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family lore
Remembering Lola
My grandmother, Lilian Yncong Lopez Acevedo. Here's a colorized version of her photograph, originally taken in 1949, when she was 20. Had she been alive today, she could have been 94. She told me a lot of stories when she wa…
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local history
Meet and Greet with Tan Emo at Panay's Catholic Cemetery
... And my cemetery visit this year continues at Panay Catholic Cemetery in the town of Panay, Capiz. This is another circular cemetery, with diameters of 70 cm and made of coral stones. Entering the arch, you will read this Span…
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recuerdo de patay
Recuerdo de Patay: Memory of the Dead
It was customary among Filipino families in the 19th and 20th centuries to capture images of the deceased. The photograph is called Recuerdo de Patay , or memento mori. This could be creepy but these heirloom shots of the dead fa…
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