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AMOY ARAW
“AMOY ARAW” means you smell like the sun. Nostalgia smells like playing outside.
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BALIKBAYAN
“BALIKBAYAN” is a return home. Would you still return to a home you never knew?
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KAPWA
“KAPWA” is a shared identity. A connection through blood and ancestry between Filipinos, and a welcoming hand towards all people.
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KILIG
“KILIG” is a rush. A momentary infatuation. A small high you get when your eyes meet and the nerve endings spark.
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MANO PO
“MANO PO” is a sign of respect. Asking your elders for their hand, a gesture towards ancestry.
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TABI TABI PO
“TABI TABI PO” is a spiritual request to the earth asking to please step aside. We must move through the environment with mutual care and respect.
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TAO PO (HINDI ASWANG)
“TAO PO (HINDI ASWANG)” means I am human, and not an Aswang. Asserting our humanity everyday, and looking within others for the Human.
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Ito Palaganas
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“"NO DIRECT TRANSLATION" is an exploration of Tagalog words and phrases with their meanings that although begin with uniquely Filipino experiences, transcends language and moves past translation,...” [More]