell us the summary of the event as follows.

>This landmark signifies the TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE [that] occurred in May 9, 1929 here in [Barangay] BAGATAYAM, [Municipality of] SOGOD, CEBU where [the] INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY was mounted in this site as Sogod, Cebu [was] the center of the totality that began [on] 15h 29m 47s [3:29:47 PM] and lasted for 3 minutes [and] 38 seconds [until 3:33:25 PM].

>There were three landmarks placed here but unfortunately the two landmarks were excavated by the intruders/burglars because they thought [there were] hidden treasures inside.

I do wonder what the other two lost landmarks looked like, when all three were erected, and if there were any photos of its unveiling.

Edit: To be fair, it looks like a typical Filipino grave which could explain why people thought there were hidden treasures inside. Also, the wording and format is certainly confusing. It would have made more sense to carve this instead:

>INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY POST OF 1929 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE:

>ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES WERE MOUNTED AS THE CENTER OF THE ECLIPSE PASSED THROUGH SOGOD.

There was still a lot of space in the gravestone so it is an odd choice not to maximise the space given. I also could not find any images of this event in this location.