Mindoro Island, in the Philippines, is best known for its exceptional scuba diving in Puerto Galera. It also stands out for its UNESCO-recognized Apo Reef Natural Park and the pristine beaches of Pandan Island. It’s a nature-focused destination featuring Mount Halcon’s high peak and rich biodiversity. It is also home to the indigenous Mangyan cultural communities.
Meet Jessa Villanueva, a Mindoro-raised college student scrolling through Instagram food influencers, feeling the gap between viral “unusual” dishes and her childhood staple, simple, plain, often scoffed at by elders. Jessa sat in her Manila dorm room last September, phone glowing in the dark, scrolling through TikTok food reviews. She paused on a video: some […]
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I watched a German tourist photograph a Mangyan woman in her traditional beaded necklace and handwoven skirt outside Calapan last year. He crouched, adjusted his lens three times, and never once asked her name. When he walked away, she turned to her daughter and switched immediately into shorts and a faded T-shirt she’d been carrying
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