Culture
The Center for Kapampangan Studies
A museum, library and Manansala gallery at Holy Angel University that keeps the memory of Kapampangan culture.
Angeles
Stories
People in Pampanga
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Atching Lillian's kitchen in Mexico
In an ancestral house in Mexico's Parian, one of the masters of Kapampangan cooking feeds groups and sells San Nicolas cookies.
Mexico
History
Don Angel's town: how Angeles began
A founder's house of 1824, a granary of 1840 and an image of the Guardian Angel: the beginnings of Angeles.
Angeles
Culture
The lantern makers of San Fernando
Months of work, whole barangays and a few named masters: the people behind San Fernando's giant parols.
San Fernando
Community
The crab women of Mabuanbuan
In Sasmuan's wetlands, birds and families depend on the same coast. A look at the people who work the Ramsar site.
Sasmuan
Community
The Candaba wetlands, a working landscape
Birds, rice and fish share Candaba's wetlands. Why conservation here starts with the farmers.
Candaba
Culture
Crissot and the golden age of Kapampangan letters
Juan Crisostomo Soto of Bacolor wrote the zarzuelas that launched a golden age of Kapampangan literature.
Bacolor
Culture
Sampaguita: the flower farms of Lubao
Lubao supplies much of the country's national flower. How the sampaguita shapes the town's farms, festival and even its kitchens.
Lubao
Culture
Dukit: the woodcarvers of Betis
Betis carvers have made altars, saints and furniture for generations. Meet the craft behind the Dukit Festival.
Guagua
Culture
Pottery capital: the clay of Sto. Tomas
Kapampangan earthenware goes back to the 13th century. In Sto. Tomas, one family is making sure the craft has a future.
Santo Tomas
Culture
Sto. Tomas, the casket capital of Central Luzon
In Pampanga's smallest town, hundreds of families build the coffins sent to funeral parlours across the country.
Santo Tomas
History
Bangkusay and the nameless hero of Macabebe
The young Macabebe chieftain who led the first Luzon resistance against Spain in 1571, and why his town now remembers him on June 3.
Macabebe
History
Casa Nicolasa and the woman who nursed soldiers
A Spanish-era house in San Fernando where Nicolasa Panlilio cared for the wounded of the Philippine-American War.
San Fernando
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Angeles before the malls: a town remembered
Fifty-centavo jambalaya, PX goods by the railroad and movie tickets at 25 centavos: a columnist's memories of 1960s Angeles.
Angeles
Culture
Jesus Padilla's stone house at Bale Batu
How an Arayat artist built a home out of crushed mountain rock, inspired by the temples of Angkor.
Arayat
History
General Maximino Hizon of Mexico
The Mexico-born general who led Kapampangan revolutionaries, refused to swear loyalty to the US and died in exile on Guam.
Mexico
History
Caragan and Laureana: the founding legend of Mabalacat
No document records Mabalacat's founding. Its people tell instead of an Aeta chieftain, his wife and a forest of balacat trees.
Mabalacat
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Aglibut: Magalang's sweet tamarind
At PSAU in Magalang, a sweet tamarind variety is being grafted to make the town the tamarind capital of the country.
Magalang
Culture
The Majiganggas of Santa Ana
From medieval Spanish street theatre to Mexico to a Pampanga town: the strange journey of Santa Ana's Christmas giants.
Santa Ana
History
Villa Epifania, the grand old house of Santa Rita
An all-concrete 1930s mansion that sheltered officers, guerrillas and, later, a Lino Brocka film crew.
Santa Rita
History
Minalin, the egg basket of Luzon
A small town that lays a million eggs a day, and how it got its name from a church that moved.
Minalin
Culture
Guagua's guitar makers
Guagua lists guitars and ukuleles among its local products. A look at the town's instrument-making and how to buy well.
Guagua
History
The Chinese of Guagua and the paldungan
In 1603, Chinese families fleeing violence in Manila found refuge in Guagua. Their walled quarter shaped the town's trade.
Guagua
History
Sulipan, the old high society barrio of Apalit
How a riverside barrio of Apalit hosted business, politics and even a Russian grand duke in the late 1800s.
Apalit