Ireland's Filipinos

Like our kababayans in countries where the community is still small, the Filipinos in Ireland make extra efforts to create a semblance of the homeland in a strange country. Researcher/academic Diane Sabenacio Nititham shares the results of her study of Filipinos in the land of breweries and the green shamrock, who draw on the strength of language, rituals, food and the Catholic church to establish community. [Read "A Filipino Community Grows in Ireland"]

Meanwhile in the San Francisco Bay Area where Filipinos abound, another academic Mariel Toni Jimenez hits upon a universal truth: Filipinos and dancing are psychically entwined, and our senior kababayans are all the healthier for this. [Read "Dances With Manangs"]

Musician/composer Florante Aguilar recently staged his latest concert, UTOM, which harnessed the unique sounds and beat of traditional instruments to tell the stories of the T'boli tribe of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato. PF Correspondent Lisa Suguitan Melnick was there to document the event. [Read "Utom Unfolds T'boli Myths Through Music"]

For the Happy Home Cook, here's a sweet recipe that harkens back to summers in the Philippines: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake from the late culinary great, Nora Daza.

Here are links to stories you may have missed:

How the Philippine drug war inspired novelist Randy Ribay's 'Patron Saints of Nothing'
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1018411?fbclid=IwAR0Oh3kiowIjJppyg10922jkrn3G0Ooc_3zjdJ4REtI2JzxEcMHxwIvvIxI

‘Just let us fish,’ says skipper of PH boat in Reed Bank incident
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/176637/just-let-us-fish-says-skipper-of-ph-boat-in-reed-bank-incident?fbclid=IwAR2tGwYCtsjlA6rnyzCO1Iy_MgyWdHoIHyT_pCR9z-f5H82ZcWnrCRVVHJk

Jamie Yancovitz & Kristen Cabildo Are Redefining The Practice Of Filipino Martial Arts For Women
https://www.bustle.com/p/jamie-yancovitz-kristen-cabildo-are-redefining-the-practice-of-filipino-martial-arts-for-women-17986133?fbclid=IwAR354wGhcf999njUbtPKIzPdH5b_gI2gyqEOi8LnKm5JrzkP5E-kggbImdI

 Try it now: The rise and rise of Filipino food
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2019/05/try-it-now-rise-and-rise-filipino-food?fbclid=IwAR3_mnodQuTiG_KaS853uY774Le4_99Dg0Tv7otfD_kPKQdUw0_wWm1DfMw

For video of the week, Balitang America featured Karenderya, a Filipino restaurant that’s being hailed by Esquire Magazine as one the nation’s 20 top restaurants