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[theworldatwar]

US troops take cover as they come ashore on the beaches of Leyte - Philippines, Oct 1944

[pinoy-culture]

✨️Do you know any of these beliefs and folklore from Leyte? If your family is from Leyte or Samar, what are some folklore, beliefs, and practices that have been shared with you? 🌿

[vintagepromotions]

Coca-Cola advertisement featuring an illustration of American servicemen in the Philippines (1945).

[carbone14]

Le Général Douglas MacArthur supervise la tête de pont sur l'île de Leyte – Bataille de Leyte – Campagne des Phlippines – Guerre du Pacifique – Leyte – Philippines – 20 octobre 1944

©Naval History and Heritage Command - 26-G- 3584

[filipeanut]

Just finished "Surat Binisaya" by Rolando O. Borrinaga, which gave me a deeper understanding of the on-going challenges of translating Philippine scripts written on old Philippine artifacts.  One challenge is determining the validity and age of the artifacts. Another is determining what language was used when writing them, and what the objects were used for.  Last but not least, Borrinaga shares an updated list of old Bisaya words derived from a Spanish dictionary by Francisco Alcina written in 1668. The corrected words span 40 pages of "Surat Binisaya," with possibly 400 to 500 Bisaya words from the 1600s. The rest of my "book review" here: https://filipeanut.art/surat-binisaya-by-rolando-o-borrinaga/

[lifewithchristanne]

orange color from the bonfire

[dakilanglaagan]

The Heights and Depths of Our Three-Day Mt. Pangasugan Climb

Mt. Pangasugan was a dream waiting to happen. Deemed “The Last Frontier in Eastern Visayas”, this notorious mountain range has been hibernating on the waiting list—yearning for the day that it’d become a reality. It all began almost a decade ago when I first stepped into Baybay City, Leyte, the hometown of our OG travel buddy, Badeth. Back then, we were just crazy weekend travelers who were…

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[mrnoodleboy]

Night Tennis. #tennis #tennislife #hipstography #hipstamatic #hipstaoftheday #hipsta_crazy #hipstadreamers #hipstamaticmagic #hipstamaticaddicts #hipsta_junky #ormoc #leyte (at Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClgbjaxpFE_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=