Excerpt from the Introduction to my book “Of Fire and Water” (forthcoming from Tambuli Media):
In recent years the Philippines, like the US, has been undergoing a transformation of sorts as eastern culture is becoming a part of the mainstream. Martial art of different styles, yoga, massage, acupuncture, meditation, even fengshui and astrology and a few others, are becoming more prominent. There are now healing centers operating under the law regulating them. Likewise there has been a conscious effort by some groups to revive and promote old indigenous traditions and arts and to adopt Asian culture. At some events you’ll see young men and women wearing indigenous clothes and playing indigenous music on indigenous instruments or doing Tai chi chuan and other Asian martial arts.
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