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Noli Me Tángere (Latin for "Touch Me Not") is a novel by Filipino writer and activist José Rizal and was published during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.It explores inequities in law and practice in terms of the treatment by the ruling government and the Spanish Catholic friars of the resident peoples in the late 19th century.
Datu (Baybayin: ᜇᜆᜓ) is the title for chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs [19] in the Visayas [20] and Mindanao [21] regions of the Philippines. Together with lakan , apo (central and northern Luzon), [22] sultan, and rajah, they are titles used for native royalty, and are still used frequently in Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan.
The University of the Philippines Diliman - College of Arts and Letters is a degree-grating unit of the University of the Philippines Diliman specializing in the humanities, with a special focus on arts studies, English and Filipino languages and literature, European languages, speech communication, and theater arts.
Stainless Longganisa is a semi-autobiographical book written by Bob Ong, his fifth published work.Released in December 2005 by Visprint, it follows the style used in Bob Ong's first three publications: the use of contemporary Filipino language to express the author's views on Filipino culture.
Marian Pastor Roces has several books, including Fabrics of life (1985) and Sinaunang Habi: Philippine Ancestral Weave (1991) [10] about her long-term research on textile traditions in Southeast Asia, as well as Puntóng Batangan: katwiran at dilà dine sa Batangas City (2006) about the oral language of Batangas Tagalog.
Writers' Union of the Philippines (Filipino: Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas, abbreviated as UMPIL) is the largest organization of Filipino writers in the Philippines. [1] Established in 1974, the organization was first known by the English version of its name, the Writers' Union of the Philippines. [ 1 ]
David Michael M. San Juan is a Filipino Marxist writer, activist, and professor. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was awarded the title of Mananaysay ng Taon (Essayist of the Year) in 2009 [ 3 ] and Makata ng Taon (Poet of the Year) in 2010 [ 4 ] by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF or Commission in the Filipino Language).
"Sa Aking Mga Kabatà" (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal , who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1 ]