BusinessMirror

Manunggul Jar as the ‘ship-of-the-dead’

Many Filipino epics narrate how souls go to the next life, aboard boats, and pass through the rivers and seas. The reverse side of the P1,000 bill features the Banaue Rice Terraces, Manunggul Jar ...
GMA Network

UV-reactive designs on PH passports feature Manunggul jar, Guimaras mangoes, more cultural symbols

Did you know that Philippine passports have UV-reactive designs on its pages? And it features cultural images from the country! A social media user went viral after posting a video putting the ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

ManilArt 2012 shows past, present and future of Philippine art

RAMON Orlina (seated, third from left) and National Artist for Architecture Ildefonso Santos (seated, right) join the NCCA Committee on Galleries, which includes Silvana Diaz (seated, left) of Galeria ...
BusinessMirror

Manunggul Jar ‘ship-of-the-dead’ and the journey to afterlife

The journey of the soul to the afterlife was closely associated by early Filipinos to maritime culture as represented by the “ship-of-the-dead” burial container called Manunggul Jar. I saw the burial ...