Filipinana 2009Filipinana 2009

Window into the Window into the PhilippinesPhilippines

Mural PaintingMural Painting

Tinikling DancingTinikling Dancing

Tinikling is the most popular and best known of the Philippine dances and honored as the Philippine national dance.

The dance imitates the movement of the “tinikling” birds as they walk between grass stems, run over tree branches, or dodge bamboo traps set by rice farmers.

Bahay, Baboy, Bahay, Baboy, BagyoBagyo

( (House, Pig, Storm)House, Pig, Storm)

Bahay, Baboy, BagyoBahay, Baboy, Bagyo

Bahay, Baboy, Bagyo with Paula’s mum

Tagalog with a Twist Tagalog with a Twist with Mrs. Ramirezwith Mrs. Ramirez

The End of a Very Long The End of a Very Long Day…Day…