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Filipino Christmas Cheer as Musical Mourning

Filipino Christmas Cheer as Musical Mourning
The songs we sing to drown the noise of absence.

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Biology as Historical Data

Biology as Historical Data
What biology can tell us about precolonial Philippine history.

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The Mythical Marquis of Buglas

The Mythical Marquis of Buglas
Elcano and his alleged noble Visayan descendants.

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It's Unlikely that the Bisaya Raided China

It's Unlikely that the Bisaya Raided China
When nationalism takes pride in the suffering of others.

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The Uses of Buyo and Bonga in Ancient Visayas

The Uses of Buyo and Bonga in Ancient Visayas
How to say “leaf me alone!” without even saying a single word.

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Enrique as a Bisaya Hero

Enrique as a Bisaya Hero
What if we turn Enrique into a Bisaya? Haha just kidding. Unless?

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Finding South Visayas

Finding South Visayas
Why Bisaya is spoken in Mindanao.

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History as a Progressive Fantasy Land

History as a Progressive Fantasy Land
Was this their real life? Is this just fantasy?

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ViScience: Keeping Time in Ancient Visayas

ViScience: Keeping Time in Ancient Visayas
There’s no better clock than a chicken’s cluck.

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The Hisstory of the Bakunawa

The Hisstory of the Bakunawa
In the absence of historical records, let biology fill the gap.

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Sakit kag Kanamit: Genital Accessories in Ancient Visayas

Sakit kag Kanamit: Genital Accessories in Ancient Visayas
The Visayan willingness to go to hell to help others reach heaven.

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Diagnosing the "Bloodless" Myth of the Negros Revolution

Diagnosing the "Bloodless" Myth of the Negros Revolution
Sour truths made sweet by myths and bourgeois legends.

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Spain, but the A is Silent Because of America's Attempt to Spin History

Spain, but the A is Silent Because of America's Attempt to Spin History
Historical distortions in The Philippine Islands: 1453-1896 by Blair and Robertson.

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The Babaylan Survived Colonialism

The Babaylan Survived Colonialism
And how naive romanticism will bury them.

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Filipino Food Mukbang with Magellan's Men

Filipino Food Mukbang with Magellan's Men
In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s arrival in the Philippine archipelago.

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