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FRUITS OF MY BOROBUDUR, INDONESIA JOURNEY. The privileged to be invited to join the EXPRESSION exhibit at Limanjawi Art House in Borobudur, Indonesia was one great opportunity for me to learn and appreciate the arts and culture of the Indonesian people. But being in Borobudur for a week has given me more reasons to be steadfast in my creative journey as art in this area is more alive, most artists has their own studio , embracing the contemporary mode of expression as they  actively create their art. The warmthness and great hospitality of our Indonesian counterparts have even made our stay more precious and enriching. But what really made this trip more fruitful was transforming my time into moments of productivity through SKETCHING . From Cebu , to Manila , to Kuala Lumpur , to Yogjakarta to Borobudur and back, sketching has always been a part of my passion to document this trip. I was happy that our layovers in KLIA2 has given me more time to create. It was indeed another...

Couple artists Celso Pepito and Fe Madrid with Roy Espinosa and many more will be going to Yogjakarta , Borobudur, Indonesia... for the Philippines- Indonesia... EXPRESSION Exhibit March 19, 2023. Limanjawi Art House Borobudur , Indonesia  Thank you Umar Chusaeni      

UNESCO Education for all stamp (Nepal 1963)    UNESCO , as the specialized United Nations agency for education, facilitates the annual observance of the Day ( 24 January) in close collaboration with main education actors.  The adoption of the resolution 73/25 “International Day of Education”, co-authored by  the UN Member States , demonstrated the unwavering political will to support transformative actions for inclusive, equitable and quality education for all. By doing so, the international community reiterated that education plays a key role in building sustainable and resilient societies, and contributes to the achievement of all other Sustainable Development Goals .  With a view to enhance international cooperation in supporting the efforts towards the realization of Sustainable Development Goal 4 , the resolution called on all stakeholders including Member States, organizations of the UN system, and civil society, non-governmental organizations, academic i...

JOSEPH JOEL CRISTOBAL is a nonconformist artist who started as a professional nomadic music aficionado and landed as a free spirited creative painter.  His love for music brought him to various places away from home, honed his artistic inclinations in beats and tempos, that made the world hear his silence in sweet tones and rhythms.   As he journeyed throughout his own self-discovery, he was fortunate enough to have met a mentor who set his intrinsic aptitude in sketching into motion. Since then, and by virtue of  persistence, unwavering self-belief and dedication, he pursued to paint in the impressionist manner and eventually developed his own style in Cubism. As he metamorphosed from a music artist to a thriving visual artist, his works were viewed and bought through scads of group and solo art exhibits he joined since 1998.   As his way of giving back to society, he gives art workshops to children in his hometown, Tanay, and in some other places in the Philippin...

Angkla Gallery's Shared Aspiration- the 49th one man show of Celso Duazo Pepito has been extended to August 31. Admission is free. You can follow them on social media for gallery updates and other queries. Facebook: @AngklaArtGallery Instagram: @angklaartgallery Email: angklaartgallery@gmail.com

From September 2 to 5, five visual artists from the Philippines will be joining the Pior Perak Art Trail in Malaysia. These are Celso Pepito ,  Roy Espinosa, Franklin Caña Valencia, and Manuel Sinquenco.   They will be joined by other artists from Indonesia,  Brunei, India, Singapore,  Vietnam and Mauritius.   In this event,  there will be workshops, plein air exhibitions, art exhibitions, community mural painting, art dialogue, getting- to- know the artist and sharing of culture, food and places of interests.    

The Fujian Tulou , which literally means earthen buildings are the humble abode of the Hakka , endogenous mountain dwellers, in Fujian province.  After a few hours from highly urbanized Xiamen by car, we were led by our Chinese guides, whose ancestors were originally from Fujian, to rural China.   They  were excited as us, since they have never been there before. In hour half day tour, we were able to savor an authentic Tulou meal and drink their tea, interact with the natives and buy handcrafted works of art and some delicacies. A tulou is usually a large, enclosed and fortified earth building (there were a total of 46 in varying sizes) most commonly rectangular or circular, with very thick earth walls between three and five stories high.  We only visited the largest and 2 other unique houses. Traditionally, it houses an entire clan which can number up to 800 people. Smaller interior buildings are often enclosed by these huge peripheral walls which can co...

This is where one can see the oldest work of art in the Philippines done 3000 years ago using stone tools.  I visited this site on May 1, 2018 and what normally is a 2 to 3 hour ride from Manila to Angono-Binangonan in Rizal Province took me less than an hour, being a Labor Day holiday.  The Waze app I used was very accurate and I suggest using this because only 5% of the locals have knowledge of this place.  Ninety five percent of the visitors are out-of-townees.  The site is on an elevated area, hilly, and located inside a subdivision which is privately owned.  There are no public transportation inside so one has to walk a few minutes from the entrance to the site.  If you have a private car, there is a parking area beside the tunnel entrance to the petroglyph.  Its a 5-10 minute walk from the man-made tunnel entrance which was a little dark but cool.  There is a mini museum which use to house the artifacts like flake stone tools ...

