Tag: Filipina Women

Women, Culture & Society: The Video

Women, Culture & Society: The Video

“So at least, take a moment, to put the phone down, and admire the beauty again that’s right in front of you.”   Context This video was shot from my holiday on the cruise ‘Harmony of The Seas’, last August 2016. I travelled with my family, and other family friends around Europe to Spain, France and Italy.     What? Most of the shots used in this video had featured a phone, or a camera and throughout were polaroid pictures of the pictures that were actually taken at the time. The whole video was in the perspective of how I…

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Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

‘Typical Filipina Woman’ Representation To all my fellow Filipinos out there, what does ‘dalagang Pilipina’ mean or a ‘Typical Filipina woman’?   “The traditional dalagang Pilipina (Filipina maiden) is shy and secretive about her real feelings for a suitor and denies it even though she is really in love with the man.”   I had also asked on my social media to provide me with a definition and this is what I got:   Although, as the term derives from tradition and Philippine culture, social media has made an impact yet again, on today’s society. So whilst ‘dalagang Pilipinas’ are…

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