http://blog.newfilipina.com A new way of seeing. A new way of being. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:22:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Inspired by the babaylan and her service to community, healing, celebration of Life, pakikipagkapwa... I created the babaylan mandala, one of which will be featured on the book cover of Leny Strobel's next book, a babaylan anthology with narratives from the homeland and the diaspora. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="389" caption="babaylan mandala I"][/caption] Click ... http://blog.newfilipina.com/?p=158 I found this photo of a stunning native Filipina morena beauty in the page of Old Philippines on Facebook and became a fan immediately. The caption there is: "From John Silva: "People have been commenting on the profile photo of the woman with a fan. I first found this photo at the Musee ... http://blog.newfilipina.com/?p=146 Manytimes, our historical ideals of the Filipina are limited to Maria Clara. But we can find many others to consider as ideals. It's been about 110 years ago since the Philippine revolution and Dr. Robert L. Yoder, FAPC wrote 10 years ago during the Centennial honoring: "Philippine Heroines of the ... http://blog.newfilipina.com/?p=142