The Historical Village of Hokkaido covers an area of some 54 hectares and is located in the Nopporo Forest Park in the suburbs of Sapporo City . This outdoor museum was opened to the public on April 16, 1983, to preserve the olden day structures and to show what the pioneer's life was like in Hokkaido . About 60 typical structures of the Meiji and Taisho era (Mid 19th to early 20th century) are restored in a site which is divided into Town, Fishing Village, Farm Village and Mountain Village sectors.  Due to time constraints, we were only able to visit the Town sector of this massive area. Each structure is reproduced authentically with displays inside.   Horse drawn trolleys in the summer and sleighs in the winter provide transportation for visitors along the main street, which is lined with old wooden and wooden buildings.   I had the privilege to visit a doctor's clinic, a barber shop, police station, brewery, newspaper, and photography studio building to ...

After a breezing 30 minute ride from the Geongju city center, we arrived at the Yangdong Folk Village (Yangdong Village of Gyeongju), a traditional village from the Joseon Dynasty.  It is located in Gangdong-myeon, sixteen kilometers northeast of Gyeongju, South Korea, along the Hyeongsan River. Mt. Seolchang stands to the north of the village.  The village is designated as Important Folklore Materials No. 189 by the South Korean government. The size, degree of preservation, numerous cultural assets, traditionalism, beautiful natural setting all contribute to the importance of Yangdong Village. It is also a fine example of the  yangban (Korean aristocracy) lifestyle and Neo-Confucian traditions. The village is listed by the South Korean government with UNESCO as world heritage site with Hahoe folk village in 2010.

This observatory was built during the reign of the Silla Queen Seondeok (632-647 AD).  This is the oldest astronomical observatory in East Asia which consists of 26 steps of 30cm high stones placed above double stylobates.  Its exact dimensions are 5.17 meters in diameter and 9 meters in height and is made of granite stones with a stone base measuring 5.35 meters.   At the top, the square stones are arranged in the shape of the Chinese letter for "well".  Every part of the building from its structure and composition of each stone contains symbolical meaning.   It is filled with various scientific yet mysterious points, such as the fact that the stones that make up the letter for well at the top of the observatory are exactly the length of the stylobate.

In the year 679 AD, during the 19th year of King Munmu's rule, Donggung Palace was built  as a venue for state festivals, banquets and as a prince's palace. According to to History of the Three Kingdoms (Samguksi), that inside the Palace, a pond was dug, artificial hills were created, flowers were planted, and strange animals were brought in and raised.  The pond also served as a place to entertain valuable guests and hold banquets for the king and his subjects.  The artificial pond with an area of around 190 meters in all four directions was also called the Anapji during at the Joseon dynasty. Wolji Pond was uncovered during the excavation and dredging work conducted in 1975.  The date inscribed on the roof and tiles decorated with stylized floral medallion (posanghwa),  confirmed that the original dates of construction were accurate.  During the Joseon Dynasty, the pond was neglected and became a straying place for wild ducks and geese hence bec...

Rising 1,950 meters above sea level, Halla-san is the central volcanic mountain peak of Jeju Island. About 360 parasitic volcanoes surround Halla-san's base, the largest number of such volcanoes that has been found around any single mountain peak. Halla-san is famous not only for the uniqueness of its geographical formation but also for its ecological diversity. The combination of high mountain peaks, oreums (parasitic volcanoes), caves, and beaches make for numerous and various environmental habitats.  A variety of plants and animals can be found on Halla-san, where climates range from the subtropical to the temperate and, even in some areas, polar. The Geomunoreum Lava Tube system was instrumental to Jeju's selection as a World Heritage site. The Geomunoreum caves were formed by lava pouring down the island's coastline from Halla-san, and both its length and scale make it one of the largest and most distinctive of any such cave systems in the world. ...

After an hour fast train ride from Osaka via the the Shin-Osaka line, and a 15 minute walk, we arrive at the magnificent Himeji-jo castle. The castle is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture. It is located in Himeji City, in the Hyogo Prefecture, an area that has been an important transportation hub in West Japan since ancient times. The castle property, situated on a hill summit in the central part of the Harima Plain, covers 107 hectares and comprises eighty-two buildings. It is centred on the Tenshu-gun, a complex made up of the donjon, keeps and connecting structures that are part of a highly developed system of defence and ingenious protection devices dating from the beginning of the Shogun period. The castle functioned continuously as the centre of a feudal domain for almost three centuries, until 1868 when the Shogun fell and a new national government was created.  The principal complex　of these structures is a master...