Young and old: these boys peruse the works of Jose Maceda, National Artist for Music, that involve a wide-ranging research on Philippine and Southeast Asian ethnomusicology. Indigenous instruments become prominent in mainstream music because of Maceda, who is celebrated this year for his 100th birth anniversary.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Inside and outside, the Cultural Centre of the Philippines is alive. This monument to culture and the arts is, surprisingly, also popular as a park, a playground, an exercise area, and a rendezvous.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
A hot day in a sugarcane plantation: such is the daily scene that this sakada faces. Th emonotonous sight of the tall and verdant blades of surgarcane line the roadside as if made into a wall, spanning a breadth that goes inland. The intermittent shades provide a temporary resting place.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Visual Tales 