Mary Mae Dacanay and her BTS-inspired artwork (Photo from Facebook)
Laguna-based artist Mary Mae Dacanay wows the internet, especially the ARMYs, with her latest leaf artwork featuring the K-pop sensation BTS.
According to a report by OpinYon Laguna, an advocacy paper in the province, the artist was inspired by the boy band’s latest single and music video, “Permission to Dance,” which is all about positivity and diversity. Prior to making it, Dacanay shared that she was challenged by her followers to do a leaf art using a coconut palm frond.
This is not the first time Dacanay’s leaf artworks have gone viral online. Among her famous works include a tribute to the fallen soldiers of the C130 crash in Sulu and her leaf art portraits of President Rodrigo Duterte and the late former president, Benigno Aquino Jr.
Empowered women hold the power to change the world.
To mark women’s month, four inspiring Filipinas who come from all the walks of life share what makes them feel empowered.
(Photos from the interviewees)
Writing for fellow IP women
B’laan writer Joy Quijano said the best thing about writing is it allows her to document the present struggles of her fellow Indigenous Peoples (IP) women.
B’laan writer and teacher Joy Quijano (Photo from Joy Quijano)
“It empowers me by making me a keen observer, critical thinker, and socially aware on issues that affect us as members of a cultural community. Through my stories, I was able to meet people who have the same advocacy with me. I was able to help IP women and children in my own way,” Quijano told the Manila Bulletin.
»Gritty Tales: Amid a Year of Setbacks, These are The Winners of 2020 Who Gave Us Hope
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Gritty Tales: Amid a Year of Setbacks, These are The Winners of 2020 Who Gave Us Hope
some of these inspiring stories that instilled fresh bouts of confidence and faith in the silver lining in us. (Photo: twitter)
Some struck up the courage to follow their dreams with whatever little they had and some changed professions but all of them, in the face of misfortune and adversity of the worst kind, emerged as winners.
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The unprecedented pandemic situation the world braved since early this year has taken away a lot from the people. Starting from their livelihoods, homes to beloved ones, the coronavirus snatched away a significant part and time from the world. The economy suffered setbacks like never before as they crumbled like a pack of cards as businesses came to a screeching halt everywhere. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned as early as in April that the g