Object Rewind E04: The History of Betel Chewing in the Philippines

The four mop-topped boys from Liverpool had nothing on the original Betel-mania that swept Asia. In the Philippines, traces of the tradition of betel quid chewing can be found all over the...

Ayala Museum

The New America And The Far East : A Picturesque And Historic Description Of These Lands And Peoples

Filipinas Heritage Library

Object Rewind E05: The History of Body Ornamentation in Philippine Culture

Many societies highly regard physical beauty because it affords a person admiration, privilege, and status. Sometimes the cost of attractiveness is bodily pain. What did Filipinos have to bear...

Ayala Museum

Filipino-Chinese grocery

Itinerant Chinese buyers of scrap iron, empty containers, and waste paper who were fixtures on the streets before the war became rice dealers, trade financiers, or proprietors of flourishing...

Filipinas Heritage Library